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Colovos Family Charitable 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.

$16k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
19
Grants FY2025
17
Organizations funded FY2024
41%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$750
Largest grant, FY2025
$3,125
Organizations funded a year
10 to 20
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$336k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 41% of the organizations Colovos Family Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentInternationalArts & CultureCivil RightsRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving19$16k37%
FY202417$13k41%
FY202314$14k21%
FY202218$17k28%
FY202115$14k20%
FY202020$16k55%
FY201916$17k44%
FY201810$17k50%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$36kArts & Culture$30kHuman Services$23kHealth$13kInternational$8kCivil Rights$6kFood & Nutrition$5kRecreation & Sports$5kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
CA
MO
VA
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 48 grantees
All grantees of Colovos Family Charitable Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
World Trade Firmitas$27,4859100%
Wave Academy$11,60541%
Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild$8,25090%
Tibetan Alliance of Chicago Inc$6,00043%
Ahope for Children$5,99021%
Chelan-Douglas Land Trust$5,00050%
The Student Conservation Association Inc$4,74580%
Wenatchee River Institute$4,17050%
Upper Valley Mend$3,50040%
Grow$3,37020%
Cascade Education Foundation$3,0002n/a
The Wilderness Society$3,00060%
Color of Changeorg Education Fund$2,58330%
Dreamorg$2,58330%
Portland Parks Foundation$2,51570%
The Dove Project$2,32020%
Friends of Kexp$2,27040%
Rainforest Trust$1,50020%
Amazon Conservation Association$1,35020%
Vashon Wilderness Program$1,28010%
Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust$1,04510%
Vashon Island Growers Association$1,0401n/a
Solid Ground Washington$1,00010%
JustLead Washington$1,00010%
On Being Project$87010%
Seattle Parks Foundation$87010%
The Mt Baker Community Club$80030%
Hospitality House and Nutrition Center Dba Wenatchee Rescue Mission$78010%
Columbia Land Trust$7001n/a
Alaska Wilderness League$50010%
National Forest Foundation$50010%
Blacksmith Institute Inc$50010%
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation$50010%
Holy Cross Hospital Inc$50040%
WaterWatch of Oregon$50010%
Waterorg$39510%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$33520%
Friends of Trees$29030%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2501n/a
Minnesota Land Trust$25010%
Sellwood Moreland Improvement League$23010%
All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc$20010%
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio$18010%
Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance$16010%
Outdoor Discovery Network$15010%
Solve$10020%
Hospice by the Sea Inc$10010%
Team Rubicon Inc$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Colovos Family Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 44 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWorld Trade Firmitas: $27,485 over 9y, 100% of budgetWave Academy: $11,605 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetOregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild: $8,250 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTibetan Alliance of Chicago Inc: $6,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetAhope for Children: $5,990 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetChelan-Douglas Land Trust: $5,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Student Conservation Association Inc: $4,745 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWenatchee River Institute: $4,170 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUpper Valley Mend: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGrow: $3,370 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetColor of Changeorg Education Fund: $2,583 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDreamorg: $2,583 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPortland Parks Foundation: $2,515 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Dove Project: $2,320 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Kexp: $2,270 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Trust: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmazon Conservation Association: $1,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVashon Wilderness Program: $1,280 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVashon-Maury Island Land Trust: $1,045 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSolid Ground Washington: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJustLead Washington: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOn Being Project: $870 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Parks Foundation: $870 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mt Baker Community Club: $800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHospitality House and Nutrition Center Dba Wenatchee Rescue Mission: $780 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlaska Wilderness League: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Forest Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlacksmith Institute Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHoly Cross Hospital Inc: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWaterWatch of Oregon: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWaterorg: $395 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGiffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence: $335 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Trees: $290 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Land Trust: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSellwood Moreland Improvement League: $230 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAll Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKuow Puget Sound Public Radio: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEvergreen Mountain Bike Alliance: $160 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOutdoor Discovery Network: $150 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSolve: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHospice by the Sea Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 44.

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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.

Seattle FoundationWA26.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Community Foundation of Ncw · The Bullitt Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation · Patagoniaorg · The Oregon Community Foundation · Tch W & F Hendrix Fdn · Kohnstamm Family 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.

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About Colovos Family Charitable Foundation Inc

How much does Colovos Family Charitable Foundation Inc give?
Colovos Family Charitable Foundation Inc reported 19 grants totaling $16,125 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Colovos Family Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (26%), Arts & Culture (21%), Human Services (16%).
Who are Colovos Family Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: World Trade Firmitas ($27k), Wave Academy ($12k), Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild ($8k).
Does Colovos Family Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Colovos Family Charitable 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 Colovos Family Charitable Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Community Foundation of Ncw.
Where is Colovos Family Charitable Foundation Inc based?
Colovos Family Charitable Foundation Inc is based in OR.

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 63 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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