Maine · Private foundation
Coulombe Family Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $479k
- Granted FY2019
- 31
- Grants FY2019
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 48%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
91% of Coulombe Family Foundation’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Coulombe Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 24 organizations, $479k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 48% of the organizations Coulombe Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $179k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 31 | $479k | 48% |
| FY2018 | 38 | $780k | 58% |
| FY2017 | 36 | $521k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
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, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| MaineHealth | $1,500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boca Helping Hands Inc | $100,600 | 3 | 1% |
| The Place of Hope at the Haven Campus Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| LifeFlight Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Gulf of Maine Research Institute | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| David & Leighan Rinker Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern ME | $50,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Kidsafe Foundation Inc | $47,000 | 3 | n/a |
| My Place Teen Center Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 3% |
Show all 56 grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($421k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Coulombe Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 50 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: Davis Family Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation Inc · Onion Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Vincent B and Barbara G Welch Supporting Organization · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Horizon Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Coulombe Family Foundation
- How much does Coulombe Family Foundation give?
- Coulombe Family Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $478,500 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Coulombe Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (83%), Health (9%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are Coulombe Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: MaineHealth ($1.5M), Boca Helping Hands Inc ($101k), The Place of Hope at the Haven Campus Inc ($100k).
- Does Coulombe Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Coulombe 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 Coulombe Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Davis Family Foundation, Maine Community Foundation Inc, Sam L Cohen Foundation.
- Where is Coulombe Family Foundation based?
- Coulombe Family Foundation is based in ME.
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