California · Private foundation
The Sylvan C Coleman Foundation
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.
- $284k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2024
- 40
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 39 to 41
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Sylvan C Coleman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k 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 | 27 | $284k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 40 | $263k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $222k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 40 | $223k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 41 | $195k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 39 | $190k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Womens Cancer Resource Center | $80,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Commonweal | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
| ALIVE Inc | $42,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Access Reproductive Justice | $41,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Charlotte Maxwell Clinic | $39,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Meals on Wheels of Alameda County | $37,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Connecticut Children's Medical Center | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alameda Point Collaborative | $34,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($322k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sylvan C Coleman 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 Clarence B Coleman and Joan F Coleman Charitable Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · McNabb Foundation · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · The California Wellness Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Auerbach Schiro Foundation · The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation · Sbm Charitable Foundation Inc · The William G Irwin Charity Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Sylvan C Coleman Foundation
- How much does The Sylvan C Coleman Foundation give?
- The Sylvan C Coleman Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $284,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 41 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Sylvan C Coleman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (38%), Human Services (19%), Food & Nutrition (9%).
- Who are The Sylvan C Coleman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Womens Cancer Resource Center ($80k), The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc ($60k), Commonweal ($55k).
- Does The Sylvan C Coleman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sylvan C Coleman Foundation 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 Sylvan C Coleman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Clarence B Coleman and Joan F Coleman Charitable Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation.
- Where is The Sylvan C Coleman Foundation based?
- The Sylvan C Coleman Foundation is based in CA.
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