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Coleman Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Coleman Charitable 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.

$90k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$210kHousing & Shelter$144kCommunity Improvement$89kInternational$86kYouth Development$43kPublic Safety & Disaster$21kCivil Rights$18kArts & Culture$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $76k
$5,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HIGHLAND LAKES CRISIS NETWORK$39,750
HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA$24,500
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS SOUTHWEST COLORADO$12,150
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA$5,500
AFRICA NEW LIFE MINISTRIES$3,104
DREAMTREE PROJECT TAOS$2,000
HOMELESS VETERANS FELLOWSHIP$2,000
AUSTIN DISASTER RELIEF$1,060
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE HOPI FOUNDATION: $500 → 26%ESPANOLA PATHWAYS SHELTER: $25k → 18%LAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $3k → 18%OGDEN-WEBER COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP: $1k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

OR
IN
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
NM
NC
DC
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$509k · 22 repeat orgs$150k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
25

Total granted

$509k
$125k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+89%

Still filing today

64%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Housing & ShelterHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterEducationInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • AN
    AFRICA NEW LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $81k · revenue +38%
  • HS
    HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR THE SOUTHWEST
    6× · 2017–2023 · $62k · revenue +160%
  • MC
    MAS COMUNIDAD
    2× · 2017–2022 · $25k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • DC
    Durango Chamber of Commerce
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue +1%
  • GF
    GREATER FLAGSTAFF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    one grant, 2020 · $30k
  • EP
    ESPANOLA PATHWAYS SHELTERgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +37%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Foundation for the Homeless Inc

Empowering families and individuals experiencing homelessness to build a future filled with dignity, opportunity, and lasting solutions.

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2
A Safe Place

Emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence.

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3
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

The mission of the colorado coalition for the homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of…

Human Services
4
Hope's Door New Beginning Center

The mission of hope's door new beginning center is to offer intervention and prevention services to individuals and families affected by intimate partner and family violence and to provide education programs that enhance the community's…

Human Services
5
Habitat for Humanity of La Plata County Inc

To build decent, affordable homes in partnership with families in need.

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6
Youth Shelters & Family Services Inc

To deliver life-changing services to homeless, runaway, and in-crisis youth in northern nm.

Human Services
7
Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Metro Atlanta Inc

Habitat for humanity of northwest metro atlanta, inc. is an affiliate of the americus-based habitat for humanity international. habitat for humanity of northwest metro atlanta, inc. is an ecumenical, christian housing ministry dedicated to…

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8
Chances & Changes Inc

To operate residential and non-residential programs for victims of domestic violence.

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9
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
10
Austin Street Center

The mission of austin street center is to provide emergency shelter and related services to the homeless. programs provide crisis intervention, substance abuse awareness information and opportunities to improve present life situations to…

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11
Network Services

Network services has been serving homeless families in the puget sound area since 1990, with a focus on families with children. network services aims to break the cycle of homelessness by providing assistance to families with children to…

Human Services
12
Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity

Seeking to put god's love into action; habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. fort collins habitat for humanity adheres…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Safe Alliance; the most unlike its peers is Burnet Chamber of Commerce. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 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. 29 of the 49 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
21/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE REFUGE FOR DMST: $78,788 · OtherTHE REFUGE FOR DMSTDurango Chamber of Commerce: $30,043 · OtherDurango Chamber of CommerceGREATER FLAGSTAFF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $30,000 · OtherGREATER FLAGSTAFF CHAMBER OF COMMERCEMAS COMUNIDAD: $25,000 · OtherMAS COMUNIDADBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHWEST COLORADO INC: $18,650 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHWEST COLORADO INCNATIVE AMERICANS FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $18,040 · OtherNATIVE AMERICANS FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INCVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA: $16,500 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICASOLID ROCK TEEN CENTERS: $16,350 · OtherSOLID ROCK TEEN CENTERS+25 more: $59,413 · Other+25 moreHIGHLAND LAKES CRISIS NETWORK DBA ARK OF HIGHLAND LAKES: $113,750 · Housing & ShelterHIGHLAND LAKES CRISIS NETWORK DBA ARK OF…HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR THE SOUTHWEST: $61,700 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR THE SOUTHWESTHOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA INC: $24,500 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA IN…HOMELESS VETERANS FELLOWSHIP: $14,275 · Housing & ShelterHOMELESS VETERANS FELLOWSHIPFLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES INC: $11,653 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $7,054 · Housing & ShelterAFRICA NEW LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL: $80,901 · EducationAFRICA NEW LI…ESPANOLA PATHWAYS SHELTER: $25,000 · Human ServicesLAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2,505 · Human ServicesOGDEN-WEBER COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesTHE GATHERING: $14,710 · Arts & CultureAUSTIN DISASTER RELIEF NETWORK: $3,060 · Public Safety & DisasterCrisis Response International: $1,000 · Public Safety & DisasterNETWORK FOR GOOD: $1,000 · Public Safety & DisasterMAKARIOS: $4,105 · International
Other$292,784Housing & Shelter$232,932Education$80,901Human Services$29,005Arts & Culture$14,710Public Safety & Disaster$5,060International$4,105

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHIGHLAND LAKES CRISIS NETWORK DBA ARK OF HIGHLAND LAKES: $113,750 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetAFRICA NEW LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL: $80,901 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE REFUGE FOR DMST: $78,788 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetHOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR THE SOUTHWEST: $61,700 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetDurango Chamber of Commerce: $30,043 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetESPANOLA PATHWAYS SHELTER: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMAS COMUNIDAD: $25,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetHOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA INC: $24,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHWEST COLORADO INC: $18,650 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetNATIVE AMERICANS FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $18,040 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE GATHERING: $14,710 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetHOMELESS VETERANS FELLOWSHIP: $14,275 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES INC: $11,653 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHEART OF TAOS: $7,054 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS MOUNTAIN REGION: $4,200 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMAKARIOS: $4,105 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN DISASTER RELIEF NETWORK: $3,060 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF FLAGSTAFF: $2,700 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2,505 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBURNET CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $1,891 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCAMP AGAPE: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCrisis Response International: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOGDEN-WEBER COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITABLE ALLIES INC: $515 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOPI FOUNDATION LOMASUMI'NANGWTUKWSIWMANI: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Austin Community Foun…Arizona Community Fou…Santa Fe Community Fo…Forest Highlands Foun…United Way of Norther…Health First Foundati…Molly and Joseph Herm…The Taos Community Fo…Servant FoundationTexas Instruments Fou…United Way WorldwideThe Chicago Community…
Austin Community Foundation IncTX20.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Arizona Community Foundation · Santa Fe Community Foundation · Forest Highlands Foundation · United Way of Northern Arizona Inc · Health First Foundation-Northern Arizona · Molly and Joseph Herman Foundation · The Taos Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The Chicago Community Trust

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Coleman Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Coleman Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 49 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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