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P & C Collins Fund

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$508k
Granted FY2019
33
Grants FY2019
8
States reached
$205k
Largest
01What you fund
01FY2019 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k19 grants · $70k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $163k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $275k
$6,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$860k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GLYNDEBOURNE AMERICA INC$205,000
BOK TOWER GARDENS FOUNDATION$70,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MUSIC$27,000
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$25,000
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE$15,000
NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL$15,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LES ARTS FLORISSANTS$11,436
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA$10,000
EARTHJUSTICE$10,000
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION$10,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$10,000
MOUNTAIN LAKE COMMUNITY SERVICES$10,000
COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS$10,000
SHEFFIELD LAND TRUST INC$10,000
CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL$8,000
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY19–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 89% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE: $15k → 12%BERKSHIRE BOTANCIAL GARDEN: $500 → 12%NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL: $15k → 14%WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LES ARTS FLORISSANTS: $11k → 13%GLYNDEBOURNE AMERICA INC: $205k → 17%ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%WINTER HAVEN HOSPITAL: $3k → 16%ASSOCIATION FOR RESCUE AT SEA: $3k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $27k → 10%CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF SALISBURY: $3k → 9%CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL: $1k → 12%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $3k → 14%MASS CHAPTER OF NATURE CONSERVANCY: $5k → 7%FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL: $2k → 12%EARTHJUSTICE: $10k → 10%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $10k → 17%HISTORIC COLONY HOUSE INC: $8k → 16%SHEFFIELD LAND TRUST INC: $10k → 12%CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL: $8k → 17%BOK TOWER GARDENS FOUNDATION: $70k → 16%SHEFFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1k → 12%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA: $5k → 17%MOUNTAIN LAKE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE BUSHNELL-SAGE MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $1k → 12%CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY: $5k → 17%COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS: $10k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA: $10k → 17%ACLU: $6k → 17%ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $25k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
3
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
4
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
5
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

9
North Shore Health System Medical Faculty Group Practice

North shore health system medical faculty group practice (the corporation) functions as an extension of the northwell health hospitals by bringing medical care to community settings, providing care to medicare, medicaid, and other…

Health
10
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
11
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
12
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Mount sinai is committed to the advancement of the art and science of medicine through clinical excellence. the central mission consists of high-quality patient care and teaching conducted in an atmosphere of social concern and scholarly…

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc and the most unlike its peers is Committee to Protect Journalists Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 49 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr20%9%10–20yr19%23%20–35yr13%27%35–55yr16%36%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr14%56%5–10yr20%5%10–20yr19%8%20–35yr13%7%35–55yr16%24%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/22
the rest of the field
10%
11,858/120,738

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
19/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

GLYNDEBOURNE AMERICA INC CO THE LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD M BLOCK — $205,000 · Arts & CultureGLYNDEBOURNE AMERICA INC CO THE LAW OFFICES OF RIC…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LES ARTS FLORISSANTS INC — $11,436 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC COLONY HOUSE INC — $7,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $1,000 · Arts & CultureBOK TOWER GARDENS FOUNDATION — $70,000 · OtherBOK TOWER GARDENS FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MUSIC — $27,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF …ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $10,000 · OtherALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUND…MOUNTAIN LAKE COMMUNITY SERVICES — $10,000 · OtherMOUNTAIN LAKE COMMUNITY SERVICESTHE CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL INC — $8,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — $6,000 · OtherACLU — $6,000 · Other+6 more — $17,078 · Other+6 moreICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — $25,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL …NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL — $15,000 · EducationNORTHFIELD MO…THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE — $15,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES …WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOU…+2 more — $2,000 · EducationTHE SHEFFIELD LAND TRUST INC — $10,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $10,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE — $10,000 · EnvironmentPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $10,000 · HealthWinter Haven Hospital Inc — $2,500 · HealthFAIRVIEW HOSPITAL — $2,000 · HealthCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC — $10,000 · Civil RightsCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $5,000 · Recreation & SportsNorthwestern University — $2,500 · Recreation & SportsMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $5,000 · International
Arts & Culture$224,936Other$154,078Education$62,000Environment$30,000Health$14,500Civil Rights$10,000Recreation & Sports$7,500International$5,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetGLYNDEBOURNE AMERICA INC CO THE LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD M BLOCK — $205,000 over 1y, 70% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LES ARTS FLORISSANTS INC — $11,436 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE SHEFFIELD LAND TRUST INC — $10,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL INC — $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC COLONY HOUSE INC — $7,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWinter Haven Hospital Inc — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRVIEW HOSPITAL — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF BUSHNELL-SAGE MEMORIAL LIBRARY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetCHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Velmans Foundation IncMA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Velmans Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization P & C Collins Fund funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 1%
  • Fairview Hospital3% of income from government
  • Sheffield Historical Society2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College1% of income from government
  • Winter Haven Hospital Inc0% of income from government
  • Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

04Through Plinth

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How do I get to P & C Collins Fund?

Find your warmest path to P & C Collins Fund 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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