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The Colvin Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Colvin Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$112k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$897kHealth$101kAnimals$17kInternational$8kFood & Nutrition$5kHuman Services$3kReligion$1kHousing & Shelter$200Other$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $108k
$28,200
Median grant
2
States reached
$734k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KENNEDY KREIGER INSTITUTE$40,000
Individual grant recipient$40,000
Individual grant recipient$28,200
SPCA$2,300
ANIMAL MIRACLES INC$1,700
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 (FY21–22, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FORWARD VISIONS: $200 → 11%BEA GADDY FAMILY CENTERS: $300 → 19%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$999k · 6 repeat orgs$102k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +131% since the first grant, against +60% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
20

Total granted

$999k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+131%
+60%

Still filing today

33%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
    3× · 2017–2020 · $883k
  • KK
    KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $58k
  • KK
    KENNEDY KRIEGER
    3× · 2019–2021 · $40k

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • MC
    MOGRA CHILDREN RESCUE CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $8k
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue -1%
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
National Brain Tumor Society Inc

National brain tumor society unrelentingly invests in, mobilizes, andunites our community to discover a cure, deliver effective treatments,and advocate for patients and care partners.

—
2
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
3
The Lieber Institute Inc

The mission of the institute is to translate basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia and related developmental brain disorders into clinical advances that change the lives of affected individuals. it is catalyzing a new…

Health
4
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research

The foundation for sarcoidosis research (fsr) is the leading international organization dedicated to finding a cure for sarcoidosis and improving care for sarcoidosis patients through research, education, and support. since its…

Philanthropy
5
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

The foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with parkinson's today.

Health
6
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
7
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc

The multiple myeloma research foundation (mmrf) is the largest nonprofit in the world solely focused on accelerating acurefor multiple myeloma patient. we drive the development and delivery of next-generation therapies, leverage data to…

Health
8
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

—
9
The Arc Baltimore Inc

The arc baltimore supports people with developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives with a sense of belonging, purpose, and meaningful relationships.

Human Services
10
Barrow Neurological Foundation

To support barrow neurological institute, a department of st. joseph's hospital and medical center, which is in turn a division of dignity health. dignity health operates as a major subsidiary within commonspirit, which is one of the…

Health
11
Parkinson's Foundation Inc

Make life better for people with parkinson's disease by improving care and advancing research toward a cure.

Health
12
Knox Martin Foundation for Brain Cancer Research

To reverse the underfunded and under-researched nature of brain cancer by funding innovative research on the most aggressive forms of brain cancer - glioblastoma (gbm).

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Believe in Tomorrow National Children's Foundation; the most unlike its peers is National Multiple Sclerosis Society. 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

12 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. 12 of the 28 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $883,247 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDKENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE INC: $58,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherKENNEDY KRIEGER: $39,900 · Other+13 more: $69,010 · Other+13 moreSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · EducationANIMAL MIRACLES INC: $3,100 · AnimalsNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $2,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $300 · HealthKRISTIN RITA STROUSE FOUNDATION: $150 · HealthBELIEVE IN TOMORROW NATIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $100 · HealthBRIGANCE BRIGADE FOUNDATION INC: $500 · PhilanthropyBEA GADDYS FAMILY CENTER INC: $300 · Human ServicesFORWARD VISIONS INC: $200 · Human ServicesHearts Place Services Inc: $200 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,090,157Education$4,000Animals$3,100Health$2,550Philanthropy$500Human Services$500Housing & Shelter$200

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 budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL MIRACLES INC: $3,100 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGANCE BRIGADE FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEA GADDYS FAMILY CENTER INC: $300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHearts Place Services Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFORWARD VISIONS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKRISTIN RITA STROUSE FOUNDATION: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBELIEVE IN TOMORROW NATIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $100 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.

The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC9.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Colvin Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Colvin Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    6get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
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    How do I get to The Colvin Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Colvin Family Foundation Inc 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 28 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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