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The Gerrit and Amy Cole Foundation at a glance

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The Gerrit and Amy Cole Foundation

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.

$188k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$143kArts & Culture$131kEducation$121kFood & Nutrition$30kPhilanthropy$30kYouth Development$20kHuman Services$20kRecreation & Sports$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $170k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC$30,000
CHOC FOUNDATION$25,000
IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE OPERATING CO$25,000
BABY2BABY$20,000
PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION$20,000
ALS UNITED GREATER NEW YORK INC$10,000
BACKHAUS DANCE$10,000
CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION$10,000
THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER$10,000
TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INC$10,000
PACIFIC SYMPHONY$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION$5,000
THE UCLA FOUNDATION$4,790
MAXS LOVE PROJECT INC$3,000
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 (FY25–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, 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%THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $10k → 20%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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$384k · 11 repeat orgs$129k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
6

Total granted

$384k
$54k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+8%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHealthPhilanthropyEducationInternationalOther
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

  • PC
    PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2025 · $80k · revenue +50%
  • TF
    THE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $76k · revenue +339%
  • IB
    IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE OPERATING CO
    3× · 2023–2025 · $75k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • AE
    ARETE EDUCATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +171%
  • AJ
    AARON JUDGE ALL RISE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • EC
    ETHAN & CHOCOS BOOK CLUB
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -97%
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
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
2
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
3
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
5
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
6
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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8
California Healthcare Foundation

Chcf is dedicated to advancing meaningful, measurable improvements in the way the health care delivery system provides care to the people of california, particularly those with low incomes and those whose needs are not well served by the…

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9
The Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
10
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Fund for Public Schools Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ethan & Chocos Book Club. 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

24 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.

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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
13/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $80,000 · OtherPEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATIONTHE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $75,942 · OtherTHE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INCBABY2BABY: $20,000 · OtherBABY2BABYTHE PLAYERS ALLIANCE INC: $17,500 · OtherTHE PLAYERS ALLIANCE INCALS UNITED GREATER NEW YORK INC: $10,000 · OtherETHAN & CHOCOS BOOK CLUB: $10,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherTHE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER INC: $10,000 · OtherDIRECT RELIEF: $10,000 · OtherIRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE OPERATING CO: $75,000 · Arts & CultureIRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE OPER…BACKHAUSDANCE: $30,000 · Arts & CultureBACKHAUSDANCEPacific Symphony: $17,500 · Arts & CulturePacific SymphonyPHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY: $6,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD…THE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyTHE TOM CO…PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyPLAYERS PH…CHOC FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthMAX S LOVE PROJECT INC: $8,000 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION: $9,790 · EducationARETE EDUCATION INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentAARON JUDGE ALL RISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $20,000 · Community Improvement
Other$243,442Arts & Culture$131,000Philanthropy$50,000Health$33,000Education$29,790Youth Development$25,000Community Improvement$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $75,942 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE OPERATING CO: $75,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBACKHAUSDANCE: $30,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetCHOC FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPacific Symphony: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PLAYERS ALLIANCE INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetARETE EDUCATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetALS UNITED GREATER NEW YORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARON JUDGE ALL RISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetETHAN & CHOCOS BOOK CLUB: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $9,790 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAX S LOVE PROJECT INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART: $2,500 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.

Orange County Communi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Orange County Community FoundationCA15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Gerrit and Amy Cole Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gerrit and Amy Cole Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get 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 Gerrit and Amy Cole Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Gerrit and Amy Cole 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 24 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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