Funding search · EIN 300100019 · Santa Monica, CA

The Carol and James Collins Foundation

Name: The Carol and James Collins Foundation grants, 2021–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

297
grants reported: $6.7M
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. 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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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles5 grants · $276,000
Collins & Katz Family Ymca5 grants · $183,000
Para Los Ninos6 grants · $172,500
La County Department of Arts and Culture5 grants · $170,000
Proyecto Pastoral4 grants · $160,000
Students Run America Dba Students Run La4 grants · $150,000
Ps Arts4 grants · $145,000
Boys & Girls Club of the La Harbor4 grants · $141,000
Unite-La4 grants · $140,000
A Place Called Home5 grants · $131,500

Giving over time

$1.4M

2021

$1.2M

2022

$432,000

2023

$1.5M

2024

$2.0M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 297 grants.

$185,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$162,000
Collins & Katz Family Ymca · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General Operating Support
$57,500
Para Los Ninos · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$50,000
Discovery Cube Los Angeles · Sylmar, CA · 2025
General Operating Support
$50,000
Heart of Los Angeles Youth · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$50,000
Ready To Succeed · Santa Monica, CA · 2025
General operating support
$50,000
The Change Reaction · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2025
General operating support
$50,000
Ymca of Metro Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
To support Camp Whittle Capital Campaign
$45,500
First Graduate · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General Operating Support
$45,000
Alliance College-Ready Public Schools · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$45,000
Para Los Ninos · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$42,500
La Promise Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Support culinary arts program
$42,500
The 30 Birds Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General operating support
$42,000
Student Health Services Fund Dba the La Trust for Children'S Health · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$41,000
Boys & Girls Club of the La Harbor · San Pedro, CA · 2025
General operating support
$41,000
Student Health Services Fund Dba the La Trust for Children'S Health · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$40,000
826la · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$40,000
A Place Called Home · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$40,000
A Window Between Worlds · La Canada, CA · 2025
General operating support
$40,000
Bob Baker Marionette Theater · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$40,000
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General Operating Support
$40,000
Get Lit-Words Ignite · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$40,000
Ps Arts · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$40,000
Students Run America Dba Students Run La · Tarzana, CA · 2025
General operating support
$40,000
United Friends of the Children · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$40,000
Boys & Girls Club of the La Harbor · San Pedro, CA · 2024
General operating support
$40,000
Discovery Cube Los Angeles · Sylmar, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$40,000
Positive Coaching Alliance · Oakland, CA · 2024
To support California programs
$40,000
Proyecto Pastoral · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$40,000
Ready To Succeed · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
General operating support
$40,000
Students Run America Dba Students Run La · Tarzana, CA · 2024
General operating support
$40,000
Proyecto Pastoral · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operating support
$40,000
Heart of Los Angeles Youth · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General operating support
$40,000
Proyecto Pastoral · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General operating support
$40,000
Heart of Los Angeles Youth · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General operating support
$40,000
Proyecto Pastoral · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General operating support
$38,060
Spirit Series · Santa Monica, CA · 2025
To support So Cal School Scholarship Fund
$37,500
La Promise Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support Culinary Arts Program
$35,000
Da Vinci Schools · El Segundo, CA · 2025
To support LifeLaunch Project
$35,000
Educators for Excellence-Los Angeles · New York, NY · 2025
General Operating Support
$35,000
Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
To support Youth Re-entry Programs
$35,000
La County Department of Arts and Culture · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$35,000
The Seed School of La County · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$35,000
The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company · Pasadena, CA · 2025
General operating support
$35,000
Alliance College-Ready Public Schools · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$35,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$35,000
Da Vinci Schools · El Segundo, CA · 2024
To support LifeLaunch Project
$35,000
Educators for Excellence-Los Angeles · New York, NY · 2024
General Operating Support
$35,000
First Graduate · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$35,000
Get Lit-Words Ignite · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$35,000
Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To support Youth Re-entry Programs
$35,000
La County Department of Arts and Culture · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$35,000
Ps Arts · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$35,000
Southern California Grantmakers · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support, center for strategic partnership
$35,000
Unite-La · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To support STEAM career pathways
$35,000
La County Department of Arts and Culture · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operating support
$35,000
Positive Coaching Alliance · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operating support
$35,000
Unite-La · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operating support
$35,000
Alliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General operating support
$35,000
Discovery Science Center of Los Angeles (Dba Discovery Cube Los Angeles) · Santa Ana, CA · 2022
General operating support
$35,000
Educators for Excellence-Los Angeles (E4e-La) · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$35,000
La County Department of Arts and Culture · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support LA County Arts Ed Collective
$35,000
Portal Schools · Playa Vista, CA · 2022
General oprerating support
$35,000
Ps Arts · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General operating support
$35,000
Students Run America Dba Students Run La · Tarzana, CA · 2022
General operating support
$35,000
Unite-La · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support Opportunity Youth STEAM, Tech & Health Care career pathways program
$35,000
Alliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General operating support
$35,000
Educators for Excellence-Los Angeles (E4e-La) · New York, NY · 2021
General operating support
$35,000
La Promise Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
To support Black College Success Initiative
$35,000
Portal Schools · Playa Vista, CA · 2021
General oprerating support
$35,000
Positive Coaching Alliance (Merged Organization With Coaching Corps) · Oakland, CA · 2021
To support PCA in Southern CA
$35,000
Ps Arts · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General operating support
$35,000
Students Run America Dba Students Run La · Tarzana, CA · 2021
General operating support
$35,000
The Seed School of Los Angeles County · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General operating support
$35,000
Unite-La · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
To support Opportunity Youth in STEAM, Tech, Health Care career pathways program
$31,000
Mar Vista Family Center · Culver City, CA · 2024
Support By Youth For Youth program
$30,000
Boys & Girls Club of W San Gabriel Valley and Eastside · Monterey Park, CA · 2025
To support Power Hour
$30,000
Inner City Youth Orchestra of La · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$30,000
Los Angeles Youth Network · Hollywood, CA · 2025
General operating support
$30,000
Mar Vista Family Center · Culver City, CA · 2025
Support By Youth For Youth program
$30,000
New Earth Organization · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$30,000
New Village Charter School · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$30,000
Peer Health Exchange · Oakland, CA · 2025
To support PHE LA
$30,000
Pf Bresee Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$30,000
The M3nd Project · Laguna Beach, CA · 2025
General operating support
$30,000
826la · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$30,000
A Place Called Home · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$30,000
Boys & Girls Club of W San Gabriel Valley and Eastside · Monterey Park, CA · 2024
To support Power Hour
$30,000
Charles R Drew University of Medicine & Science · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To support Saturday Science Academy II
$30,000
City Year · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$30,000
College Track · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$30,000
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$30,000
New Earth Organization · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$30,000
New Village Girls Academy · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$30,000
Pf Bresee Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$30,000
The Heart Project Dba Artworxla · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$30,000
The M3nd Project · Laguna Beach, CA · 2024
General operating support
$30,000
The Seed School of La County · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$30,000
The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company · Pasadena, CA · 2024
General operating support
$30,000
United Friends of the Children · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support

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