· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| FAIRFIELD PREPATORY SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| HOOPS AND DREAMS FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| BRIDGEPORT POLICE HISPANIC SOCIETY | $2,000 |
| BRIDGEPORT CARIBE YOUTH LEADERS | $1,400 |
| MILFORD KIWANIS FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| BUKAROOS OF 302 | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 5%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BCBRIDGEPORT CARIBE YOUTH LEADERS INC5× · 2018–2025 · $17k · revenue +315%
- HAHOOPS AND DREAMS FOUNDATION INC5× · 2021–2025 · $11k · revenue +340%
- SCST CATHERINE CENTER FOR SPECIAL NEEDS INC2× · 2019–2020 · $6k · revenue +22%
Funded once
- BSBTX SEA FREIGHT (PUERTO RICO RELIEF)one grant, 2018 · $15k
- SFSHIPMAN'S FIRE EQUIPMENT COMPANY INCone grant, 2020 · $9k
- HHHISPANIC HEALTH COUNCIL INCone grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue +19%
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.
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.
Community health center (chc) is building a world class primary care organization, improving health outcomes and building healthier communities through clinical excellence, research and innovation, and training the next generation. chc is…
Connecticut children's medical center is dedicated to improving the physical and emotional health of children through family-centered care, research, education and advocacy. we embrace discovery, teamwork, integrity and excellence in all…
CUC's primary mission is to offer amateur sports competition for members in the state of Connecticut. The organization achieves this by organizing and operating ultimate frisbee leagues and programs that benefit the community including…
Community guidance clinic for central connecticut, an established and trusted community resource, provides comprehensive evidence-based behavioral health services that promote wellness and resilience. our collaborative, family-focused,…
Through advocacy, education, and networking, the ct association of school based health centers positions sbhcs as leaders in the broader healthcare system for ct's children and adolescents.
To enrich lives through learning by enhancing the educational, social, and recreational opportunities for low and moderate income youth. to provide athletic, recreational, educational, and social activities to inner-city youth as a means…
The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, to carry out the purposes of, and to uphold, promote, and further the welfare and activities of community health center,…
The non-profit Connecticut Health Investigative Team, C-HIT, is dedicated to producing original, responsible, in-depth journalism on issues of health and safety in Connecticut and the surrounding region.
The children's community programs of connecticut, inc., is a nonprofit, multi-service agency whose mission is to provide diverse and creative support services to children and families throughout connecticut.
The connecticut catholic public affairs conference, inc. is established by the bishops of the roman catholic dioceses, both of the latin rite and the ukrainian rite, which have their see cities in connecticut, to provide positions…
Non-profit organization which was founded by the state of ct general assembly as a model for employer - sponsored childcare programs.
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 63 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 HEDGEYE CARES INC ↗
- Who funds BRIDGEPORT CARIBE YOUTH LEADERS INC ↗
- Who funds HOOPS AND DREAMS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds St Vincent's Medical Center ↗
- Who funds ST CATHERINE CENTER FOR SPECIAL NEEDS INC ↗
- Who funds HISPANIC HEALTH COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds Future Stars Children's Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC ↗
- Who funds St Vincent's Medical Center Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT BURNS CARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC ↗
- Who funds KIDS IN CRISIS INC ↗
- Who funds RF Youth Boxing Inc ↗
- Who funds FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER NAUGATUCK VALLEY ↗
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: Peoples United Community Foundation · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · David and Eunice Bigelow Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Colon Family Education Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Colon Family Education Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
- The Center for Family Justice Inc: 49% of income from government
- Rf Youth Boxing Inc: 38% of income from government
- Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley: 19% of income from government
- Central Connecticut Coast Young Men's Christian Association Inc: 14% of income from government
- Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
- Mcgivney Community Center Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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