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Collins 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.

$292k
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$265kHealth$239kEnvironment$180kArts & Culture$170kEducation$135kYouth Development$75kHuman Services$70kRecreation & Sports$64kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $62k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $230k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$5.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOOD BANK OF DELAWARE$25,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$25,000
CLEAR SPACE THEATRE$25,000
COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER$25,000
BEEBE MEDICAL FOUNDATION$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$20,000
CHILDRENS BEACH HOUSE$15,000
PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS$10,000
REHOBOTH BEACH BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$10,000
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION$10,000
JOSHUA M FREEMAN FOUNDATION$10,000
CAMDEN COALITION OF HEALTHCARE$10,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND$10,000
FIRST TEE - DELAWARE$10,000
FRIENDS OF REHOBOTH BEACH PUBLIC LI$5,000
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 (FY20–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 30% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS: $10k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $5k → 19%PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS: $10k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $5k → 19%PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS: $10k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $5k → 19%PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS: $5k → 10%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.
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 33 repeat orgs$96k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
4

Total granted

$1.3M
$71k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+14%

Still filing today

76%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureFood & NutritionHuman ServicesOther
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

  • CR
    COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $150k · revenue +92%
  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $130k · revenue +29%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $125k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE-CEEE
    one grant, 2020 · $40k
  • MO
    MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEWES & REHOBOTH INC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +14%
  • RB
    REHOBOTH BEACH VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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
Rehoboth Beach Public Library Inc

Public library

Education
2
Delaware Center for Health Innovation Inc

The organization develops, facilitates, and oversees the implementation of collaborative efforts aimed at transforming the delivery of health care services in delaware.

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3
Delaware Center for Justice

The delaware center for justice, inc. seeks to ensure an effective, efficient, and equitable system of justice in delaware through advocacy, direct services, research and public education.

Crime & Legal
4
Housing Alliance Delaware

Our mission is to advance housing opportunities, end homelessness, and promote thriving communities for all.

Housing & Shelter
5
Delaware Hiv Services Inc

The delaware hiv consortium is dedicated to providing leadership to eliminate hiv in delaware by supporting and providing optimal hiv care and prevention services.

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6
Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc

The museum is an educational corporation formed to ignite a life-long passion for exploring, discovering, and valuing nature and science.

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7
La Red Health Center Inc

Provide health care services to the medically underserved, uninsured, and under insured residents of sussex county of delaware.

Health
8
Aids Delaware Inc

To eliminate the spread and stigma of hiv/aids, improve the lives of those living with hiv/aids, and promote community health through comprehensive and culturally-sensitive services, education programs and advocacy.

Health
9
Coastal Hospice

Coastal hospice promotes dignity and quality of life for patients and families who face life-limiting conditions.

Human Services
10
The Arc of Delaware Inc

The arc of delaware promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and actively supports full inclusion and participation in the community through advocacy and services to individuals and…

Housing & Shelter
11
Selbyville Public Library

The Selbyville Public Library provides free access to information and library materials to residents and visitors to Sussex County in the State of Delaware.

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12
Medical Society of Delaware

To guide, serve and support delaware physicians, promoting the practice and profession of medicine to enhance the health of our communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rehoboth Beach Historical Society; the most unlike its peers is Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. 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

27 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. 27 of the 40 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
22/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $130,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARECLEAR SPACE THEATRE: $125,000 · OtherCLEAR SPACE THEATREMEALS ON WHEELS: $100,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELSCHILDREN'S BEACH HOUSE INC: $55,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S BEACH HOUSE INCUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE-CEEE: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherPREVENTION POINT PHILADELPHIA INC: $40,000 · OtherSUSSEX COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $33,000 · OtherREHOBOTH BEACH BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $30,000 · Other+16 more: $170,000 · Other+16 moreCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $150,000 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY RESO…CENTER FOR THE INLAND BAYS INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR THE…350ORG: $10,000 · Environment350ORGBEEBE MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $90,000 · HealthBEEBE MEDICA…Camden Coalition Inc: $25,000 · HealthCamden Coali…CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBRO…ARCH STREET CENTER INC: $20,000 · HealthARCH STREET …FOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $125,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF…MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEWES & REHOBOTH INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHE…SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC: $54,000 · Recreation & SportsPATHWAYS TO SUCCESS INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MARYLAND INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE FOR BROKEN WINGS: $25,000 · Community ImprovementVILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $12,950 · Community ImprovementREHOBOTH BEACH MAIN STREET INC: $4,000 · Community Improvement
Other$763,000Environment$180,000Health$155,000Food & Nutrition$150,000Recreation & Sports$54,000Human Services$50,000Community Improvement$41,950

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $150,000 over 5y, 7.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $130,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $125,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBEEBE MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S BEACH HOUSE INC: $55,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC: $54,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPREVENTION POINT PHILADELPHIA INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPATHWAYS TO SUCCESS INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSUSSEX COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $33,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF LEWES & REHOBOTH INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE REHOBOTH BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY INC: $25,000 over 5y, 9.4% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE FOR BROKEN WINGS: $25,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetREHOBOTH BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $25,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetCamden Coalition Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR THE INLAND BAYS INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetARCH STREET CENTER INC: $20,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MARYLAND INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTY FOOD HUB: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetVILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $12,950 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetFREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICANS FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE INC F/K/A FLA IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJOSHUA M FREEMAN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget350ORG: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGRASS ROOTS RESCUE SOCIETY: $6,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREHOBOTH BEACH MAIN STREET INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.6% 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.

  • Who funds COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds BEEBE MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S BEACH HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds PREVENTION POINT PHILADELPHIA INC ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS INC ↗
  • Who funds SUSSEX COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEWES & REHOBOTH INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE REHOBOTH BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY INC ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE FOR BROKEN WINGS ↗
  • Who funds REHOBOTH BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Camden Coalition Inc ↗
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR THE INLAND BAYS INC ↗
  • Who funds ARCH STREET CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER COUNTY FOOD HUB ↗
  • Who funds VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICANS FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE INC F/K/A FLA IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds JOSHUA M FREEMAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds 350ORG ↗
  • Who funds GRASS ROOTS RESCUE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds REHOBOTH BEACH MAIN STREET INC ↗

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.

Delaware Community Fo…The Carl M Freeman Fo…Longwood Foundation I…Welfare Foundation IncWsfs Cares FoundationCrestlea Foundation I…Franklin P and Arthur…Chubb Charitable Foun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Morgan Stanley Global…Verizon Foundation
Delaware Community Foundation IncDE25.5× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc · Longwood Foundation Inc · Welfare Foundation Inc · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Crestlea Foundation Inc · Franklin P and Arthur W Perdue Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Verizon 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • Pathways to Success Inc: 95% of income from government
  • Center for the Inland Bays Inc: 59% of income from government
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • Food Bank of Delaware Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Sussex County Habitat for Humanity: 23% of income from government
  • Joshua M Freeman Foundation: 20% of income from government
  • Rehoboth Beach Historical Society: 10% of income from government
  • Maryland Academy of Sciences: 9% of income from government
  • Rehoboth Beach Main Street Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Children's Beach House Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Beebe Medical Foundation: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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 40 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home