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The Collins Family 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.

$73k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0194% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Animals$205kHuman Services$158kCrime & Legal$100kEducation$86kArts & Culture$60kHousing & Shelter$18kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JUST HOPE INC$50,000
SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST$20,000
FRIENDS OF MOHAWK TRAIL$2,000
JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH$516
DONORS CHOOSE$246
02The need
03

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:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $173k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 19% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JUST HOPE INC: $50k → 10%GATHERING FOR WOMEN: $15k → 12%PATRIOTS 4: $15k → 16%JUST HOPE INC: $50k → 10%JUST HOPE INC: $40k → 10%The People Concern: $2k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $1k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $500 → 14%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

ME
VT
NY
MA
CA
CO
WV
VA
DC

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 edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$362k · 8 repeat orgs$353k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +59% since the first grant, against +27% for the ones you funded once.

8 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
22

Total granted

$362k
$330k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+27%

Still filing today

88%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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
Human ServicesAnimalsEducationCrime & LegalArts & CultureHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • JH
    JUST HOPE INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $140k · revenue +53%
  • MM
    MOUNTAINSIDE MONTESSORI
    2× · 2018–2023 · $31k · revenue ×17
  • TH
    TWO HANDS FOUR PAWS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • AF
    ASSOCIATION FOR THE RECOVERY OF CHILDREN
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -25%
  • SH
    SPIRIT HOLLOW
    one grant, 2024 · $45k · revenue -15% · 33% of their budget
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $40k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
2
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
3
Pets for Vets Washington Dc Metro Area

To rescue animals from area shelters and train them to become companion animals for local veterans who may be challenged by an invisible injury.

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4
Spca International Inc

Advancing the safety and well-being of animals. our vision is for all animals to live a life free of cruelty and suffering.

Animals
5
Soc Prevt Cruelty Animal Tuw
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6
North American Shar-Pei Rescue Inc

Rescue rehabilitate and re-home Chinese Shar-Pei.

Animals
7
Ara Canine Rescue Inc

To rescue, rehabilitate and rehome siberian huskys from california shelters

Animals
8
Last Chance for Animals

Dedicated to ending animal abuse and exploitation through education, public outreach and investigations.

Animals
9
Foothill Dog Rescue of the Sierras

Foothill Dog Rescue is a 100% all volunteer organization dedicated to re-homing dogs from over crowded animal shelters, owner surrenders and underserved communities. We also sponsor vaccine and microchip clinics for our County and have…

Animals
10
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
11
Paws for Life K9 Rescue

Pflk9 pulls dogs from city and county shelters and places them in our paws for life (pfl) california state prison program with our incarcerated trainers who are able to dedicate all of their time to their rehabilitation. after several…

Animals
12
Condor Squadron Officers & Airmens

Precision flying

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Institute Inc and the most unlike its peers is Citizens for Fauquier County. 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

24 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 35 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

JUST HOPE INC — $140,000 · Human ServicesJUST HOPE INCGATHERING FOR WOMEN - MONTEREY — $15,000 · Human ServicesGATHERING FOR WOMEN - MONTE…PATRIOTS 4 INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesPATRIOTS 4 INC+2 more — $3,000 · Human ServicesSHENANDOAH SHEPHERD RESCUE INC — $150,000 · AnimalsSHENANDOAH SHEPHERD RESCU…TWO HANDS FOUR PAWS FOUNDATION — $10,000 · AnimalsTWO HANDS FOUR PAWS FOUND…+2 more — $3,016 · AnimalsIndividual grant recipient — $40,015 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient — $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE WILLOWS — $20,000 · OtherTHE WILLOWSSHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST — $20,000 · OtherSHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUSTTwo Hands Four Paws — $20,000 · OtherTwo Hands Four PawsMarshall Volunteer Fire Dept Inc — $10,000 · OtherMarshall Volunteer Fire De…CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $10,000 · OtherCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION A…+11 more — $21,725 · Other+11 moreASSOCIATION FOR THE RECOVERY OF CHILDREN — $100,000 · Crime & LegalASSOCIATION FOR…+1 more — $1,425 · Crime & LegalSPIRIT HOLLOW — $45,000 · ReligionMOUNTAINSIDE MONTESSORI — $31,000 · EducationOperation Project Hope Inc — $10,000 · Education+1 more — $246 · EducationHART MUSIC BOOSTERS — $25,000 · Arts & CultureFauquier Heritage and Preservation Foundation Inc — $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Human Services$173,000Animals$163,016Other$166,740Crime & Legal$101,425Religion$45,000Education$41,246Arts & Culture$35,000

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 budgetSHENANDOAH SHEPHERD RESCUE INC — $150,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetJUST HOPE INC — $140,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR THE RECOVERY OF CHILDREN — $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSPIRIT HOLLOW — $45,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetMOUNTAINSIDE MONTESSORI — $31,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetHART MUSIC BOOSTERS — $25,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetGATHERING FOR WOMEN - MONTEREY — $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetOperation Project Hope Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetTWO HANDS FOUR PAWS FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFauquier Heritage and Preservation Foundation Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetMIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY — $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CONCERN — $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles County Police Canine Assoc — $1,425 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOWER CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG — $246 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.

Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA3.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 The Collins Family Foundation 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Collins Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Collins Family Foundation 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 35 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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