Funding search · EIN 521853373 · Glyndon, MD
Howard P Colhoun Family 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.
- 216
- grants reported
- $11.2M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $15,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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1 grant matching “deford” · $10,000
- $10,000
Ladew Topiary Gardens · Monkton, MD · 2022
For the purchase of a teak bench in honor of anne deford
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Vanguard Charitable Trust- Williwaw3 grants · $1.6M
- Vanguard Charitable Trust- Jigsaw Fund3 grants · $1.4M
- National Outdoor Leadership School5 grants · $1.1M
- New Profit3 grants · $650,000
- Acumen Fund Nyc3 grants · $600,000
- Maine Community Foundation3 grants · $560,000
- Shelburne Farms (in Honor of Charlotte Stetson)3 grants · $500,000
- Whitehead Institute3 grants · $290,000
- Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund3 grants · $271,561
- Vermont Community Foundation3 grants · $270,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 216 grants.
- $553,000
Vanguard Charitable Trust- Williwaw · Warwick, RI · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $508,435
Vanguard Charitable Trust- Williwaw · Warwick, RI · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $507,000
Vanguard Charitable Trust- Williwaw · Warwick, RI · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $500,000
Vanguard Charitable Trust- Jigsaw Fund · Warwick, RI · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $472,000
Vanguard Charitable Trust- Jigsaw Fund · Warwick, RI · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $450,000
Vanguard Charitable Trust- Jigsaw Fund · Warwick, RI · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $420,000
National Outdoor Leadership School · Lander, WY · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $342,000
Maine Community Foundation · Ellsworth, ME · 2022
Wild blue fund
- $265,000
National Outdoor Leadership School · Lander, WY · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $220,000
New Profit · Boston, MA · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $217,500
New Profit · Boston, MA · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $212,500
New Profit · Boston, MA · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $200,000
Acumen Fund Nyc · New York, NY · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $200,000
Acumen Fund Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $200,000
Acumen Fund Nyc · New York, NY · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $200,000
National Outdoor Leadership School · Lander, WY · 2022
To create zoom classes for wilderness medicine
- $170,000
Maine Community Foundation · Ellsworth, ME · 2024
Wild blue fund
- $170,000
Shelburne Farms (in Honor of Charlotte Stetson) · Shelburne, VT · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $165,000
Shelburne Farms (in Honor of Charlotte Stetson) · Shelburne, VT · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $165,000
Shelburne Farms (in Honor of Charlotte Stetson) · Shelburne, VT · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $150,000
National Outdoor Leadership School · Lander, WY · 2023
To create zoom classes for wilderness medicine
- $150,000
Newfound Lake Regions Association - Building Campaign · Bristol, NH · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $120,000
Whitehead Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $120,000
Whitehead Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $100,000
Braven · Chicago, IL · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $100,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $100,000
Braven · Chicago, IL · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $100,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $100,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $90,000
Vermont Community Foundation · Middlebury, VT · 2024
Pine level fund
- $90,000
Vermont Community Foundation · Middlebury, VT · 2023
Pine level fund
- $90,000
Vermont Community Foundation · Middlebury, VT · 2022
Pine level fund
- $75,000
Bryn Mawr School 2024 Grant Endowment (Colhoun Fund) · Baltimore, MD · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $75,000
Maine Farmland Trust · Belfast, ME · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $75,000
Social Venture Partners Boulder County · Boulder, CO · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $75,000
Bryn Mawr School 2023 Grant Endowment (Colhoun Fund) · Baltimore, MD · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $75,000
Social Venture Partners Boulder County · Boulder, CO · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $75,000
Bryn Mawr School 2021 Grant Endowment (Colhoun Fund) · Baltimore, MD · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $75,000
Social Venture Partners Boulder County · Boulder, CO · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $71,561
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $71,000
Next Gen Personal Finance · Burlingame, CA · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $70,000
National Outdoor Leadership School · Lander, WY · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $65,000
Greater Baltimore Medical Center · Baltimore, MD · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $60,000
The Hill School - for New Programs · Pottstown, PA · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $60,000
Friends School of Portland Me · Cumberland Foreside, ME · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $60,000
Greater Baltimore Medical Center · Baltimore, MD · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $60,000
The Hill School - for New Programs · Pottstown, PA · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $60,000
The Hill School - for New Programs · Pottstown, PA · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $55,000
Camp Pasquaney · Hebron, NH · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $50,000
Maine Farmland Trust · Belfast, ME · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $50,000
Greater Baltimore Medical Center · Baltimore, MD · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $50,000
Hias · Silver Springs, MD · 2022
Directed to the ukraine
- $50,000
Plan International USA · Warwick, RI · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $50,000
The Brigid Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $50,000
The National Women'S Law Center · Washington, DC · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $50,000
Whitehead Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $50,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Ukrain relief
- $48,000
The National Women'S Law Center · Washington, DC · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $48,000
Maine Community Foundation · Ellsworth, ME · 2023
Wild blue fund
- $48,000
The National Women'S Law Center · Washington, DC · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $40,000
Bryn Mawr School · Baltimore, MD · 2024
New leadership program
- $40,000
Funds for Johns Hopkins Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $40,000
Planned Parenthood of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $40,000
St Thomas' Church · Owings Mills, MD · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $35,000
Fulbright Association · Washington, DC · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $35,000
Roots and Wings · Delray Beach, FL · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $35,000
Valley Planning Council · Towson, MD · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $35,000
Fulbright Association · Washington, DC · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $35,000
Valley Planning Council · Towson, MD · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $35,000
Fulbright Association · Washington, DC · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $35,000
Planned Parenthood of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $35,000
Valley Planning Council · Towson, MD · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $30,000
Planned Parenthood of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $30,000
Funds for Johns Hopkins Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $30,000
Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $30,000
Roots and Wings · Delray Beach, FL · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $30,000
Bethesda Hospital - Baptist Health Foundation · Boynton Beach, FL · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $30,000
Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners · New York, NY · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $30,000
Roots and Wings · Delray Beach, FL · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $28,000
Camp Pasquaney · Hebron, NH · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $25,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $25,000
Empath-Economic Mobility Pathways · Boston, MA · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $25,000
Family Planning Association of Maine · August, ME · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $25,000
Frenchmen'S Bay Conservancy · Hancock, ME · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $25,000
Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $25,000
Learning Ally · Princeton, NJ · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $20,000
Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $20,000
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $20,000
Teens To Trails · Brunswick, ME · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $20,000
The Plummer Home for Boys · Salem, MA · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $20,000
Bryn Mawr School · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Financial literacy
- $20,000
Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners · New York, NY · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $20,000
The Plummer Home for Boys · Salem, MA · 2023
For the exempt function of the organization
- $20,000
Bryn Mawr School · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Financial literacy
- $20,000
Foundacion Comunitaria De Puerto Rico · San Juan, PR · 2022
Hurricane fiona relief
- $20,000
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital Foundation · Ellsworth, MA · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $20,000
The Plummer Home for Boys · Salem, MA · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $18,000
Essex County Community Foundation · Danvers, MA · 2022
For the exempt function of the organization
- $15,000
Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
- $15,000
Chewonki Foundation · Wiscasset, ME · 2024
For the exempt function of the organization
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