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Coltman Thomas J Foundation Ta

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.

$133k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
39
Grants FY2025
42
Organizations funded FY2024
26%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
30 to 42
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$2.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 26% of the organizations Coltman Thomas J Foundation Ta funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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 arriving38$131k18%
FY202442$153k26%
FY202336$121k25%
FY202236$127k67%
FY202030$122kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$241kHuman Services$99kArts & Culture$83kHealth$58kReligion$35kHousing & Shelter$24kInternational$24kCommunity Improvement$18kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
NY
OH
CA
MD
NC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Magnificat High School$83,0005n/a
House of Champions$43,50055%
Gigis Playhouse Inc$27,0005n/a
St Edward High School$26,5005n/a
Birthing Beautiful Communities$21,50040%
City Mission$17,5005n/a
Metro Catholic Parish School$17,5003n/a
Famicos Foundation$17,00040%
St Malachi Parish$16,0004n/a
Chair-Ity$15,50032%
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All grantees of Coltman Thomas J Foundation Ta by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Magnificat High School$83,0005n/a
House of Champions$43,50055%
Gigis Playhouse Inc$27,0005n/a
St Edward High School$26,5005n/a
Birthing Beautiful Communities$21,50040%
City Mission$17,5005n/a
Metro Catholic Parish School$17,5003n/a
Famicos Foundation$17,00040%
St Malachi Parish$16,0004n/a
Chair-Ity$15,50032%
Nami-Greater Cleveland$14,50040%
Seeds of Literacy$14,50050%
Welcome House Inc$13,50050%
Providence House Inc$13,00050%
The Collaborative to End Human Trafficking$12,50021%
Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland$12,00040%
Spark Ventures$11,50050%
Cleveland Rocks Past Present and Future$11,00042%
Pregnant With Possibilities Resource Center$10,00021%
America Scores Cleveland$8,00040%
Esperanza Inc$8,00040%
Lawrence School$7,90020%
Sabrina Noelle Foundation Inc$7,5004n/a
Athens Church of Christ$6,2503n/a
NEO Philanthropy Inc$5,00020%
West Side Catholic Center$5,00020%
Urban Community School$4,00020%
Sams House Inc$4,0002n/a
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc$4,00020%
Stella Maris Inc$3,50010%
Rocky River Parks & Recreation Foundation$3,00021%
Shanerock - Always Believe Inc$3,00021%
Argonaut$2,00010%
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$2,00010%
We Love Birthday Parties$2,00021%
Brad and Ashley Stuver Foundation$2,0001n/a
Chagrin Falls Alumni Association$2,0002n/a
University Settlement Inc$2,00010%
Cornerstone of Hope$2,0001n/a
Cleveland Kids' Book Bank$1,00010%
Coastal Ballet of Florida Inc$1,0001n/a
Community Life Collaborative$1,00010%
Ohio State University Foundation$1,00010%
Sports Legends of Cmsd$1,0001n/a
City of Lakewood$1,0001n/a
Roberto Ocasio Foundation$1,0001n/a
Rocky River Assistance Program$1,0001n/a
The Cleveland Institute of Art$1,00010%
Refresh Collective$1,00020%
Diocesan Council Society of Svdp Cleveland Diocese$50010%
Near West Theatre Inc$50010%
Newfoundland Club of America Inc$50010%
Valley Riding Inc$50010%
The Rescue Inn Inc$5001n/a
Ursuline College$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($160k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Coltman Thomas J Foundation Ta supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHouse of Champions: $43,500 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetBirthing Beautiful Communities: $21,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFamicos Foundation: $17,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChair-Ity: $15,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetNami-Greater Cleveland: $14,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSeeds of Literacy: $14,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWelcome House Inc: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetProvidence House Inc: $13,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Collaborative to End Human Trafficking: $12,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHunger Network of Greater Cleveland: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSpark Ventures: $11,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCleveland Rocks Past Present and Future: $11,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetPregnant With Possibilities Resource Center: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAmerica Scores Cleveland: $8,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEsperanza Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLawrence School: $7,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWest Side Catholic Center: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUrban Community School: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSleep in Heavenly Peace Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStella Maris Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRocky River Parks & Recreation Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetShanerock - Always Believe Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetArgonaut: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWe Love Birthday Parties: $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUniversity Settlement Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Kids' Book Bank: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Life Collaborative: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOhio State University Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cleveland Institute of Art: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRefresh Collective: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDiocesan Council Society of Svdp Cleveland Diocese: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNear West Theatre Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNewfoundland Club of America Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetValley Riding Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUrsuline College: $500 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 37.

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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.

The Cleveland FoundationOH55.1× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Murphy Family Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The Abington Foundation · Community West Foundation · Third Federal 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 Coltman Thomas J Foundation Ta

How much does Coltman Thomas J Foundation Ta give?
Coltman Thomas J Foundation Ta reported 39 grants totaling $132,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 42 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Coltman Thomas J Foundation Ta fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (29%), Human Services (12%), Arts & Culture (10%).
Who are Coltman Thomas J Foundation Ta's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Magnificat High School ($83k), House of Champions ($44k), Gigis Playhouse Inc ($27k).
Does Coltman Thomas J Foundation Ta fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Coltman Thomas J Foundation Ta 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 Coltman Thomas J Foundation Ta?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation, Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation.
Where is Coltman Thomas J Foundation Ta based?
Coltman Thomas J Foundation Ta is based in OH.

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 83 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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