Coleman Family Foundation Inc
Pittsburg, KS · EIN 43-1947299. Reported 166 grants totalling $8,506,963 to 54 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Coleman Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $1,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburg State University Foundation Inc | Pittsburg, KS | $2,549,000 | 14 | 4 | 2024 |
| Frontenac Public Schools | Frontenac, KS | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Point Forward Inc | Pittsburg, KS | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $625,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children's Mercy Hospital | Kansas City, MO | $540,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Families & Children Together Inc | Pittsburg, KS | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mt Carmel Foundation | Pittsburg, KS | $270,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Diocese of Wichita | Wichita, KS | $207,763 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation of Se Kansas | Pittsburg, KS | $200,000 | 12 | 3 | 2023 |
| Victory Life Church | Pittsburg, KS | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas | Pittsburg, KS | $145,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Health Center of Se Kansas | Pittsburg, KS | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Joplin Regional Medical School Alliance | Neosho, MO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girard Medical Center Foundation | Girard, KS | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Valley Hope Foundation | Norton, KS | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kids Across America | Branson, MO | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cleveland Clinic Indian River Foundation | Vero Beach, FL | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Justice Misson | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Miners Hall Museum | Franklin, KS | $42,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brandon Burlsworth Foundation | Harrison, AR | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Learning Tree Institute at Greenbush | Girard, KS | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Safehouse Crisis Center | Pittsburg, KS | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Foundation for Class Inc | Columbus, KS | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Salvation Army | Kansas City, MO | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fostering Connections | Frontenac, KS | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children's Advocacy Center | Pittsburg, KS | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Colonial Fox Theatre Foundation | Pittsburg, KS | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | Joplin, MO | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Safespace | Stuart, FL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Camp Wood YMCA | Elmdale, KS | $27,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Crawford County | Pittsburg, KS | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hope House | Lees Summit, MO | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kids Across America Foundation | Branson, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mother to Mother Minstry | Pittsburg, KS | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pittsburg Community Theatre | Pittsburg, KS | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rose Brooks Center | Kansas City, MO | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Family Conservancy | Kansas City, KS | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvesters | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Justice Mission | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Level Up Kids | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stilwell Heritage & Educational Foundation | Pittsburg, KS | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wesley House | Pittsburg, KS | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Indian River County | Vero Beach, FL | $10,500 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters | Wichita, KS | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pittsburg Mother to Mother Ministry | Pittsburg, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stilwell Heritage & Education Foundation | Pittsburg, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vie Medical Clinic | Pittsburg, KS | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Harvesters - the Community Food Network | Kansas City, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Little Balkans Days Festival Association | Pittsburg, KS | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
39 of 54 (72%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 79%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Pittsburg State University Foundation Inc
NURSING SIMULATION HOSPITAL - Frontenac Public Schools
UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST 249 TURF PROJECT - Families & Children Together Inc
BUILD NEW ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTER - Children's Mercy Hospital
HOSPITAL COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES - University of Minnesota Foundation
3M/COLEMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP - Mt Carmel Foundation
LEGACY OF HOPE II - CANCER CENTER CAMPAIGN
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 86 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 40 | $2,060,200 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 49 | $3,086,263 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 40 | $1,920,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 37 | $1,440,500 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 79% of this one's giving went to organizations in Kansas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Kansas.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Coleman Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 610 East Jefferson, Pittsburg, KS, 66762. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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