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The Collins Family Foundation at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its 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. Its 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
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

ME
VT
NY
MA
CA
CO
WV
VA
DC
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.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +27% for those 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
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

  • 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
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Institute Inc; 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 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. 24 of the 35 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.

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

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JUST HOPE INC: $140,000 · Human ServicesJUST HOPE INCPATRIOTS 4 INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesPATRIOTS 4 INCGATHERING FOR WOMEN - MONTEREY: $15,000 · Human ServicesGATHERING FOR WOMEN - MONTE…+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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetFauquier Heritage and Preservation Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetTWO HANDS FOUR PAWS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetOperation Project Hope Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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
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.

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.

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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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 Collins Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Collins Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's 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
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 35 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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