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The Clarence B Coleman and Joan F Coleman Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$266k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2024
29
Organizations funded FY2023
24%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$35,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 29
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$2.8M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 24% of the organizations The Clarence B Coleman and Joan F Coleman Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving38$266k63%
FY202329$246k24%
FY202225$201k12%
FY202125$159k28%
FY202021$111k5%
FY201922$105k5%
FY201827$106kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$468kFood & Nutrition$340kArts & Culture$133kHousing & Shelter$74kHuman Services$62kEducation$33kEnvironment$28kCivil Rights$24kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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VT
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
HI
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 52 grantees
All grantees of The Clarence B Coleman and Joan F Coleman Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Womens Cancer Resource Center$195,00073%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$184,00070%
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc$73,00060%
Foodshare Inc$58,00060%
Cornerstone Community Development Corporation$50,00070%
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc$35,00010%
Mills College$30,00030%
New Britain Museum of American Art Inc$26,00060%
George Mark Childrens Fund$26,00060%
Tri-City Volunteers Inc$25,00070%
Alameda Health System Foundation$21,00050%
Charlotte Maxwell Clinic$20,00012%
The Phillips Collection$18,00070%
Earthjustice$18,00070%
Hands on Hartford Inc$17,50020%
Alameda Point Collaborative$16,00020%
Children's Defense Fund$16,00070%
The American Visionary Art Museum Inc$16,00040%
Connecticut Children's Medical Center$15,00010%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$15,00010%
Peninsula Food Runners Inc$12,00040%
Breast Cancer Action$11,00013%
Meals on Wheels of Alameda County$10,00010%
ALIVE Inc$10,00010%
City Slicker Farms$9,00041%
Oakland Museum of California$9,00070%
Tampa Bay Watch Inc$8,00010%
House of Ruth Inc$7,00010%
Anti-Defamation League$6,00010%
National Breast Cancer Coalition$6,00011%
The Barnes Foundation$5,00010%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Dance Place$5,00010%
East Bay Agency for Children$5,00050%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$5,00010%
Prescott Joseph Center for Community Enhancement$5,0003n/a
Feeding America$5,00010%
The National Museum of Women in the Arts$4,00010%
Food Runners$4,000157%
The Tahirih Justice Center$4,00010%
The Head Royce School$3,00060%
A Safe Place$3,00010%
The Friends of the Oakland Public Library$3,00050%
Newark Public Radio Inc$2,00010%
Bikes for the World Inc$2,00010%
Greenbelt Alliancepeople for Open Space$2,00040%
Alzheimers Services of the East Bay$2,00010%
Gifts of Love Inc$2,00020%
Freedom From Hunger$1,00010%
Global Fund for Women Inc$1,00010%
The Highland Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Mbolden Change$1,00020%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($161k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Clarence B Coleman and Joan F Coleman Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 51 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWomens Cancer Resource Center: $195,000 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetAlameda County Community Food Bank: $184,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: $73,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFoodshare Inc: $58,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCornerstone Community Development Corporation: $50,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMills College: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew Britain Museum of American Art Inc: $26,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGeorge Mark Childrens Fund: $26,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTri-City Volunteers Inc: $25,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAlameda Health System Foundation: $21,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCharlotte Maxwell Clinic: $20,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetThe Phillips Collection: $18,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $18,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHands on Hartford Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAlameda Point Collaborative: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Defense Fund: $16,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Visionary Art Museum Inc: $16,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetConnecticut Children's Medical Center: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Area Food Bank Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeninsula Food Runners Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBreast Cancer Action: $11,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Alameda County: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetALIVE Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCity Slicker Farms: $9,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetOakland Museum of California: $9,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTampa Bay Watch Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHouse of Ruth Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Breast Cancer Coalition: $6,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetThe Barnes Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDance Place: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEast Bay Agency for Children: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe National Museum of Women in the Arts: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood Runners: $4,000 over 1y, 57% of budgetThe Tahirih Justice Center: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Head Royce School: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetA Safe Place: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Friends of the Oakland Public Library: $3,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNewark Public Radio Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBikes for the World Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreenbelt Alliancepeople for Open Space: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimers Services of the East Bay: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGifts of Love Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFreedom From Hunger: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 51.

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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.

The Sylvan C Coleman FoundationCA43.3× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sylvan C Coleman Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · McNabb Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The William G Irwin Charity Foundation · Walter and Elise Haas Fund

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.

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About The Clarence B Coleman and Joan F Coleman Charitable Foundation

How much does The Clarence B Coleman and Joan F Coleman Charitable Foundation give?
The Clarence B Coleman and Joan F Coleman Charitable Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $266,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does The Clarence B Coleman and Joan F Coleman Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (39%), Food & Nutrition (28%), Arts & Culture (11%).
Who are The Clarence B Coleman and Joan F Coleman Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Womens Cancer Resource Center ($195k), Alameda County Community Food Bank ($184k), Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc ($73k).
Does The Clarence B Coleman and Joan F Coleman Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Clarence B Coleman and Joan F Coleman Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Clarence B Coleman and Joan F Coleman Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Sylvan C Coleman Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation.
Where is The Clarence B Coleman and Joan F Coleman Charitable Foundation based?
The Clarence B Coleman and Joan F Coleman Charitable Foundation is based in CA.

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 71 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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