California · Private foundation
William E Cole Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $192k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,214
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $162,071
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 3
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations William E Cole Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | $192k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $147k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $120k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $121k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $35k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $579,699 | 6 | 0% |
| Forever Balboa Park | $110,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Sports for Exceptional Athletes | $55,000 | 5 | 6% |
| San Diego Society of Natural History | $45,308 | 2 | 0% |
| Pro Kids Golf Academy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($41k), not named here.
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: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · Sempra Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare William E Cole Family Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About William E Cole Family Foundation Inc
- How much does William E Cole Family Foundation Inc give?
- William E Cole Family Foundation Inc reported 3 grants totaling $192,285 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 3 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does William E Cole Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (69%), Recreation & Sports (20%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are William E Cole Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Zoological Society of San Diego ($580k), Forever Balboa Park ($110k), Sports for Exceptional Athletes ($55k).
- Does William E Cole Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William E Cole Family Foundation Inc 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 William E Cole Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, The San Diego Foundation, Sempra Foundation.
- Where is William E Cole Family Foundation Inc based?
- William E Cole Family Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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