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The Cole Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Cole Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$94k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$299kHuman Services$120kReligion$114kPhilanthropy$52kHealth$50kArts & Culture$38kCommunity Improvement$28kFood & Nutrition$28kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $61k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS$11,136
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$10,000
MAC INC$10,000
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY & MEDICINE$10,000
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY$10,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$10,000
YMCA OF THE CHESAPEAKE$8,000
MARYLAND FOOD BANK$5,000
COASTAL HOSPICE$5,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE EASTERN SHORE$5,000
NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES$5,000
STREAM RISING$5,000
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 (FY19–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 40% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $15k → 14%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 6%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 6%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 6%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 6%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 6%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 6%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

MI
NY
MA
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$634k · 19 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
5

Total granted

$634k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+56%

Still filing today

68%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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

  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $85k · revenue +64%
  • YM
    YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $55k · revenue +64%
  • CH
    COASTAL HOSPICE
    7× · 2018–2025 · $32k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +53%
  • UC
    UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +4%
  • PV
    PROJECT VERITAS
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +158%
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
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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3
University of Maryland Facultyphysicians Inc

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of maryland, including but not limited to information technology,…

Health
4
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
5
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
6
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
7
University of Maryland Otorhino-Laryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
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.

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9
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
University of Maryland Family Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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11
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
12
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Storks; the most unlike its peers is Shenandoah Valley Equine Rescue Network. 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

19 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. 19 of the 26 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
17/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $128,000 · OtherBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITYTHE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS: $113,776 · OtherTHE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTSYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC: $54,500 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE INCTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $28,000 · OtherTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INCMAC INC: $28,000 · OtherMAC INCSTEAM RISING INCORPORATED: $15,000 · Other+4 more: $21,000 · Other+4 moreJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $85,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $34,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGEBABSON COLLEGE: $24,000 · EducationBABSON COLLEGEKHAN ACADEMY INC: $23,000 · EducationKHAN ACADEMY INCSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOW…+1 more: $3,000 · EducationCOASTAL HOSPICE: $32,000 · Human ServicesCOASTAL HO…NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC: $24,000 · Human ServicesNORTHERN V…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WA…+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE EASTERN SHOR: $51,500 · PhilanthropySave the Storks: $10,000 · HealthUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY INC: $5,000 · HealthOUR RESCUE: $14,500 · Arts & CultureSHENANDOAH VALLEY EQUINE RESCUE NETWORK: $13,000 · AnimalsTHE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Environment
Other$388,276Education$189,000Human Services$72,000Philanthropy$51,500Health$15,000Arts & Culture$14,500Animals$13,000Environment$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $85,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC: $54,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE EASTERN SHOR: $51,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $34,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTAL HOSPICE: $32,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $28,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC: $24,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBABSON COLLEGE: $24,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC: $23,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR RESCUE: $14,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHENANDOAH VALLEY EQUINE RESCUE NETWORK: $13,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetSave the Storks: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE REASON FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHERITAGE CHRISTIAN SERVICES INC: $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.

  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE EASTERN SHOR ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds COASTAL HOSPICE ↗
  • Who funds THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds BABSON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds KHAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds OUR RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds SHENANDOAH VALLEY EQUINE RESCUE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Save the Storks ↗
  • Who funds THE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT VERITAS ↗
  • Who funds THE REASON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SERVICES INC ↗

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.

Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN10.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 The Cole Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cole Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Babson College: 3% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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
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 26 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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