Colonial Federal Savings Bank
Quincy, MA · EIN 87-4406794. Reported 83 grants totalling $176,976 to 65 organizations across tax years 2022-2024. 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. Colonial Federal Savings Bank 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $275 and $1,500; the smallest was $100 and the largest $57,101. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toal Contributions Paid | Quincy, MA | $57,101 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Neighborworks Housing Solutions | Quincy, MA | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Quincy School Community Partnership | Quincy, MA | $11,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Caritas Communities | Braintree, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Interfaith Social Services | Quincy, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Quincy, MA | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Weymouth Food Pantry | Weymouth, MA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Interfaith Social Service | Quincy, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Germantown Neighborhood Food Pantry | Quincy, MA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Holbrook Middle-High School | Holbrook, MA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Quincy City Club | Quincy, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Quincy City Club | Quincy, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Quincy Community Action Programs | Quincy, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rotary Club of Quincy Charitable Foundation | Quincy, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Boston Globe Foundation | Medford, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Globe Santa Foundation | Medford, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maria Droste Counseling Services | Quincy, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Quincy Youth Hockey Association | Quincy, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Weymouth | Weymouth, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Quincy Friends of Scouting | Quincy, MA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mba Charitable Foundation | Boston, MA | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Quincy Lions Club Charities | Quincy, MA | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bizarbots Robotics | Holbrook, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Holbrook Little League | Holbrook, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Holbrook Public Library Fund | Holbrook, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Manet Community Health | North Quincy, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Manet Community Health Center | Quincy, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Ms Society | Waltham, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Quincy Lions Charities Inc | Quincy, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Quincy Police Dare | Quincy, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Quincy Rotary Foundation | Quincy, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Quincy Youth Baseballsoftball | Quincy, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| South Shore Food Bank | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Angel Fund for Als Research | Wakefield, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Jimmy Kennedy Memorial Run for Als | Wakefield, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Katie Crowell Foundation | Milton, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Holbrook | Holbrook, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mike's 5K to Crush Substance Abuse | Milton, MA | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Eastern Nazarene College | Quincy, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friendly Food Pantry - Randolph | Randolph, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Holbrook Food Pantry | Holbrook, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jeff Coombs Memorial Foundation | Abington, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Quincy Art Association | Quincy, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Quincy Police Dare Program | Quincy, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Quincy Symphony Orchestra | Quincy, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Qyh Fundraiser | Quincy, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics of Massachusetts | Marlborough, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Weymouth High School Football Boosters | Weymouth, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Weymouth Little League | Weymouth, MA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wollaston School PTO | Quincy, MA | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Central Middle School | Quinccy, MA | $350 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| North Quincy Basketball | Weymouth, MA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Weymouth Cal Ripken Baseball | Weymouth, MA | $275 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Weymouth Cal Ripkin Baseball League | Weymouth, MA | $275 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beechwood Knoll School PTO | Quincy, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Sunset Point Camp in Hull | Boston, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Holbrook Youth Basketball | Holbrook, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nqhs Senior Stay Out Committee | Quincy, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Quincy High School Pac | Quincy, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sscyc Inc | Weymouth, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Weymouth Junior Basketball League | Weymouth, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Morrisette Baseball | Quincy, MA | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Quincy Youth Arena | Quincy, MA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lost Coin Women's Fund | Braintree, MA | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Quincy High School Drama Club | Quincy, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
18 of 65 (28%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 22%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 27 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 41 | $63,275 | $500 |
| 2023 | 41 | $56,600 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | $57,101 | $57,101 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Colonial Federal Savings Bank has 1 of them, worth $20,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Quincy School Community Partnership | Quincy, MA | $20,000 |
Where its money goes
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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 $1,000. 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 Massachusetts.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Colonial Federal Savings Bank's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2022-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 15 Beach Street, Quincy, MA, 02170. 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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