Colorado · Private foundation
B & E Collins Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $200k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations B & E Collins Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $200k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $200k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $200k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $180k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $140k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| True the Vote Inc | $140,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Independence Institute | $133,250 | 5 | 1% |
| The Reason Foundation | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Safe Shelter of St Vrain Valley | $80,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Artists for Humanity Inc | $63,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Cato Institute | $60,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Freedomworks Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mila's Miracle Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Peak Research Institute | $20,000 | 1 | 12% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| True the Vote Inc | $140,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Independence Institute | $133,250 | 5 | 1% |
| The Reason Foundation | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Safe Shelter of St Vrain Valley | $80,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Artists for Humanity Inc | $63,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Cato Institute | $60,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Freedomworks Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mila's Miracle Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Peak Research Institute | $20,000 | 1 | 12% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Escuela de Guadalupe Elementary School | $13,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Taxpayers Union Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Kiva Center | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Beloved Asheville | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dynamic Therapy Services Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Junkyard Social Club | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Salvation Army | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($190k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget B & E Collins Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About B & E Collins Foundation
- How much does B & E Collins Foundation give?
- B & E Collins Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $200,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does B & E Collins Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (36%), Civil Rights (16%), Housing & Shelter (10%).
- Who are B & E Collins Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: True the Vote Inc ($140k), Independence Institute ($133k), The Reason Foundation ($80k).
- Does B & E Collins Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does B & E Collins Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as B & E Collins Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is B & E Collins Foundation based?
- B & E Collins Foundation is based in CO.
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