Connecticut · Private foundation
The Frank & Tracy Collins Charitable Fou
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.
- $71k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $435k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations The Frank & Tracy Collins Charitable Fou funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k 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 | 3 | $71k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $107k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $45k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $85k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $90k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $111k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $150k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $165k | 86% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | $155,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mid-Fairfield Child Guidance Center Inc | $130,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation | $31,960 | 1 | 1% |
| Hope Homes Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Weston Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $26,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Yale University | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Better Angels Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hot Tubes Development Cycling Team Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | $155,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mid-Fairfield Child Guidance Center Inc | $130,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation | $31,960 | 1 | 1% |
| Hope Homes Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Weston Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $26,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Yale University | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Better Angels Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hot Tubes Development Cycling Team Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Thrive Cooperative Center for Wellness Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($480k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Frank & Tracy Collins Charitable Fou 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About The Frank & Tracy Collins Charitable Fou
- How much does The Frank & Tracy Collins Charitable Fou give?
- The Frank & Tracy Collins Charitable Fou reported 3 grants totaling $71,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Frank & Tracy Collins Charitable Fou fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (50%), Health (16%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are The Frank & Tracy Collins Charitable Fou's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Duke University ($155k), Mid-Fairfield Child Guidance Center Inc ($130k), Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation ($32k).
- Does The Frank & Tracy Collins Charitable Fou fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Frank & Tracy Collins Charitable Fou accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Frank & Tracy Collins Charitable Fou?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Frank & Tracy Collins Charitable Fou based?
- The Frank & Tracy Collins Charitable Fou is based in CT.
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