Maine · Private foundation
Galen Cole Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $102k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2018 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $53M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 0% of the organizations Galen Cole Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $102k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $2k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $6k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2019.
Education$9k
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Challenger Learning Cntr of Me | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Literacy Volunteers of Bangor | $20,000 | 1 | 8% |
| The Courageous Steps Project Inc | $12,579 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($53k), not named here.
About Galen Cole Family Foundation
- How much does Galen Cole Family Foundation give?
- Galen Cole Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $102,179 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2019.
- What does Galen Cole Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Galen Cole Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: The Challenger Learning Cntr of Me ($25k), Literacy Volunteers of Bangor ($20k), The Courageous Steps Project Inc ($13k).
- Does Galen Cole Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Galen Cole Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Where is Galen Cole Family Foundation based?
- Galen Cole Family Foundation is based in ME.
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