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Colonial Savings Foundation at a glance

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Colonial Savings Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$197k
Granted FY2017
22
Grants FY2017
2
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
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01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.3MHuman Services$67kHousing & Shelter$60kEducation$19kHealth$15kYouth Development$11kCrime & Legal$2kFood & Nutrition$2k
02FY2017 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k17 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $53k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $110k
$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Housing Opportunities of Fort Worth Inc$60,000
MBA Opens Doors Foundation$50,000
United Way of Tarrant County$20,803
Stripling Middle School$17,000
Easter Seals of North Texas$15,000
Center for Transforming Lives$5,000
Salvation Army The$5,000
Junior Achievement of the Chisholm Trail$4,000
One Safe Place$2,000
Ryan Family YMCA$2,000
Tarrant Area Food Bank$2,000
YMCA of Metropolitan Ft Worth$2,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Gtr Fort Worth$1,920
YGC36 Youth Organization Inc$1,500
Fortress Youth Development Center$1,500
02The need
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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 (FY17–17, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Center for Transforming Lives: $5k → 11%YMCA of Metropolitan Ft Worth: $2k → 11%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 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
Child Care Associates

Cca's mission is to assist family successes through excellence in comprehensive early education and development services.

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2
Youth and Family Alliance

Youth and family alliance (dba lifeworks) is a fearless advocate for youth and young adults pursuing a life they love and a stable future for themselves and their families. we strive to break cycles of instability by providing support and…

Human Services
3
Community Family Centers Inc

To equip families with the tools they need to become self-sufficent members of the community.

Human Services
4
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater San Antonio

The mission of the Y is "to put Judeo-Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all". At the Y, strengthening community is our cause. That's why we focus our work on youth…

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5
The YouthVantage Alliance

The youthvantage alliance empowers children and teens to discover their full potential. for 49 years, girls incorporated of tarrant county has fulfilled our mission through life-changing programs and experiences that help girls navigate…

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6
The Parenting Center

To provide family members and professionals with the tools, resources and services to build successful families.

Human Services
7
Community Action Inc of Central Texas

Established in 1965, community action, inc. of central texas has continuously worked to assist low to moderate income families in central texas by providing a variety of social services and economic opportunities. the agency has four areas…

Human Services
8
Arlington-Mansfield Area Young Men's Christian Association

The ymca of arlington is a volunteer led public charity that includes men, women, and children of all ages, abilities, incomes, races and religions. our mission is "to put christian principles into practice through programs that build…

Human Services
9
Child Study Center

The child study center (csc) provides children with complex developmental and behavioral disabilities the highest quality diagnosis, treatment and education to help them achieve their full potential.

Education
10
Cook Children's Medical Center

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
11
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Atlanta (1361)

The ymca of metropolitan atlanta, inc., reflecting its judeo-christian heritage, is an association of volunteers, members and staff open to and serving all, providing programs and services which develop spirit, mind and body. the y's…

Human Services
12
Avance Inc

Avance creates pathways to economic mobility for predominately latino families through high quality, culturally responsive, two-generation programming that ensures school-readiness for young children and opportunities for parents to build…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fortress Youth Development Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is YGC36 Youth Organization Inc. 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

14 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. 14 of the 22 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF FORT WORTH: $60,000 · OtherHOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF FORT WORTHStripling Middle School: $17,000 · OtherStripling Middle SchoolSalvation Army The: $5,000 · OtherSalvation Army The+9 more: $11,200 · Other+9 moreMBA OPENS DOORS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyMBA OPENS DOORS FOUNDATIONUNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY: $20,803 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTYEASTER SEALS NORTH TEXAS: $15,000 · HealthCENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $5,000 · Human ServicesYMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth: $2,000 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC: $1,920 · Youth DevelopmentYGC36 Youth Organization Inc: $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentFORTRESS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CHISHOLM TRAIL INC: $4,000 · InternationalSafe City Commission: $2,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$93,200Philanthropy$70,803Health$15,000Human Services$7,000Youth Development$4,920International$4,000Crime & Legal$2,000

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 budgetHOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF FORT WORTH: $60,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetMBA OPENS DOORS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY: $20,803 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEASTER SEALS NORTH TEXAS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CHISHOLM TRAIL INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSafe City Commission: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC: $1,920 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYGC36 Youth Organization Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY STOREHOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LADDER ALLIANCE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Thomas M Helen McKee …Sid W Richardson Foun…America's CharitiesBnsf Railway Foundati…The Alcon Foundation …Rainwater Charitable …Textron Charitable Tr…R4 FoundationThe Morris FoundationGarvey Texas Foundati…United Way of Tarrant…Communities Foundatio…
Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation IncTX24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Sid W Richardson Foundation · America's Charities · Bnsf Railway Foundation · The Alcon Foundation Inc · Rainwater Charitable Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · R4 Foundation · The Morris Foundation · Garvey Texas Foundation Inc · United Way of Tarrant County · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc

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 Colonial Savings Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Colonial Savings Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.
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    How do I get to Colonial Savings Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Colonial Savings Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 22 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $230k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2017, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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