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Colonnade Foundation

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.

$135k
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Religion$63kHuman Services$22kInternational$20kHealth$13kPhilanthropy$11kAnimals$2kPublic Benefit$2kArts & Culture$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k24 grants · $70k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
$2,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EDIFY$40,100
VALERIE'S HOUSE$15,000
SWFL CHILDREN'S CHARITIES$10,000
OVERFLOW MINISTRIES$6,022
Individual grant recipient$6,000
BARNABAS AID$6,000
CITYGATE MINISTRIES$6,000
SUNSHINE APPROACH FOUNDATION$6,000
FISTULA FOUNDATION$5,000
SOWF$5,000
SMILE TRAIN$5,000
HOPE INTERNATIONAL$5,000
WORLDLINK INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES$3,000
SHATTERPROOF$2,000
LOVE JUSTICE INTERNATIONAL$2,000
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 (FY25–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%GULF HARBOUR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%HOME FRONT HEROES: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
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NJ
CA
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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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Colonnade Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Colonnade Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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.

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Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
2
Globus Relief

The mission of globus relief is to improve the delivery of healthcare worldwide by gathering, processing and distributing surplus medical and health supplies to charities at home and abroad.

International
3
Justice Ventures International

Jvis mission is to bring freedom, justice, and restoration to men, women, and children suffering from human trafficking and other extreme injustice by partnering with local organizations and global stakeholders.

International
4
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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5
Corus International Inc

TO MANAGE AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, AND RELIEF FOCUSED FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS HELPING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY, SUPPORT WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDE…

Human Services
6
Human Rights Watch Inc

Human rights watch ("hrw") defends the rights of people worldwide. we scrupulously investigate abuses, expose the facts widely, and pressure those with power to respect rights and secure justice. human rights watch is an independent,…

International
7
Alight

Alight builds a meaningful life for and with the displaced. not simply addressing basic needs, but building a life filled with joy, dignity, connection, and purpose. we walk with them along their entire journey of displacement and deliver…

International
8
Global Hope

Global hope exists to empower vulnerable women in regions impacted by conflict and provide hope through emergency response, education, empowerment and protection, economic development, and community engagement so that women are liberated,…

International
9
Rescue International

Missions.me empowers people to change the world. whether it is introducing a street orphan to their new home, leading a nation in a prayer of reconciliation, offering medical relief to the suffering, or hosting large missions teams,…

Religion
10
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Palm Beach County

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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11
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
12
Food for the Hungry Inc

Food for the hungry is a christian humanitarian aid and global development organization that has designed, developed and delivered solutions for more than 50 years so that children, families and communities can flourish. (continued on…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Gulf Harbour Charitable Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 27 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)
18/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Edify: $40,100 · InternationalEdifyHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 · InternationalHOPE INTERNATIONALLOVE JUSTICE INTERNATIONAL: $2,000 · International+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalOVERFLOW MINISTRIES INC: $6,022 · OtherOVERFLOW MINISTRIES INCIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSUNSHINE APPROACH FOUNDATION: $6,000 · OtherSUNSHINE APPROACH FOUNDATIONCITYGATE MINISTRIES: $6,000 · OtherCITYGATE MINISTRIESSOWF: $5,000 · OtherSOWFSMILE TRAIN INC: $5,000 · OtherSMILE TRAIN INC+8 more: $6,500 · Other+8 moreVALERIE'S HOUSE INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesVALERIE'S HOUSE…HOME FRONT HEROES INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesHOME FRONT HERO…GULF HARBOUR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesGULF HARBOUR CH…SWFL CHILDREN'S CHARITIES INC SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINE & FOOD FEST: $10,000 · PhilanthropyBARNABAS FUND INC: $6,000 · ReligionWORLDLINK INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES: $3,000 · ReligionThe Fistula Foundation: $5,000 · HealthSHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $2,000 · HealthGULF COAST HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $2,000 · Animals
International$48,100Other$40,522Human Services$18,000Philanthropy$10,000Religion$9,000Health$7,000Animals$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSWFL CHILDREN'S CHARITIES INC SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINE & FOOD FEST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLDLINK INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGULF COAST HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE JUSTICE INTERNATIONAL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOME FRONT HEROES INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGULF HARBOUR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIRIS GLOBAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Southwest Florida Community Foundation IncFL13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Colonnade Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Colonnade Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • Valerie's House Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Colonnade Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Colonnade 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 27 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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