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William L & Lesley H Collins Family 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.

$458k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
34
Grants FY2024
31
Organizations funded FY2023
13%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$370,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 51
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$5.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 13% of the organizations William L & Lesley H Collins Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthInternationalFood & NutritionHuman ServicesEmploymentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving34$458k41%
FY202331$391k13%
FY202251$410k22%
FY202140$339k35%
FY202016$381k25%
FY201936$368k44%
FY201823$548k78%
FY201726$523kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.8MReligion$68kPhilanthropy$27kEmployment$25kHuman Services$24kInternational$19kFood & Nutrition$18kHealth$13kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
TN
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of William L & Lesley H Collins Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St John's University New York$2,692,50470%
Dwight-Englewood School$41,00070%
Strive International Inc$25,00050%
Robin Hood Foundation$15,50070%
Read to Lead Inc$12,500567%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$10,00010%
Niagara University$7,50060%
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc$7,00060%
Georgetown University$5,00040%
Oxfam-America Inc$5,00070%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$4,75060%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$4,25070%
Team Rubicon Inc$4,00050%
Sparkyouth NYC Inc$4,00020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$3,25050%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$3,00060%
Guadalupe Center Inc$2,10040%
Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc$1,75030%
Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation$1,60050%
St Therese R C Church$1,5003n/a
The Fistula Foundation$1,25040%
St Johns Bread & Life Program Inc$1,10020%
Tomorrow's Hope Foundation Inc$1,00013%
Of Home Family and Future Inc$1,00011%
La Salle Academy$1,0001n/a
Team First$1,00010%
Covenant House$85030%
Kowiachobee Animal Preserve Inc$70031%
The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation Inc$70030%
Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge Inc$65030%
Peconic Land Trust Inc$55040%
St Luke's School$50010%
The Italian Language Foundation Inc$50011%
The Fund for American Studies$50010%
Diocese of Venice in Florida Inc$5001n/a
Shriners Hospitals for Children$45030%
Wnet$25010%
Catholic Charities Diocese of Venice Inc$25010%
The Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 68 recipients with no EIN on record ($552k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

William L & Lesley H Collins Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSt John's University New York: $2,692,504 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDwight-Englewood School: $41,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetStrive International Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRobin Hood Foundation: $15,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRead to Lead Inc: $12,500 over 5y, 67% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNiagara University: $7,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHarry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgetown University: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOxfam-America Inc: $5,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $4,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCitymeals-On-Wheels: $4,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSparkyouth NYC Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $3,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGuadalupe Center Inc: $2,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAspen Valley Hospital Foundation: $1,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt Johns Bread & Life Program Inc: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTomorrow's Hope Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetOf Home Family and Future Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTeam First: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKowiachobee Animal Preserve Inc: $700 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation Inc: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRamapo-Bergen Animal Refuge Inc: $650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPeconic Land Trust Inc: $550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt Luke's School: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Italian Language Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Fund for American Studies: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWnet: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities Diocese of Venice Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 36.

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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.

Jewish Communal FundNY15.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Mutual of America Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · American Express Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

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About William L & Lesley H Collins Family Foundation

How much does William L & Lesley H Collins Family Foundation give?
William L & Lesley H Collins Family Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $457,550 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 51 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does William L & Lesley H Collins Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (81%), Religion (2%), Philanthropy (1%).
Who are William L & Lesley H Collins Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: St John's University New York ($2.7M), Dwight-Englewood School ($41k), Strive International Inc ($25k).
Does William L & Lesley H Collins Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does William L & Lesley H Collins Family 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 William L & Lesley H Collins Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Mutual of America Foundation, The Hyde and Watson Foundation.
Where is William L & Lesley H Collins Family Foundation based?
William L & Lesley H Collins Family Foundation is based in FL.

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 107 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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