Open Foundations · Pennsylvania

Colcom Foundation

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · EIN 311479839. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $17.0M across 128 grants in 2024, a median of $50K each.

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$17.0M
paid in 2024
128
grants paid
$50K
median grant
100%
to first-time recipients
$485.7M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
J S BARSOTTI
Address
PO BOX 22185, PITTSBURGH, PA, 152220185
Phone
4127652400
Form the request should take
A LETTER OF INQUIRY (I.E., A REQUEST FOR AN INVITATION TO SUBMIT A FULL GRANT APPLICATION) SHOULD NOT EXCEED TWO PAGES AND MUST DESCRIBE THE ORGANIZATION, THE PROPOSED PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVE(S), AMOUNT REQUESTED, PROJECTED BUDGET, AND TIMELINE. THE FOUNDATION DISCOURAGES THE INCLUSION OF LENGTHY MATERIAL (NEWSLETTERS, VIDEO, ETC.) WITH A LETTER OF INQUIRY. A SEPARATE LETTER OF INQUIRY MUST BE SUBMITTED FOR EACH PROGRAM.
Submission deadline
N/A
Restrictions on awards
LIMITED GEOGRAPHICALLY AND TO AREAS OF INTERST AS SET FORTH ON WEBSITE: COLCOMFDN.ORG

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202601279349100640. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

conservationland

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 128 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Colcom - Immigration Reform Law InstituteDC$2,000,000RESTRICTED GRANT
2Colcom - Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural ResourcesPA$1,000,0008TH STREET BLOCK CIVIC SPACE AND CULTURAL DISTRICT STREETSCAPING
3Colcom - Numbersusa Education & Research FoundationVA$910,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
4Colcom - - Federation for American Immigration ReformDC$650,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
5Colcom - Federation for American Immigration ReformDC$650,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
6Colcom - Numbersusa Education & Research FoundationVA$650,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
7Colcom - Immigration Accountability ProjectDC$600,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
8Colcom - Immigration Reform Law InstituteDC$575,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
9Colcom - Allegheny Land TrustPA$450,000LAND CONSERVATION
10Colcom - Western Pennsylvania ConservancyPA$407,000FLOWERS & PLANTERS PROJECT
11Colcom - Center for Immigration StudiesDC$400,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
12Colcom - Foundation for Pennsylvania WatershedsPA$380,000LAND CONSERVATION
13Colcom - Armstrong Trails IncPA$250,000KISKI JUNCTION-DESIGN
14Colcom - Foundation for Individual Rights and ExpressionPA$250,000FIRES FREE PRESS DEBATE PARTNERSHIP
15Colcom - Foundation for Pennsylvania WatershedsPA$250,000WORKING CAPITAL LOAN FUND

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020151$24.5M
2021128$19.9M
2022133$22.6M
2023116$21.6M
2024128$17.0M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Pennsylvania82%
District of Columbia12%
Virginia3%
Hawaii1%
North Carolina1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

A PhillipsVP PHILANTHROPY · 2024
D E BakerDIRECTOR · 2024
D M PanazziDIRECTOR · 2024
J F RoheDIRECTOR · 2024
J S BarsottiDIRECTOR/PRESIDENT/CIO · 2024
M M StrueberDIRECTOR · 2024
N C FalesEMERITUS DIRECTOR · 2024
R P LombardiVP & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER · 2024
T M InglisDIRECTOR · 2024
T M SchmidtEMERITUS DIRECTOR · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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