Funding search · EIN 421263748 · Phoenix, AZ

Cole-Belin Education Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

120
grants reported
$857,773
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

budgeteducationliteracyoutreachteachertrainingbreastcancer

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Top recipients

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  • Belin-Blank Center4 grants · $280,000
  • Civic Music Assocation2 grants · $50,000
  • Living History Farms2 grants · $40,000
  • 1000 Friends of Iowa4 grants · $39,573
  • Mainframe Studios1 grant · $25,000
  • Iowa Environmental Council4 grants · $24,000
  • Second Chance Wildlife Center3 grants · $23,000
  • Des Moines Community Playhouse4 grants · $20,000
  • Chrysalis Foundation4 grants · $20,000
  • Common Good Iowa4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$177,500
2022
$200,050
2023
$235,323
2024
$244,900
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 120 grants.

  • $100,000

    Belin-Blank Center · Iowa City, IA · 2022

    Teacher training

  • $75,000

    Belin-Blank Center · Iowa City, IA · 2025

    Teacher training

  • $75,000

    Belin-Blank Center · Iowa City, IA · 2024

    Teacher training

  • $30,000

    Belin-Blank Center · Iowa City, IA · 2023

    Teacher training

  • $25,000

    Civic Music Assocation · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    General operating budget

  • $25,000

    Civic Music Assocation · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $25,000

    Mainframe Studios · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $20,000

    Living History Farms · Urbandale, IA · 2025

    Program support

  • $20,000

    Living History Farms · Urbandale, IA · 2024

    Program support

  • $15,000

    Nurturings · Bristol, TN · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $10,000

    1000 Friends of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    General operating budget

  • $10,000

    Voterpunch · Arroyo Grande, CA · 2025

    General operating budget

  • $10,000

    Living History Farms Foundation · Urbandale, IA · 2023

    Education programs

  • $10,000

    Planned Parenthood North Central States · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $10,000

    1000 Friends of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $10,000

    Living History Farms Foundation · Urbandale, IA · 2022

    Education programs

  • $9,823

    1000 Friends of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $9,750

    1000 Friends of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $8,000

    Second Chance Wildlife Center · Gaithersburg, MD · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $8,000

    Second Chance Wildlife Center · Gaithersburg, MD · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $7,000

    Montgomery County Humane Society · Red Oak, IA · 2025

    General operating budget

  • $7,000

    Second Chance Wildlife Center · Gaithersburg, MD · 2025

    General operating budget

  • $6,000

    Iowa Environmental Council · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    Program support

  • $6,000

    Iowa Environmental Council · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Program support

  • $6,000

    Montgomery County Humane Society · Red Oak, IA · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $6,000

    Iowa Environmental Council · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $6,000

    Montgomery County Humane Society · Rockville, MD · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $6,000

    Iowa Environmental Council · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Aspca · New York, NY · 2025

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Camp Nebagamon · Lake Nebagamon, WI · 2025

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Chrysalis Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    Education programs

  • $5,000

    Common Good Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Des Moines Area Religious Counselin · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Des Moines Community Playhouse · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    Literacy/education programs

  • $5,000

    Des Moines Public Library Foundatio · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    Education and outreach

  • $5,000

    Environmental Law & Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Program support

  • $5,000

    Interfaith Alliance of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Iowa Citizen Action Network · North Liberty, IA · 2025

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    The Nature Conservancy of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Whiterock Conservancy · Coon Rapids, IA · 2025

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Young Women'S Resource Center · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Aspca · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Chrysalis Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Education programs

  • $5,000

    Common Good Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Des Moines Community Playhouse · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Literacy/education programs

  • $5,000

    Des Moines Public Library Foundatio · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Education and outreach

  • $5,000

    Environmental Law & Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Program support

  • $5,000

    Interfaith Alliance of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Iowa Citizen Action Network · North Liberty, IA · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Iowa Stage Theatre · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Program support

  • $5,000

    The Nature Conservancy of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Whiterock Conservancy · Coon Rapids, IA · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Young Women'S Resource Center · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Aspca · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Chrysalis Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Education programs

  • $5,000

    Common Good Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Des Moines Community Playhouse · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Literacy/education programs

  • $5,000

    Des Moines Public Library Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Education and outreach

  • $5,000

    Environmental Law & Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Interfaith Alliance of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Iowa Citizen Action Network Foundation · Coralville, IA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Whiterock Conservancy · Coon Rapids, IA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Young Womens Resource Center · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Chrysalis Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    Education programs

  • $5,000

    Common Good Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Des Moines Community Playhouse · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    Literacy/education programs

  • $5,000

    Des Moines Public Library Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    Education and outreach

  • $5,000

    Interfaith Alliance of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Iowa Citizen Action Network Foundation · Coralville, IA · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Voterpunch · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $3,600

    Iowa Jewish Historical Society · Waukee, IA · 2025

    Program support

  • $3,600

    Des Moines Area Religious Counselin · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $3,600

    Iowa Jewish Historical Society · Waukee, IA · 2024

    Program support

  • $3,600

    Des Moines Area Religious Counseling · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $3,600

    Iowa Jewish Historical Society · Waukee, IA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $2,500

    Iowa Legal Aid · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    Program support

  • $2,500

    Iowa Safe Schools · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    Program support

  • $2,500

    Iowa Stage Theatre · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    Program support

  • $2,500

    Gem X Scholarship Fund · Ridgefield, CT · 2024

    Eduction programs

  • $2,500

    Iowa Legal Aid · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Program support

  • $2,500

    Iowa Safe Schools · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Program support

  • $2,500

    Iowa Legal Aid Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $2,500

    Iowa Safe Schools · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $2,500

    Iowa Stage Theatre Company · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $2,500

    Iowa Safe Schools · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $2,000

    Citizenship Counts · Voorhees, NJ · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $2,000

    Citizenship Counts · Voorhees, NJ · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $2,000

    Drake University · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    Friends of drake arts fund

  • $1,800

    Mind & Spirit Counseling Center · Urbandale, IA · 2025

    General operating budget

  • $1,800

    Mind & Spirit Counseling Center · Urbandale, IA · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $1,800

    Ellipsis · Johnston, IA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $1,800

    Mind Spirit Counseling Center · Urbandale, IA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $1,000

    Americans for Ben-Gurion · New York, NY · 2025

    General operating budget

  • $1,000

    Humane Rescue Alliance · Washington, DC · 2025

    Program support

  • $1,000

    Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    General operating budget

  • $1,000

    Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    General operating budget

  • $1,000

    Monuments Men and Women Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2025

    General operating budget

  • $1,000

    Natural Disaster Search Dog Found · Santa Paula, CA · 2025

    General operating budget

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.