· Public charity
Colossal Science Foundation Inc
Mission of this corporation shall be to save endangered wildlife and habitats through sustainable assurance populations, expanding education initiatives, and responsible land stewardship including contributions to institutions organized for the same or similar purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $563k
- $250k+4 grants · $3.3M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL | $1,500,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT | $955,836 |
| UC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION | $525,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $300,000 |
| THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY | $158,382 |
| WILD | $150,000 |
| ROWAN UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| THE EXPLORERS CLUB | $90,000 |
| ELEPHANT HAVENS WILDLIFE FOUNDATION | $65,000 |
| AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY | $25,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL ELEPHANT FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY24–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 52% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Grants abroad, by region: $1.8M on the FY2024 return
Schedule F, as filed: 2 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.
Stated purpose: DONATION - WILDLIFE HOSPITAL. · THE GIFT WILL BE AN ABSOLUTE GIFT TO THE UNIVERSITY AND WILL BE MADE WITHOUT IMPOSING ANY BINDING OBLIGATION OR TRUST ON THE UNIVERSITY. · TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE VICTORIAN GRASSLAND EARLESS DRAGONS THROUGH CAPTIVE BREEDING.
Stated purpose: THE AWARD IS SPECIFICALLY TO COVER SALARY IN THE PERIOD 1/1-2025 TO 31/12-2025 AS PART OF A COLLABORATION INVESTIGATING GENETIC VARIATION OF THE EXTINCT AUROCHS AND QUAGGAS.
How this is measured
7 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. 7 of the 11 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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Colossal Science Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Colossal Science Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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