Missouri · Private foundation
The Columbia Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $145k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,925
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $56,682
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.4M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 53% of the organizations The Columbia Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 13 | $145k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $184k | 53% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $116k | 70% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $121k | 58% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $43k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $125k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Atlanta Opera Inc | $198,011 | 3 | 1% |
| Great Circle | $129,526 | 5 | 0% |
| Mareck Center for Dance | $90,450 | 4 | 15% |
| Piedmont Park Conservancy Inc | $62,675 | 3 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Columbia Area | $60,925 | 6 | 1% |
| Ashland Optimist Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc | $16,111 | 3 | 0% |
| Atlanta Chamber Players Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Howard School Inc | $12,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Missouri Humane Society | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Atlanta Opera Inc | $198,011 | 3 | 1% |
| Great Circle | $129,526 | 5 | 0% |
| Mareck Center for Dance | $90,450 | 4 | 15% |
| Piedmont Park Conservancy Inc | $62,675 | 3 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Columbia Area | $60,925 | 6 | 1% |
| Ashland Optimist Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc | $16,111 | 3 | 0% |
| Atlanta Chamber Players Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Howard School Inc | $12,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Missouri Humane Society | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Love Columbia Corp Love Columbia | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mde School of East Cobb Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ansley Park Beautification Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Moms House of Endicott NY Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlanta Ballet Inc | $1,986 | 2 | 0% |
| Hemet Concert Association | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fox Theatre Inc F/K/A Atlanta Landmarks Inc | $996 | 1 | 0% |
| Out Front Theatre Company Inc | $429 | 2 | 0% |
| Trees Atlanta Inc | $363 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $205 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($121k), not named here.
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: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Antinori Foundation Inc · Charles Loridans Foundation Inc · The Virginia & Charles Brewer Family Foundation · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Veterans United Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Columbia Foundation
- How much does The Columbia Foundation give?
- The Columbia Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $145,011 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Columbia Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (41%), Human Services (18%), Youth Development (16%).
- Who are The Columbia Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Atlanta Opera Inc ($198k), Great Circle ($130k), Mareck Center for Dance ($90k).
- Does The Columbia Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Columbia Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Columbia Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, The Antinori Foundation Inc, Charles Loridans Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Columbia Foundation based?
- The Columbia Foundation is based in MO.
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