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The Collis Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$4.8MHealth$2.0MArts & Culture$1.1MYouth Development$980kHousing & Shelter$700kHuman Services$595kFood & Nutrition$530kPhilanthropy$110kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $185k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $765k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.5M
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$87M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA & MUSIC SCHOOL$1,000,000
PENCILS OF PROMISE$500,000
SAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CTR$105,309
AMOS HOUSE$100,000
RISE FOR REW$100,000
THE LORD'S PLACE INC$100,000
RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION$100,000
PALM BEACH COUNTY FOOD BANK INC$100,000
BLITHEWOLD$60,000
YMCA OF GREATER PROVIDENCE$50,000
BRYANT UNIVERSITY$50,000
RHODE ISLANDERS SPONSORING EDUCATION (RISE)$30,000
SQUASHBUSTERS INC$25,000
SOPHIA ACADEMY$25,000
BARRINGTON TAP-IN INC$25,000
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 (FY22–24, $250k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHOOSE LOVE INC: $100k → 17%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $100k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER PROVIDENCE: $50k → 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.
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.9M · 24 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
11

Total granted

$8.9M
$661k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+1%

Still filing today

79%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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

  • SAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $890k · revenue +122%
  • TB
    THE BENJAMIN PRIVATE SCHOOL INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $355k · revenue +87%
  • AH
    AMOS HOUSE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $300k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $250k · revenue +23%
  • CL
    CHOOSE LOVE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -33%
  • CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -21%
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
Brown School

Running a private school.

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2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
4
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
5
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
6
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
7
Stoneleigh-Burnham School

Stoneleigh-burnham school is an academic community that fosters an international perspective. we inspire girls to pursue meaningful lives based on honor, respect, and intellectual curiosity. each student is challenged to discover her best…

Education
8
Roger Williams University School of Law

The only law school in Rhode Island, Roger Williams University School of Law offers future attorneys a rigorous, hands-on legal education in a supportive, personalized environment. Preparing students for success in the public and private…

Education
9
New England Lawboston

New england law/boston dedicates itself to preparing students to be successful lawyers and leaders in the public and private sectors through integrated practical, theoretical and ethical education of the highest caliber and to contributing…

Education
10
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
11
The Rippowam Cisqua School Inc

Rippowam Cisqua School creates independent thinkers, confident communicators, and engaged leaders who respect and contribute meaningfully to a diverse and increasingly complex global society.

Education
12
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greenwich Academy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. 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

35 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. 35 of the 43 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
24/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $1,500,000 · OtherHASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITALSAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER: $890,309 · OtherSAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTERYMCA CAPE COD INC: $525,000 · OtherYMCA CAPE COD INCAMOS HOUSE: $300,000 · OtherAMOS HOUSEMOSES BROWN SCHOOL: $190,000 · Other+15 more: $777,000 · Other+15 morePENCILS OF PROMISE INCORPORATED: $3,250,000 · InternationalPENCILS OF PROMISE INCORPORATEDTHE BENJAMIN PRIVATE SCHOOL INC: $355,000 · EducationTHE BENJAMI…WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $250,000 · EducationWAKE FOREST…BRYANT UNIVERSITY: $200,000 · EducationBRYANT UNIV…ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF SOUTHBOROUGH INC: $92,000 · EducationST MARK'S S…BARRINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationGREENWICH ACADEMY INC: $49,000 · EducationBRUNSWICK SCHOOL INC: $47,000 · Education+4 more: $55,410 · EducationRHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA & MUSIC SCHOOL: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureRHODE ISLAN…BLITHEWOLD INC: $90,000 · Arts & CultureBLITHEWOLD …+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $300,000 · Food & NutritionPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $200,000 · Food & NutritionGLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC: $221,900 · HealthRISE FOR REW INC: $100,000 · HealthSTEM CELL CANCER AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE RESEARCH INC: $100,000 · HealthThe Miriam Hospital Foundation: $69,091 · Health+1 more: $5,000 · HealthTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $300,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$4,182,309International$3,250,000Education$1,098,410Arts & Culture$1,095,000Food & Nutrition$500,000Health$495,991Housing & Shelter$300,000

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 budgetPENCILS OF PROMISE INCORPORATED: $3,250,000 over 7y, 18% of budgetRHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA & MUSIC SCHOOL: $1,000,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetSAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER: $890,309 over 8y, 9.9% of budgetTHE BENJAMIN PRIVATE SCHOOL INC: $355,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetAMOS HOUSE: $300,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $300,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $300,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC: $221,900 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetBRYANT UNIVERSITY: $200,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHOOSE LOVE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRISE FOR REW INC: $100,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetSTEM CELL CANCER AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE RESEARCH INC: $100,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetST MARK'S SCHOOL OF SOUTHBOROUGH INC: $92,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBLITHEWOLD INC: $90,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetSQUASHBUSTERS INC: $90,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetRhode Islanders Sponsoring Education: $89,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetThe Gordon School: $80,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Miriam Hospital Foundation: $69,091 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetGREATER PROVIDENCE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGREENWICH ACADEMY INC: $49,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBRUNSWICK SCHOOL INC: $47,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN SCHOOL: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFALMOUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $30,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetBARRINGTON TAP-IN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetSOPHIA ACADEMY: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetINSPIRING MINDS: $15,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetPALM BEACH DAY ACADEMY INC: $10,410 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWEST FALMOUTH LIBRARY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetRED SNEAKERS FOR OAKLEY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% 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.

The Rhode Island Comm…United Way of Rhode I…Citizens Charitable F…Amica Companies Found…Banknewport Charitabl…Ralph R Papitto & Bar…The Champlin Foundati…The New York Communit…The Gilbane Family Fo…June Rockwell Levy Fo…Mary D Chafee Fund Co…Ress Family Foundation
The Rhode Island Community FoundationRI25× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Banknewport Charitable Foundation Inc · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · The Champlin Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The Gilbane Family Foundation · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Mary D Chafee Fund Co Mark Chafee · Ress Family 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 Collis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Collis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Lord's Place Inc: 12% of income from government
  • West Falmouth Library Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Palm Beach Day Academy Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 Collis Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Collis 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 43 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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