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COLOR OF GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESSES INC

COLOR OF GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESSES INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $81,115 to it, the largest being PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA ($37,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$3.5M
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$81k
Net assets
$646k
4/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Color of Gastrointestinal Illnesses Inc does

Mission

Improve the quality of life for bipoc who are affected by ibd, digestive disorders and associated chronic illnesses through community, research, education and advocacy.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The organization held a community conversations event to further the organizations mission to improve the quality of life for bipoc who are affected by ibd, digestive disorders and associated chronic illnesses through community, research, education and advocacy. Advocating for the cocci culture (aftcc) is an event where patient advocates discuss important policies and legislations that are priorities to cocci and meet with members of congress to effect change. To improve the quality of life for bipoc who are affected by ibd, digestive disorders and associated chronic illnesses; through community, research, education, and advocacy.

    $1,104,046 spent$50,000 earned by the program
    60% of program spending
  2. The organization held an equity in ibd patient symposium to further the organizations mission to improve the quality of life for bipoc who are affected by ibd, digestive disorders and associated chronic illnesses through community, research, education and advocacy.

    $571,748 spent$342,400 earned by the program
    31% of program spending
  3. Born to be a star research soiree raises funds to expand research and advance science and medicine for equitable patient care in digestive disease spaces.

    $168,222 spent$22,500 earned by the program
    9% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,844,016.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($158k) Expenses 100 ($139k) Net assets 100 ($56k)2021 Revenue 1372 ($2.2M) Expenses 339 ($471k) Net assets 1459 ($822k)2022 Revenue 2021 ($3.2M) Expenses 1583 ($2.2M) Net assets 1712 ($965k)2023 Revenue 2238 ($3.5M) Expenses 1990 ($2.8M) Net assets 1147 ($646k)
2020202120222023
Revenue (2238)Expenses (1990)Net assets (1147)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $56k to $827k (+1367%).

$56k
$827k
$1.0M
$737k
2020202120222023
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2020
2021
2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of COLOR OF GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESSES INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,611 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$19k
’20
$1.7M
’21
$990k
’22
$769k
’23
1.2
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

Donna Cryer

Chair of board

As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.

202120222023
Listed888
Joined·+0+0
No longer listed·00
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $23 → $28k.

2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of COLOR OF GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESSES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

COLOR OF GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESSES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

63% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COLOR OF GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESSES INC.

46%
largest funder
99%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 39% · 2023 54% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

COLOR OF GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESSES INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state in all.

DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

COLOR OF GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESSES INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,853 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin22% · top quartile
Months of reserve1.2mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)182% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,853 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023

Organizations like COLOR OF GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESSES INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Maryland

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

67% of spending goes to programs.

Program 67%Management 33%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

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Questions and answers

Who funds COLOR OF GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESSES INC?
COLOR OF GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESSES INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $81,115 to it, the largest being PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA ($37,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COLOR OF GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESSES INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $81,115 in grants to COLOR OF GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESSES INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COLOR OF GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESSES INC?
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $37,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COLOR OF GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESSES INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2020–2023), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing