The Coleman Foundation
Midland City, AL · EIN 46-3980009. Reported 94 grants totalling $607,131 to 72 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 Coleman 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,500; the smallest was $50 and the largest $133,333. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy State University | Troy, AL | $244,615 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Troy University Foundation | Troy, AL | $133,334 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Go Forward Campaign | Pensacola, FL | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Houston Academy | Dothan, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alabama-Florida Council Boy Scouts | Dothan, AL | $23,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL | $13,590 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys Scouts 84-8592900 | Irving, TX | $11,900 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Se Alabama Comm Theatre | Dothan, AL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Southeast Alabama Community Theatre | Dothan, AL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wiregrass United Way | Dothan, AL | $8,470 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wallace Community College | Dothan, AL | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wreaths Across America | Columbia Falls, ME | $6,222 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Auburn University | Auburn, AL | $6,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wiregrass Children's Home | Dothan, AL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Kansas City, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wiregrass Honor Flight Hub | Enterprise, AL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leadership Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $2,350 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alan F Wholstetter Scholarship Fund | Alexandria, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cultural Arts | Dothan, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cultural Arts Center | Dothan, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| East Georgia State College | Swainsboro, GA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Florida State College at Jacksonvil | Jacksoville, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kansas State University | Manhattan, KS | $2,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Motlow Community College | Lynchburg, TN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Carolina a & T State Universi | Greensboro, NC | $2,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oakland City University | Oakland City, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southern Union State Comm College | Wadley, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Texas in Dallas | Richardson, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of West Georgia | Carrollton, GA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Virginia Tech | Balcksburg, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wcc Foundation Golf Tournament | Goldsboro, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wiregrass Habitat for Humanity | Dothan, AL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| House of Ruth | Dothan, AL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Albany State University | Albany, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Welding Academy | Union, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Washington University | Ellensburg, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coastal Alabama Community College | Bay Minette, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dothan Area Botanical Gardens | Dothan, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Dothan, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Army Aviation | Ozark, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| George C Wallace Community College | Dothan, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gulf Coast State College | Panama City, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| House of Ruth | Baltimore, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Indian Springs Boarding School | Pelham, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jon Lee Foundation | Dothan, AL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Leeward Community College | Pearl City, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rsi the Refrigeration School | Phoenix, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| South College | Atlanta, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Texas College of Cosmetology | Abilene, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Alabama Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Central Florida | Orlando, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Kansas | Lawrence, KS | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of South Alabama | Mobile, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Walter State Community College | Morristown, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wiregrass Blues Festival | Dothan, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wiregrass Museum of Art Membership | Dothan, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Z Hair Academy | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dothan Area Botanical Garden | Dothan, AL | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wiregrass Museum of Art | Dothan, AL | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southeast Alabama Dance Company | Dothan, AL | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wcc Foundation | Dothan, AL | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Association - Al Chapte | Birmingham, AL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dothan Area Chamber Foundation | Dothan, AL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dothan Gun Club | Midland City, AL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dothan High School | Dothan, AL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dothan Houston Co Substance Abuse P | Dothan, AL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Dale Ems Inc | Dothan, AL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rehobeth Quarterback Club | Dothan, AL | $450 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kappa Sigma | Mobile, AL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girard Primary School | Dothan, AL | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
15 of 72 (21%) 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 19%, across 3 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 17 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 | $98,767 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 32 | $140,242 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 30 | $197,155 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 16 | $170,967 | $2,000 |
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. 86% of this one's giving went to organizations in Alabama. 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 $1,000. 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 Alabama.
- 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 The Coleman 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: Po Box 397, Midland City, AL, 36350. 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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