Maryland · Private foundation
The Cole Foundation Inc
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.
- $80k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations The Cole Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 19 | $80k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $116k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $136k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $117k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $210k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $234k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 35 | $236k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 38 | $210k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Off the Streets Middletown Inc | $100,000 | 7 | 19% |
| The Char Hope Foundation Inc | $81,000 | 7 | 11% |
| Aaron's Acres | $65,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Addiction Connections Resource Inc | $58,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| EMPOWER4LIFEMD Inc | $45,000 | 6 | 12% |
| Homes for Our Troops Inc | $44,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Helping Up Mission Inc | $38,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Institute for Survivor Care Inc | $31,000 | 2 | 3% |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($559k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cole Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Dresher Foundation Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Kleins Shoprite of Maryland Charitable Fund Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Nora Roberts Foundation · Society Italian-American Business · Edward St John Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Cole Foundation Inc
- How much does The Cole Foundation Inc give?
- The Cole Foundation Inc reported 19 grants totaling $80,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Cole Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (31%), International (23%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are The Cole Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Off the Streets Middletown Inc ($100k), The Char Hope Foundation Inc ($81k), Aaron's Acres ($65k).
- Does The Cole Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cole Foundation Inc 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 Cole Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc, The Dresher Foundation Inc, Baltimore Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Cole Foundation Inc based?
- The Cole Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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