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John T Collins Foundation

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.

$87k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$122kHuman Services$70kEducation$67kPhilanthropy$64kHealth$39kReligion$13kYouth Development$4kFood & Nutrition$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $71k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$339k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PALM BEACH SYMPHONY$25,000
THE RIVERS SCHOOL$24,000
UNITED WAY SUNCOAST$12,000
SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS$10,000
CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION$5,000
MY SISTER'S PLACE$5,000
BRIGHT BEGINNINGS$4,950
SGT ANTHONY PATRICK MUHLSTADT FDN$1,200
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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Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CLOTHES TO KIDS: $5k → 12%JULIE'S FAMILY LEARNING PROGRAM: $1k → 16%CLOTHES TO KIDS: $5k → 12%CLOTHES TO KIDS: $4k → 12%CRANBERRY SUNSET FARM: $1k → 8%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

VT
IL
NY
MA
RI
CA
DC
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$282k · 9 repeat orgs$101k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +92% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
15

Total granted

$282k
$71k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+92%
+20%

Still filing today

89%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionHealthOther
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

  • TP
    THE PALM BEACH SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $67k · revenue +23%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY SUNCOAST INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $63k · revenue +6%
  • TS
    The Society of the Four Arts Inc
    4× · 2021–2025 · $40k · revenue +381%

Funded once

  • WC
    WEDNESDAY'S CHILD
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • RC
    REGNUM CHRISTI NY TRI-STATE
    one grant, 2022 · $12k
  • TF
    THE FRIENDS OF THE VATICAN
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -99%
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
Children's Aid College Prep Charter School

Prepare elementary & middle school students for success in high school, college & life.

Education
2
Brixham Montessori Friends School

Brixham montessori friends school (bmfs) honors each child's individuality, creativity, and intellectual potential through enriched montessori educational programs.

Education
3
Bigs & Littles Nyc Mentoring Inc

Bigs & littles nyc mentoring is a nonprofit community-based organization which transforms the lives of vulnerable nyc children and strengthens families through professionally guided one-to-one mentoring, life skills programming, and…

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4
Ingenuity Prep

Ingenuity prep public charter school was formed to prepare students to succeed in college and beyond as impactful civiic leaders.

Education
5
Children's Friend and Service

The mission of children's friend and service (the organization) is to be the innovative leader in improving the well-being and healthy development of rhode island's most vulnerable young children. they accomplish this by providing flexible…

Human Services
6
The Santa Ynez Valley Family School

The family school is dedicated to providing a superior environment of child centered academic and creative programs which inspire a joy of learning and support critical thinking. we strive to prepare students to be compassionate,…

Education
7
Milagro Foundation Inc

The milagro foundation, inc., dba the milagro center (the center) is a not-for-profit corporation established in 1997 whose mission is to enrich the lives of children through cultural arts, living values and academic support. the center's…

Arts & Culture
8
Child's Path Inc

Childs path strengthens and enriches the lives of working families and underserved children in collier county through high-quality early childhood education. 1. provides tuition-assistance for children aged birth to 5 years old to ensure…

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9
Colorado Christian Academy

Colorado christian academy provides an innovative christ-centered education that prioritizes academic achievements and individual development of the whole child. in relationship with parents, we will build healthy foundations that result…

Education
10
Jersey City Community Charter School

The mission of jersey city community charter school (jcccs) is to provide each student with innovative learning experiences that develop positive intellectual, social, and physical outcomes. jcccs is focused on promoting self-directed,…

Education
11
Desert Montessori School

The mission of desert montessori school (dms) is to provide a personalized, engaging education that inspires a life-long love of learning, fosters meaningful, independent thinking, social responsibility and self- confidence. utilizing the…

Education
12
Fisher Island Day School Inc

Fisher Island Day School (FIDS) is fully accredited by the Florida Council of Independent Schools to provide an education for students in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 8. FIDS is dedicated to preparing children for entrance into…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Rivers School Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Sgt Anthony Patrick Muhlstadt Foundation 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

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 27 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MY SISTER'S PLACE INC: $30,000 · OtherMY SISTER'S PLACE INCBRIGHT BEGINNINGS INC: $29,950 · OtherBRIGHT BEGINNINGS INCWEDNESDAY'S CHILD: $25,000 · OtherWEDNESDAY'S CHILDTHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION: $24,000 · OtherTHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATIONREGNUM CHRISTI NY TRI-STATE: $12,000 · OtherREGNUM CHRISTI NY TRI-STATECAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherCAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION+6 more: $10,515 · Other+6 moreTHE PALM BEACH SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $66,911 · Arts & CultureTHE PALM BEACH SYMPHONY SOCIETY INCThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $40,000 · Arts & CultureThe Society of the Four Arts IncTHE FRIENDS OF THE VATICAN: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FRIENDS OF THE VATICANCENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED WAY SUNCOAST INC: $63,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY SUNCOAST INC1VOICE FOUNDATION INC: $25,100 · Philanthropy1VOICE FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $1,200 · PhilanthropyCLOTHES TO KIDS INC: $13,750 · Human ServicesJulies Family Learning Program Inc: $1,000 · Human ServicesCRANBERRY SUNSET FARM INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesSOPHIA ACADEMY: $10,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationCAPE KID MEALS INC: $2,000 · Food & NutritionOUR DAILY BREAD FOOD PANTRY INCORPORATED: $1,000 · Food & NutritionSGT ANTHONY PATRICK MUHLSTADT FOUNDATION INC: $1,200 · Health
Other$141,465Arts & Culture$121,911Philanthropy$89,300Human Services$15,750Education$11,000Food & Nutrition$3,000Health$1,200

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE PALM BEACH SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $66,911 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY SUNCOAST INC: $63,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMY SISTER'S PLACE INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBRIGHT BEGINNINGS INC: $29,950 over 6y, 0.1% of budget1VOICE FOUNDATION INC: $25,100 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION: $24,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLOTHES TO KIDS INC: $13,750 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF THE VATICAN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSOPHIA ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERACTION INC: $3,615 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCAPE KID MEALS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSGT ANTHONY PATRICK MUHLSTADT FOUNDATION INC: $1,200 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetDEBARTOLO FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMILPITAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJulies Family Learning Program Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCRANBERRY SUNSET FARM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOUR DAILY BREAD FOOD PANTRY INCORPORATED: $1,000 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.

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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY11.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization John T Collins Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John T Collins Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Interaction Inc: 70% of income from government
  • Center for Creative Education: 2% of income from government
  • United Way Suncoast Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Palm Beach Symphony Society Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to John T Collins Foundation?

Find your warmest path to John T Collins Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 27 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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