New York · Private foundation
Columbus Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $16k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $234k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Columbus Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 11 | $16k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $14k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $16k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $15k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $15k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $25k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $22k | 17% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $13k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Families for Effective Autism Treatment of Central New York | $14,234 | 8 | 1% |
| Vera House Inc | $12,734 | 6 | 0% |
| Great Swamp Conservancy Inc | $10,434 | 4 | 2% |
| In My Father's Kitchen Inc | $10,028 | 7 | 1% |
| Keys Corp | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Accesscny Inc | $4,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Westhill Central School District Educational Foundation Inc | $2,706 | 6 | 1% |
| Childrens' Glaucoma Foundation Inc | $2,278 | 2 | 1% |
| Paws of Cny Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends Forever Animal Rescue | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Families for Effective Autism Treatment of Central New York | $14,234 | 8 | 1% |
| Vera House Inc | $12,734 | 6 | 0% |
| Great Swamp Conservancy Inc | $10,434 | 4 | 2% |
| In My Father's Kitchen Inc | $10,028 | 7 | 1% |
| Keys Corp | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Accesscny Inc | $4,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Westhill Central School District Educational Foundation Inc | $2,706 | 6 | 1% |
| Childrens' Glaucoma Foundation Inc | $2,278 | 2 | 1% |
| Paws of Cny Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends Forever Animal Rescue | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Multiple Sclerosis Resources of Central | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| L'Arche Syracuse Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($68k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Columbus Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Central New York Community Foundation Inc · The John Ben Snow Foundation Inc · Equitable Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Columbus Foundation Inc
- How much does Columbus Foundation Inc give?
- Columbus Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $15,750 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Columbus Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (26%), Human Services (24%), Health (22%).
- Who are Columbus Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Families for Effective Autism Treatment of Central New York ($14k), Vera House Inc ($13k), Great Swamp Conservancy Inc ($10k).
- Does Columbus Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Columbus Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Columbus Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central New York Community Foundation Inc, The John Ben Snow Foundation Inc, Equitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Columbus Foundation Inc based?
- Columbus Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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