California · Public charity
Colen Family Foundation
Supports charitable, educational, & religious purposes of jewish comm federation of sf.
- $495k
- Granted FY2021
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2021
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
65% of Colen Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Jewish Community Federation Of San Francisco The Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Colen Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $451k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2021
- $451k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2021
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 3
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 9% of the organizations Colen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 11 | $366k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $368k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $367k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $725k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Hillel | $445,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $250,000 | 6 | 0% |
| American Israel Public Affairs Committee | $212,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Urban Adamah | $179,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay | $166,800 | 3 | 2% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $156,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Moishe House | $139,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $125,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc | $116,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Israel 21c | $109,800 | 7 | 2% |
Show all 25 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Colen Family 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: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Rodan Family Foundation · The Jewish Community Foundation · Koret Foundation · The Donald and Carole Chaiken Foundation · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Libitzky Family Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay · John Pritzker Family Fund
How this is measured
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About Colen Family Foundation
- How much does Colen Family Foundation give?
- Colen Family Foundation reported 18 itemized grants totaling $450,600, out of $494,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2021.
- What does Colen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (44%), Religion (20%), International (13%).
- Who are Colen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Berkeley Hillel ($445k), Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life ($250k), American Israel Public Affairs Committee ($212k).
- Does Colen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Colen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, Rodan Family Foundation.
- Where is Colen Family Foundation based?
- Colen Family Foundation is based in CA.
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