Oregon · Private foundation
Colson Family 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.
- $100k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 40% of the organizations Colson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $148k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $568k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $845k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $1.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Conference of Seventh Day Adventist | $1,200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| GEM Resources International | $450,000 | 3 | 65% |
| Andrews University | $425,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Walla Walla University | $240,025 | 1 | 0% |
| Adventist Development & Relief Agency International | $144,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Livingstone Adventist Academy | $85,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Adventist World Aviation Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Recovery Cafe | $75,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Alaska Christian College | $60,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Barnabas Ministry Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 36% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Conference of Seventh Day Adventist | $1,200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| GEM Resources International | $450,000 | 3 | 65% |
| Andrews University | $425,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Walla Walla University | $240,025 | 1 | 0% |
| Adventist Development & Relief Agency International | $144,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Livingstone Adventist Academy | $85,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Adventist World Aviation Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Recovery Cafe | $75,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Alaska Christian College | $60,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Barnabas Ministry Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 36% |
| Oregon Adventist Mens Chorus | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Silverton Area Community Aid Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Marion-Polk Food Share Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Water First International | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Christian Aid Center | $15,475 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland Art Museum | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Participaid | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($505k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Colson Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Baird Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Colson Family Foundation
- How much does Colson Family Foundation give?
- Colson Family Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $100,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does Colson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (31%), Education (31%), International (18%).
- Who are Colson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: General Conference of Seventh Day Adventist ($1.2M), GEM Resources International ($450k), Andrews University ($425k).
- Does Colson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Colson Family Foundation 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 Colson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Baird Foundation Inc.
- Where is Colson Family Foundation based?
- Colson Family Foundation is based in OR.
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