Connecticut · Private foundation
Colon Family Education Foundation Inc
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.
- $17k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $27k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 58% of the organizations Colon Family Education Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 7 | $17k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $22k | 58% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $38k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $32k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $49k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $45k | 73% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $64k | 64% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $69k | 93% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hedgeye Cares Inc | $24,250 | 2 | 18% |
| Bridgeport Caribe Youth Leaders Inc | $17,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Hoops and Dreams Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 5 | 3% |
| St Vincent's Medical Center | $6,500 | 2 | n/a |
| St Catherine Center for Special Needs Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hispanic Health Council Inc | $5,860 | 1 | 0% |
| Future Stars Children's Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $3,222 | 5 | 0% |
| St Vincent's Medical Center Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Connecticut Burns Care Foundation Inc | $2,250 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hedgeye Cares Inc | $24,250 | 2 | 18% |
| Bridgeport Caribe Youth Leaders Inc | $17,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Hoops and Dreams Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 5 | 3% |
| St Vincent's Medical Center | $6,500 | 2 | n/a |
| St Catherine Center for Special Needs Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hispanic Health Council Inc | $5,860 | 1 | 0% |
| Future Stars Children's Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $3,222 | 5 | 0% |
| St Vincent's Medical Center Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Connecticut Burns Care Foundation Inc | $2,250 | 4 | 0% |
| The Center for Family Justice Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids in Crisis Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| RF Youth Boxing Inc | $1,900 | 1 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Milford Police Benevolent Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Central Connecticut Coast Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| McGivney Community Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ride Life Cares | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hanks Yanks Baseball Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| MJ Petretto Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($247k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Colon Family Education Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
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About Colon Family Education Foundation Inc
- How much does Colon Family Education Foundation Inc give?
- Colon Family Education Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $16,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Colon Family Education Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (27%), Public Safety & Disaster (11%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are Colon Family Education Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hedgeye Cares Inc ($24k), Bridgeport Caribe Youth Leaders Inc ($17k), Hoops and Dreams Foundation Inc ($11k).
- Does Colon Family Education Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Colon Family Education Foundation Inc 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 Colon Family Education Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Peoples United Community Foundation, Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, David and Eunice Bigelow Foundation.
- Where is Colon Family Education Foundation Inc based?
- Colon Family Education Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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