New York · Public charity
Colgate University
COLGATE UNIVERSITY's mission is to provide a demanding, expansive educational experience to a select group of diverse, talented, intellectually sophisticated students who are capable of challenging themselves, their peers and their teachers in a setting that brings together living and learning. The educational mission of the university…
- $92M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $833k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $74,284
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $248,601
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Colgate University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $833k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $772k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $717k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $655k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $1.5M | 22% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $792k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $804k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $804k | 30% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Central School | $2,148,044 | 9 | n/a |
| Village of Hamilton | $1,675,847 | 9 | n/a |
| Community Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc | $926,000 | 6 | 92% |
| Town of Hamilton | $818,101 | 9 | n/a |
| Partnership for Community Development Ltd | $648,689 | 9 | 20% |
| The Colgate University Alumni Corporation | $577,892 | 9 | 78% |
| Chenango Nursery School Inc | $514,346 | 7 | 8% |
| Arts at the Palace Inc | $120,000 | 7 | 39% |
| Southern Madison County Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc | $86,073 | 3 | 2% |
| Upper Saranac Lake Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Central School | $2,148,044 | 9 | n/a |
| Village of Hamilton | $1,675,847 | 9 | n/a |
| Community Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc | $926,000 | 6 | 92% |
| Town of Hamilton | $818,101 | 9 | n/a |
| Partnership for Community Development Ltd | $648,689 | 9 | 20% |
| The Colgate University Alumni Corporation | $577,892 | 9 | 78% |
| Chenango Nursery School Inc | $514,346 | 7 | 8% |
| Arts at the Palace Inc | $120,000 | 7 | 39% |
| Southern Madison County Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc | $86,073 | 3 | 2% |
| Upper Saranac Lake Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Slater Brothers Entertainment | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hamilton Interchurch Council Food Cupboard Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Hamilton New York International Film Festival Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Colgate University supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
About Colgate University
- How much does Colgate University give?
- Colgate University reported 9 itemized grants totaling $833,072, out of $92,384,204 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Colgate University fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (43%), Public Benefit (33%), Health (13%).
- Who are Colgate University's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hamilton Central School ($2.1M), Village of Hamilton ($1.7M), Community Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc ($926k).
- Does Colgate University fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Colgate University?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Colgate University based?
- Colgate University is based in NY.
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