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Colegato Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$101k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
54
Grants FY2025
46
Organizations funded FY2024
43%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$4,000
Organizations funded a year
42 to 54
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
18
Total assets, FY2025
$1.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Colegato Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalEducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsPhilanthropyHealthOther
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
FY2025still arriving54$101k37%
FY202446$83k43%
FY202343$98k70%
FY202252$108k71%
FY202154$145k43%
FY202042$76k31%
FY201946$75k67%
FY201844$71k80%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$190kEducation$87kHealth$84kCivil Rights$53kFood & Nutrition$51kPublic Benefit$51kArts & Culture$50kAnimals$49kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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IL
WI
MI
NY
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IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
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DE
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LA
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GA
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FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 212 grantees
All grantees of Colegato Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc$22,00070%
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$21,00050%
Williamson College of the Trades$17,50050%
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Fund$17,00050%
American Friends of Israel Emergency Aid Fund$14,50042%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$14,00030%
American Friends of Meir Panim$13,00030%
American Friends of Sheba Medical Center Inc$11,50030%
Middle East Forum$11,00080%
Khan Academy Inc$10,50050%
American Friends of Herzog Hospital Inc$10,00030%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$10,00030%
American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro Inc$10,00030%
Pacific Legal Foundation$9,50050%
Zaka North Inc$9,00020%
Center for Immigration Studies Inc$9,00050%
Legal Insurrection Foundation$9,00070%
The Tikvah Fund$9,00040%
Friends of Yad Sarah Inc$9,00030%
Center For A Secure Free Society$9,00031%
Yad Ezra V'Shulamit$9,00030%
Aleh Foundation$8,0002n/a
American Friends of Soroka Medical Center Inc$8,00020%
American Friends of Leket Israel Inc$8,00020%
Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America$8,00020%
Warrior Dog Foundation$7,50050%
Center of the American Experiment$7,50090%
International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America$7,00060%
Paws and Stripes Inc$7,00070%
Jacques Pepin Foundation The$7,00031%
The Becket Fund$6,50040%
Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc$6,00020%
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc$6,00030%
Project Veritas$6,00020%
Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans Inc$6,00020%
The Salvation Army$6,0002n/a
Guardian Angels for Soldier's Pet$5,5004n/a
The Heritage Foundation$5,50020%
K9s for Warriors Inc$5,50040%
Prager University Foundation$5,50020%
Blue Star Service Dogs Inc$5,50040%
Independent Women's Forum$5,00020%
Zaka$5,0001n/a
Bayit Brigade$5,00010%
American Friends of the Rambam Medical Center$5,00010%
American Friends of Natal Inc$5,00020%
Friends of Yashar L'Chayal Inc$5,00010%
Ne Eman Foundation USA$5,00010%
Turning Point USA Inc$4,50020%
Cato Institute$4,50020%
Samaritan's Purse$4,50020%
Homes for Our Troops Inc$4,50030%
Media Research Center$4,00030%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$4,00010%
Leleka Foundation$4,00010%
Southeastern Legal Foundation Inc$4,00020%
Benevolent Healthcare Foundation$4,00010%
Friends of Unistream Inc$4,00010%
Catholic Relief Services$4,0001n/a
UMANA Foundation$4,00010%
The Seeing Eye Inc$4,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$4,00010%
Gary Sinise Foundation$4,00010%
Food for the Poor Inc$4,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$4,00010%
The Afya Foundation of America Inc$4,00010%
Save a Vet$4,00039%
Amputee Coalition of America Inc$3,50020%
The Negev Foundation$3,50021%
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$3,50020%
Institute for Justice$3,50030%
Americans for Ben-Gurion University Inc$3,00020%
Center for a New American Security Inc$3,00010%
First Liberty Institute$3,0001n/a
Belev Echad Inc$3,00020%
Israel Magen Fund Inc$3,00010%
Alliance Defending Freedom$3,00010%
Mikeroweworks Foundation$3,00020%
Uatx$2,50030%
Codeorg$2,50020%
Judicial Watch Inc$2,50020%
Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc$2,50020%
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc$2,50020%
Concerned Women for America$2,50020%
Aspen Camp of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing$2,50011%
Israel 21c$2,50030%
Eleven Fifty Academy Inc$2,00010%
Our Rescue$2,00010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2,00010%
Friends of Arava the Institute Ltd$2,0001n/a
United States Space Foundation$2,00010%
Institute for Energy Research$2,00020%
The Doe Fund Inc$2,00010%
Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc$2,00010%
Woodson Center$2,00010%
Feed Israel Foundation$2,00010%
American Friends of Shenkar College in Israel$2,00011%
American Battlefield Trust$2,00010%
Shelter to Soldier Inc$2,00020%
Gatestone Institute$2,00030%
Ethics and Public Policy Center Inc$2,00020%
American Friends of Shalva Israel Inc$2,00010%
Nashville Rescue Mission$2,00010%
James Madison Education Fund Inc$2,00010%
North American Friends of Israel Oceanographic Research Inc$2,00015%
National Space Society$2,00010%
C-Span Education Foundation$2,00010%
Jerusalem Foundation Inc$2,00010%
The Institute on Religion and Public Life Inc$2,00010%
Friends of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Designs Inc$2,00010%
Casting for Recovery$2,00020%
The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation$2,00010%
Hudson Institute Inc$2,00020%
Upper Midwest Law Center$2,00010%
Cicero Research$2,00010%
American Friends of Oketz Inc$2,00011%
Mars Society Inc$2,00010%
American Friends of Israeli Navy Seals Inc$2,0001n/a
Hand in Hand American Friends of the Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Isra$2,0001n/a
Christians United for Israel Action Fund$2,00021%
Veteran Advocacy Project Inc$2,00010%
Lawrence Technological University$2,00010%
Innovation Africa$2,00010%
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$1,50010%
Friends of Ir David Inc$1,50010%
Wateraid America Inc$1,50010%
Planet Water Foundation$1,50010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,50010%
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America$1,50020%
Uncommon Good$1,50010%
Save-A-Vet$1,5001n/a
Waterislifecom Inc$1,50010%
Water Education Foundation$1,50010%
Planetary Science Institute$1,50010%
The Borgen Project$1,50010%
National Affairs Inc$1,50010%
Thomas Aquinas College$1,50030%
Water Missions International$1,50010%
Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation Inc$1,50011%
La Semilla Food Center$1,50010%
Waste Water Education Inc$1,50013%
The Center for American Liberty$1,50010%
Project Orbis International Inc$1,50010%
Noble Research Institute LLC$1,50010%
Aquaculture Without Frontiers$1,5001n/a
Maine Seacoast Mission$1,50010%
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences$1,50010%
National Hispanic Institute Inc$1,00010%
Heritage Foundation$1,00011%
The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation$1,00010%
The Christian Broadcasting Network Inc$1,00010%
Jimena Inc$1,00020%
Thaddeus Stevens College of Tech$1,0001n/a
Sefaria Inc$1,00010%
Property and Environment Research Center$1,00010%
Fidelis Center for Law & Policy$1,0001n/a
Friends of Lev Echad Inc$1,0001n/a
Abrace Inc - Brazilian Association of Culture and Education$1,0002n/a
Spikes K9 Fund$1,00010%
Samarthanam USA Inc$1,00011%
National Yiddish Book Center Inc$1,00010%
Amazon Conservation Association$1,00010%
Brightest Stars Foundation$1,0001n/a
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$1,00010%
The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy$1,00010%
Institute for the Study of War Inc$1,00010%
Harlem Children's Zone Inc$1,00010%
Southwest Wildlife Foundation$1,00011%
Operation Finally Home$1,00010%
First Things Foundation Inc$1,00020%
The Reason Foundation$1,00010%
Israel Airforce Center Foundation Inc$1,00010%
American Federation for Children Inc$1,00010%
The Shalom Foundation$1,00010%
Vertex Partnership Academies Inc$1,00010%
Arts of Fashion Foundation$1,00011%
America-Israel Cultural Foundation Inc$1,00010%
National Review Institute$5001n/a
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$50010%
Center for Security Policy Inc$50010%
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$50010%
Commentary Inc$50010%
Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc$50010%
United States Catholic Conference$5001n/a
Urban Sketchers$50010%
Transplant Foundation Inc$50010%
Thaddeus Stevens Foundation$50010%
Numbersusa Education & Research Foundation$50010%
A World Fit for Kids$50010%
English Language Learning Foundation Incorporated$5001n/a
NAEMT Foundation$50014%
Chile-California Council$50010%
Paws of War Inc$5001n/a
National Volunteer Fire Council Inc$50010%
One Family Fund$50010%
American Belgian Malinois Rescue Inc$50010%
The Urban Farming Guys co Jason Fields$50010%
Center for Individual Rights$50010%
Children's Hope India LLC$5001n/a
The Academy for Teachers Inc$50010%
American Spectator Foundation Inc$50010%
Young America's Foundation$50010%
Veterans Offgrid Inc$50010%
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies$50010%
Teach for America Inc$50010%
Lansing Urban Farm Project$5001n/a
Tompkins Conservation$50010%
Jnf Foundation$5001n/a
CHARMED Foundation Inc$50010%
Jamestown Foundation$5001n/a
Foundation for Economic Education Inc$50010%
Grove City College$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($126k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Colegato Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $22,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of United Hatzalah Inc: $21,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWilliamson College of the Trades: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Fund: $17,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Friends of Israel Emergency Aid Fund: $14,500 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Meir Panim: $13,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Sheba Medical Center Inc: $11,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMiddle East Forum: $11,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetKhan Academy Inc: $10,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Herzog Hospital Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetZaka North Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Immigration Studies Inc: $9,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Insurrection Foundation: $9,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetThe Tikvah Fund: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Yad Sarah Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCenter For A Secure Free Society: $9,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetYad Ezra V'Shulamit: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Soroka Medical Center Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Friends of Leket Israel Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWarrior Dog Foundation: $7,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCenter of the American Experiment: $7,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPaws and Stripes Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetJacques Pepin Foundation The: $7,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetThe Becket Fund: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIsraaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetManhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetProject Veritas: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Israel Disabled Veterans Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetK9s for Warriors Inc: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBlue Star Service Dogs Inc: $5,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetIndependent Women's Forum: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBayit Brigade: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Rambam Medical Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Natal Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Yashar L'Chayal Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNe Eman Foundation USA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCato Institute: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHomes for Our Troops Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% 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 188.

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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.

Donors Trust IncVA36.2× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Iranian American Jewish Federation of New York Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Adolph Coors Foundation · The Snider Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Seminar Network Inc · Dallas Jewish Community 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 Colegato Foundation

How much does Colegato Foundation give?
Colegato Foundation reported 54 grants totaling $100,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 54 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Colegato Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (22%), Education (10%), Health (10%).
Who are Colegato Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc ($22k), Friends of United Hatzalah Inc ($21k), Williamson College of the Trades ($18k).
Does Colegato Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Colegato 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 Colegato Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donors Trust Inc, Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated, Bradley Impact Fund Inc.
Where is Colegato Foundation based?
Colegato Foundation is based in IL.

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 261 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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