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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
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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.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
EducationPublic BenefitEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving15$200k40%
FY202313$200k38%
FY202211$200k18%
FY202111$180k27%
FY202010$140kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Public Benefit$333kCivil Rights$150kHousing & Shelter$90kHealth$80kEducation$73kYouth Development$73kAnimals$40kFood & Nutrition$30kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MA
CA
CO
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 19 grantees
All grantees of B & E Collins Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
True the Vote Inc$140,00052%
Independence Institute$133,25051%
The Reason Foundation$80,00050%
Safe Shelter of St Vrain Valley$80,00052%
Artists for Humanity Inc$63,25050%
Cato Institute$60,00050%
Freedomworks Foundation Inc$20,00021%
Mila's Miracle Foundation$20,00013%
Peak Research Institute$20,000112%
The Heritage Foundation$20,00020%
Escuela de Guadalupe Elementary School$13,2501n/a
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc$10,00010%
National Taxpayers Union Foundation$10,00010%
The Kiva Center$10,00013%
Beloved Asheville$10,00010%
Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc$10,00010%
Dynamic Therapy Services Inc$10,0001n/a
Junkyard Social Club$10,00013%
The Salvation Army$10,0001n/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.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTrue the Vote Inc: $140,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetIndependence Institute: $133,250 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetThe Reason Foundation: $80,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSafe Shelter of St Vrain Valley: $80,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetArtists for Humanity Inc: $63,250 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCato Institute: $60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFreedomworks Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMila's Miracle Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetPeak Research Institute: $20,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBrother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Taxpayers Union Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Kiva Center: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetBeloved Asheville: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America Tampa Bay Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJunkyard Social Club: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 16.

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.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA8.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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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.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 26 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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