The Colburn Family Foundation
Reston, VA · EIN 54-1923880. Reported 331 grants totalling $2,073,437 to 121 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. The Colburn Family Foundation 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 $1,800. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $4,000; the smallest was $180 and the largest $140,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kids Connect Charitable Fund | Reston, VA | $490,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County | Boca Raton, FL | $298,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Aleph Institute | Miami, FL | $104,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | $91,440 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yeshiva of Greater Washington | Silver Spring, MD | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| ACLU of Florida | Miami, FL | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lechem Lasova | Brooklyn, NY | $61,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marine Education Initiative Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chabad of East Delray | Delray Beach, FL | $57,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maryland Hillel | College Park, MD | $45,110 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Families Against Mandatory Minimums | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army - Pasadena Social Services | Pasadena, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The West Atlantic Redevelopment Coalition | Delray Beach, FL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Spady Cultural Heritage Museum | Delray Beach, FL | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Potomac | Potomac, MD | $34,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chai Lifeline | New York, NY | $23,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CHAI4EVER | Lakewood, NJ | $23,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tuv Yerushalayim-Congregation Yeshiva Yad Moishe | Brooklyn, NY | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Uw Foundation | Madison, WI | $16,667 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cong Sfat Tammin | Brooklyn, NY | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Meshi | Boca Raton, FL | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| US Friends of Yad Ezrah | Suffern, NY | $15,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bender Jewish Comm Cntr of Greater Washington | Rockville, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute for Dayanim | Brooklyn, NY | $12,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marina Shul Beit Menachem | Marina Del Rey, CA | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beth Sholom Congre & Talmud | Potomac, MD | $11,240 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Operation Embrace | Potomac, MD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sandoway Discovery Center | Delray Beach, FL | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congregation Supporters of Torah | Brooklyn, NY | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Melvin J Berman Hebrew Academy | Rockville, MD | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Pasadena | Pasadena, CA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Delray Beach Youth Tennis Foundation | Boynton Beach, FL | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Giving Back Fund | Boston, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Univ of Wisconsin Benchers' Society | Madison, WI | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cityhouse Delray Beach | Delray Beach, FL | $7,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Delray Beach Public Library | Delray Beach, FL | $7,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pasadena Senior Center | Pasadena, CA | $7,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics | Washington, DC | $7,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society | Oklahoma City, OK | $6,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Streetwaves Inc | Delray Beach, FL | $6,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Swim Up Hill Foundation Inc | Inglewood, CA | $6,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beth Medrash Hazohar | Lakewood, NJ | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Commumity Child Care Center of Delray Beach | Delray Beach, FL | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chabad at the City of Delray Beach | Delray Beach, FL | $5,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Zivhay Zedek Co Darin Zaga | Brooklyn, NY | $5,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition | Boynton Beach, FL | $5,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Jordan River Village | New York, NY | $5,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Delray Chamber Education Fund | Delray Beach, FL | $5,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services | Boca Raton, FL | $5,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue | Detroit, MI | $5,040 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Kehillat Nofei Hashemesh | Cedarhurst, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Delray Beach | Delray Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Meor Israel | Cleveland Heights, OH | $4,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mothers Against Murderers Association | West Palm Beach, FL | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California | Pasadena, CA | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Am Yisrael Chai Foundation | Dunwoody, GA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Everglades Foundation | Palmetto Bay, FL | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Holt Community Food Bank | Holt, MI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Interfaith Committee for Social Services Inc | Boynton Beach, FL | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jack the Bike Man Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Orthodox Union | New York, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pasadena Symphony | Pasadena, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| US Against Alzheimer's Bea Lerner Fund | Chevy Chase, MD | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Charles E Smith Jds | Rockville, MD | $3,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sulam | Rockville, MD | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| West Jupiter Community Group Inc | Jupiter, FL | $3,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Delray Beach Historical Society | Delray Beach, FL | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School | Riverdale, NY | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Pasadena | Pasadena, CA | $3,160 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beaver Watershed Alliance | Elkins, AR | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lake Winnipesaukee Association | Meredith, NH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Suncoast Waterkeeper | Sarasota, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chabad at the University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | $2,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boca West Children's Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Children's Hospital of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Florida Heat Youth Foundation | Delray Beach, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Palm Youth Symphony | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pets Broward Inc | Delray Beach, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prospect Heights Shul | Brooklyn, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hospice of Lansing | Lansing, MI | $2,080 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beach Bucket Foundation | Loxahatchee, FL | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boca West Cjhildren's Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Delray Beach Children's Garden | Delray Beach, FL | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Delray Beach Playhouse | Delray Beach, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends in Deed | Pasadena, CA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Inner City Innovators | West Palm Beach, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mobile Mitzvah Center Israel | Brooklyn, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund | Wausau, WI | $1,860 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Atlantic Seaboard Region of Ncsy | Pikesville, MD | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bikur Cholim of Greater Washington | Rockville, MD | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chabad of Greater Los Feliz | Los Angeles, CA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ezer Mizion | Brooklyn, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Holt Community Foundation | Flint, MI | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Season to Share Community Foundation for Palm Beach & Martin County | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seth J Winter Memorial Foundation | Olney, MD | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sunflower Bakery | Rockville, MD | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Michigan College of Literature Science & Arts | Ann Arbor, MI | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fl Rights Restoration Coalition Education Fund | Orlando, FL | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund-Fines & Fees Justice Center | Baltimore, MD | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel | Great Neck, NY | $1,360 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Munson Hospice House | Traverse City, MI | $1,260 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Lansing, MI | $1,260 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Captains for Clean Water | Fort Myers, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Medellin Colombia Inc | Cedarhurst, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cristo Rey Community Center | Lansing, MI | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Emanuel Jackson SR Project | Delray Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Flatsworthy Inc | Fulton, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oceana Inc | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Old School Square | Delray Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Onward Industries Inc | Marina Del Rey, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prurple Rose Theatre Co | Chelsea, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Valhalla Sailing Project | Annapolis, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Agrace Hospicecare Foundation Inc | Fitchburg, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dawn Inc Dba Dawn Farm | Ypsilanti, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Foundation for Children Wcranialfacial Disorders | Delray Beach, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oakwood Foundation | Madison, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| South Florida Wildlife Center | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fau Foundation Osher Lifelong Learning Institute | Boca Raton, FL | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
82 of 121 (68%) 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 84%, 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.
- Yeshiva of Greater Washington
FOSTERING JEWISH EDUCATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 201 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 73 | $477,350 | $1,800 |
| 2022 | 86 | $558,220 | $1,800 |
| 2023 | 83 | $544,220 | $1,800 |
| 2024 | 89 | $493,647 | $1,500 |
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. 44% of this one's giving went to organizations in Florida. 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 $1,800. 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 Florida.
- 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 The Colburn Family Foundation'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: 12030 Sunrise Valley Drive 450, Reston, VA, 20191. 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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