· Private foundation
Michael Colombini 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $2,000 |
| BLYTHDALE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL | $2,000 |
| MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION HUDSON VALLE | $2,000 |
| FRIENDS OF KAREN | $1,500 |
| CROTON HARMON EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| SUPPORT CONNECTION | $1,000 |
| BREAKTHROUGH T1D JDRF | $1,000 |
| SWIM ACROSS AMERICA | $1,000 |
| V Foundation for Cancer Research | $1,000 |
| BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 13% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC6× · 2020–2025 · $12k · revenue +78%- BCBLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL6× · 2020–2025 · $12k · revenue +28%
- CECROTON-HARMON EDUCATION FOUNDATION LTD6× · 2020–2025 · $7k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- MAMAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF THE HVone grant, 2020 · $2k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $1k
- SCSHRINERS CHILDRENSone grant, 2024 · $1k
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.
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.
Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.
Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…
Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…
To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.
The lustgarten foundation is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world. see schedule o.the lustgarten foundation is boldly leading the way through hope and innovation, turning fear into action through education…
Wipe out kids cancer offers comfort and hope to kids with cancer through support programs serving the entire family and funds innovative research leading to new discoveries and treatments in the fight against pediatric cancer. "support and…
The st. baldrick's foundation is a volunteer and donor powered charity committed to supporting the most promising research to fund cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives.
Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…
The mission of the breast cancer research foundation, inc. is to prevent and cure breast cancer by advancing the world's most promising research.
Skc impacts children through the initiation of clinical research trials of investigative treatment strategies. our vision is to continue expanding the armamentarium of effective and less toxic treartment strategies for pediatric…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 16 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds BLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds CROTON-HARMON EDUCATION FOUNDATION LTD ↗
- Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SUPPORT CONNECTION INC ↗
- Who funds KABOOM INC ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF KAREN INC ↗
- Who funds THE V FOUNDATION ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Michael Colombini Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael Colombini Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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