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Harold S Coleman & Mariam B Coleman Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$13k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$19kEnvironment$6kArts & Culture$2kCivil Rights$1kInternational$1kEducation$730Health$660Public Benefit$445Other$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$12,860
Median grant
1
States reached
$159k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
84 Various Organizations Under 200e$12,860
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%PMC JUMMY FUND: $300 → 7%HERITAGE MUSEUMS & GARDENS: $115 → 8%84 Various Organizations Under 200e: $13k → 8%SIERRA CLUB MA: $50 → 8%MFA BOSTON: $150 → 16%ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $200 → 13%SCENIC HUDSON: $100 → 9%ADIRONDACK COUNCIL: $50 → 13%ST BONAVENTURE INDIAN MISSION SCHOO: $100 → 32%THE EISENHOWER FOUNDATION: $50 → 10%MOUTH FOOT PAINTING ARTISTS: $100 → 14%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $100 → 22%NAT'L COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN: $54 → 6%DOUGLASS COLLEGE: $100 → 8%KIPP NJ: $100 → 16%RED CLOUD: $100 → 9%RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL: $100 → 42%ST BONAVENTURE INDIAN MISSION & SCH: $50 → 9%ORBIS: $150 → 10%PMC JUMMY FUND: $100 → 7%HERITAGE MUSEUM: $110 → 8%84 Various Organizations Under 200e: $5k → 8%MASS AUDUBON SOCIETY: $148 → 8%MFA BOSTON: $140 → 16%ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $100 → 13%SCENIC HUDSON: $100 → 9%ADIRONDACK COUNCIL: $50 → 13%DOUGLASS COLLEGE: $100 → 8%RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL: $100 → 42%ORBIS: $100 → 10%LIFE IS GOOD PLAYMAKERS: $100 → 7%HERITAGE MUSEUM: $110 → 8%LIFE IS GOOD KIDS FOUNDATION: $120 → 8%WBUR: $100 → 16%SCENIC HUDSON: $100 → 9%ORBIS: $100 → 10%HERITAGE MUSEUM: $110 → 8%SPARROW HOUSE MUSEUM: $100 → 8%WBUR: $80 → 16%WILDLANDS TRUST: $100 → 8%WILDLANDS TRUST: $100 → 8%GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK: $200 → 16%GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK: $100 → 16%WGBH: $75 → 16%WGBH: $75 → 16%THE TRUSTEES: $70 → 16%WCAI: $60 → 16%THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $100 → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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NH
MT
MN
NY
MA
SD
IA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
NM
KS
TN
DC
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$30k · 50 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

50 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 49 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
48

Total granted

$30k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+7%

Still filing today

50%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentInternationalCivil RightsAnimalsPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    4× · 2020–2023 · $935 · revenue +121%
  • THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND
    4× · 2020–2023 · $500 · revenue +113%
  • NA
    NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2023 · $450 · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $290
  • TA
    TUSKEGEE AIRMEN NATL HIST MUSEUM
    one grant, 2021 · $266
  • TA
    TUSKEEGIE AIRMEN NAT'L MUSEUM
    one grant, 2023 · $200
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
3
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
4
Washington Forest Law Center

Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.

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5
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
6
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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7
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
8
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
9
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
10
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
11
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
12
New York League of Conservation Voters

See schedule onylcv is a non-partisan policy making and political action organization that works to make environmental protection a top priority with elected officials, decision-makers and the voters by evaluating incumbent performance and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wildlands Trust Inc; the most unlike its peers is Native American Rights Fund Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 99 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
27/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

84 Various Organizations Under 200e: $18,117 · Other84 Various Organizations Under 200e+69 more: $10,132 · Other+69 moreENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $935 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL…THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $500 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR…NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $450 · EnvironmentNATIONAL ARBO…Scenic Hudson Inc: $300 · EnvironmentScenic Hudson…WILDLANDS TRUST INC: $250 · EnvironmentWILDLANDS TRU…OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $250 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERV…THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $210 · EnvironmentTHE ADIRONDACK COUNCIL INC: $200 · EnvironmentMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $198 · EnvironmentTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $170 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $150 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $140 · Environment+4 more: $370 · Environment+4 moreTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $300 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $300 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $50 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $50 · InternationalNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $176 · Civil RightsLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC: $150 · Civil RightsHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN INC: $70 · Civil RightsEND CITIZENS UNITED LET AMERICA VOTE ACTION FUND: $50 · Civil RightsNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $300 · AnimalsBERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $25 · AnimalsTHE LIFE IS GOOD PLAYMAKER PROJECT INC: $220 · PhilanthropyNMDP FOUNDATION: $50 · PhilanthropyPOPULATION CONNECTION: $200 · Social Science
Other$28,249Environment$4,123International$700Civil Rights$446Animals$325Philanthropy$270Social Science$200

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $935 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetScenic Hudson Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLANDS TRUST INC: $250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $230 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIFE IS GOOD PLAYMAKER PROJECT INC: $220 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $210 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADIRONDACK COUNCIL INC: $200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPOPULATION CONNECTION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $198 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $176 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $170 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $165 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $140 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHERITAGE MUSEUMS AND GARDENS INC: $115 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOARING EAGLE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN INC: $70 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $70 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $50 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNMDP FOUNDATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEND CITIZENS UNITED LET AMERICA VOTE ACTION FUND: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Conservative Caucus Foundation: $15 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY ↗
  • Who funds Scenic Hudson Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds WILDLANDS TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE LIFE IS GOOD PLAYMAKER PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE ADIRONDACK COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds POPULATION CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS ↗

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.

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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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Harold S Coleman & Mariam B Coleman Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harold S Coleman & Mariam B Coleman Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Wildlands Trust Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 99 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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