· Private foundation
Cole Foundation Tr
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Water Street Rescue Mission | $30,000 |
| Classical Academy de Lafayette | $30,000 |
| John Hopkins Hospital | $20,000 |
| Revival & Missions | $15,000 |
| Dayspring Christian Academy | $15,000 |
| Catching Dreams LLC | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $152k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TJTHE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL7× · 2018–2024 · $190k · revenue +54%
- WSWATER STREET MINISTRIES6× · 2019–2024 · $152k · revenue +71%
- CACLASSICAL ACADEMY DE LAFAYETTE4× · 2021–2024 · $95k · revenue +193%
Funded once
- SWSPORTS WORLD MINISTRIES INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $64k · revenue +39%
- NCNEW COVENANT CHRISTIAN SCHOOLgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +111%
- FOFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETESgraduated2× · 2019–2020 · $5k · revenue +80%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
We are a k-12 christian school founded under the following (4) pillars: academics: we provide an amazing accredited academic program utilizing 100% certified teachers. schedule: we provide our students and their families an opportunity on…
The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…
Colorado christian academy provides an innovative christ-centered education that prioritizes academic achievements and individual development of the whole child. in relationship with parents, we will build healthy foundations that result…
Portsmouth christian academy exists to honor god joyfully by inspiring students to maximize their god-given potential.
Our desire is to provide balanced, biblical direction to the child as a support to the home and to train each student to be self-disciplined and biblically directed in their walk with god and their fellow man. it is also our desire to meet…
Lighthouse christian school exists to glorify god by providing quality, christ-centered education that will nurture students to become spiritually minded, academically versed, socially balanced, and equipped to make a positive impact in…
As a support to evangelical christian families, the mission of christian community school is to provide an academically excellent, biblically integrated education which promotes christ-like character, preparing students to serve god and…
The mission of the school is to provide the students of acs with quality, god-centered education; training children in the way they should go, equipping students to glorify god by being a witness for jesus christ to the world through a…
The organization exists to provide a biblically centered educational environment so that its students may be equipped to become christ honoring members of their families, churches, and communities.
TWCA is an independent, Christ-centered college preparatory school that integrates learning with biblical faith and challenges our students to reach their highest potential - intellectually, creatively, physically, and socially - for the…
Provide an education to children in lower and middle school using classical christian methodology.
The mission of victory christian academy, in partnership with christian parents, is to provide a loving, christ-centered environment of educational excellence so that the students may develop their gifts, knowledge, skills and energies to…
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 13 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds WATER STREET MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds CLASSICAL ACADEMY DE LAFAYETTE ↗
- Who funds DAYSPRING CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds SPORTS WORLD MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds LANCASTER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds NEW COVENANT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Cole Foundation Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cole Foundation Tr. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital: 0% of income from government
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