Maryland · Public charity
The Columbia Foundation
THE COLUMBIA FOUNDATION promotes the power of community by investing in local charities, supporting club employees with educational assistance and financial hardship grants and preserving columbia's historical legacy for future generations.
- $167k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $80k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations The Columbia Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 86% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $80k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $70k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $68k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $70k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Country Club | $38,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Nourishing Bethesda Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Washington Jesuit Academy | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hero Dogs Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Samaritan Inns Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Horizons Greater Washington Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Anns Center for Children Youth and Families | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater DC Diaper Bank | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wilderness Leadership & Learning Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Country Club | $38,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Nourishing Bethesda Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Washington Jesuit Academy | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hero Dogs Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Samaritan Inns Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Horizons Greater Washington Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Anns Center for Children Youth and Families | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater DC Diaper Bank | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wilderness Leadership & Learning Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Military Bowl Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Mercy Health Clinic Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Don Bosco Cristo Rey Highschool of the Archdiocese of Washington Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McLeod Strausbaugh Scholarship Fund Inc | $5,192 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Columbia Foundation 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: Clark-Winchcole Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Columbia Foundation
- How much does The Columbia Foundation give?
- The Columbia Foundation reported 4 itemized grants totaling $80,000, out of $166,549 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Columbia Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (34%), Human Services (28%), Health (9%).
- Who are The Columbia Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Columbia Country Club ($38k), Nourishing Bethesda Inc ($30k), Washington Jesuit Academy ($20k).
- Does The Columbia Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Columbia Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Clark-Winchcole Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation.
- Where is The Columbia Foundation based?
- The Columbia Foundation is based in MD.
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