Funding search · EIN 311479839 · Pittsburgh, PA
Colcom 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.
- 507
- grants reported
- $81.4M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $60,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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Top recipients
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- Colcom Foundation - Numbersusa Education & Research Foundation6 grants · $8.2M
- Colcom Foundation - Federation for American Immigration Reform4 grants · $7.8M
- Colcom Foundation - Immigration Reform Law Institute4 grants · $6.7M
- Colcom Foundation - Center for Immigration Studies2 grants · $4.1M
- Colcom Foundation - Allegheny Land Trust11 grants · $3.2M
- Colcom - Immigration Reform Law Institute2 grants · $2.6M
- Colcom Foundation - Immigration Research Fund6 grants · $2.1M
- Colcom Foundation - Western Pennsylvania Conservancy9 grants · $1.9M
- Colcom - Numbersusa Education & Research Foundation2 grants · $1.6M
- Colcom Foundation - Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds5 grants · $1.5M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 507 grants.
- $2.9M
Colcom Foundation - Numbersusa Education & Research Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023
General operating support
- $2.7M
Colcom Foundation - Numbersusa Education & Research Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $2.6M
Colcom Foundation - Federation for American Immigration Reform · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
- $2.6M
Colcom Foundation - Federation for American Immigration Reform · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
- $2.3M
Colcom Foundation - Immigration Reform Law Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
- $2.3M
Colcom Foundation - Immigration Reform Law Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
- $2.1M
Colcom Foundation - Center for Immigration Studies · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
- $2.0M
Colcom - Immigration Reform Law Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Restricted grant
- $2.0M
Colcom Foundation - Center for Immigration Studies · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
- $1.6M
Colcom Foundation - Federation for American Immigration Reform · Washington, DC · 2021
General operating support
- $1.5M
Colcom Foundation - Numbersusa Education & Research Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2021
General operating support
- $1.1M
Colcom Foundation - Immigration Reform Law Institute · Washington, DC · 2021
General operating support
- $1.1M
Colcom Foundation - Numbersusa Education & Research Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2021
General operating support
- $1.0M
Colcom - Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
8th street block civic space and cultural district streetscaping
- $1.0M
Colcom Foundation - Immigration Research Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
- $1.0M
Colcom Foundation - Federation for American Immigration Reform · Washington, DC · 2021
General operating support
- $1.0M
Colcom Foundation - Immigration Reform Law Institute · Washington, DC · 2021
General operating support
- $970,000
Colcom Foundation - Center for Immigration Studies · Washington, DC · 2021
General operating support
- $910,000
Colcom - Numbersusa Education & Research Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operating support
- $650,000
Colcom - - Federation for American Immigration Reform · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
- $650,000
Colcom - Federation for American Immigration Reform · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
- $650,000
Colcom - Numbersusa Education & Research Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operating support
- $600,000
Colcom - Immigration Accountability Project · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
- $575,000
Colcom - Immigration Reform Law Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
- $500,000
Colcom Foundation - Allegheny Land Trust · Sewickley, PA · 2023
Land conservation
- $500,000
Colcom Foundation - National Aviary Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Veterinary care and advancement center
- $500,000
Colcom Foundation - Oglebay Foundation · Wheeling, WV · 2023
African lion habitats & breeding facility
- $500,000
Colcom Foundation - Immigration Research Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
- $500,000
Colcom Foundation - Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Magnolia park and dark sky lighting
- $450,000
Colcom - Allegheny Land Trust · Sewickley, PA · 2024
Land conservation
- $450,000
Colcom Foundation - Allegheny Land Trust · Sewickley, PA · 2023
Land conservation
- $450,000
Colcom Foundation - the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
2022 capital project priorities
- $425,000
Colcom Foundation - Allegheny Land Trust · Sewickley, PA · 2023
Land conservation
- $425,000
Colcom Foundation - Allegheny Land Trust · Sewickley, PA · 2022
Land conservation
- $407,000
Colcom - Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Flowers & planters project
- $400,000
Colcom - Center for Immigration Studies · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
- $400,000
Colcom Foundation - Allegheny Land Trust · Sewickley, PA · 2022
Land conservation
- $400,000
Colcom Foundation - Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Rivers connect us: reconnecting aquatic habitats
- $382,825
Colcom Foundation - Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Flowers & planters project
- $382,825
Colcom Foundation - Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Flowers & planters project
- $380,000
Colcom - Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds · State College, PA · 2024
Land conservation
- $380,000
Colcom Foundation - Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds · Johnstown, PA · 2022
Environmental restoration project
- $380,000
Colcom Foundation - Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds · Johnstown, PA · 2021
Addressing western pas industrial legacy
- $360,000
Colcom Foundation - Tree Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Tree distribution program
- $354,100
Colcom Foundation - Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
City of flowers - continuation of downtown planters
- $350,000
Colcom Foundation - Institute for Sound Public Policy · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
- $350,000
Colcom Foundation - Keeping Identities Safe · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
- $350,000
Colcom Foundation - Progressives for Immigration Reform · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
- $350,000
Colcom Foundation - Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds · Johnstown, PA · 2021
Three rivers quest & generating awareness for project success
- $350,000
Colcom Foundation - US Incorporated · Washington Dc, DC · 2021
General operating support
- $300,000
Colcom Foundation - Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Capital project
- $300,000
Colcom Foundation - Scenic America · Washington, DC · 2023
Public eduation and symposium
- $300,000
Colcom Foundation - Carnegie Institute · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Science preservation fund
- $300,000
Colcom Foundation - Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds · Johnstown, PA · 2022
Environmental project
- $300,000
Colcom Foundation - Carnegie Institute · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Science preservation fund
- $300,000
Colcom Foundation - Immigration Research Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
General operating support
- $300,000
Colcom Foundation - Keeping Identities Safe · Washington, DC · 2021
General operating support, research, and public education
- $300,000
Colcom Foundation - Pennsylvania Environmental Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General operating support
- $282,000
Colcom Foundation - Zoological Society of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
New zoo visitor entrance
- $250,000
Colcom - Armstrong Trails · Kittanning, PA · 2024
Kiski junction-design
- $250,000
Colcom - Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Fires free press debate partnership
- $250,000
Colcom - Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds · State College, PA · 2024
Working capital loan fund
- $250,000
Colcom - Immigration Research Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
- $250,000
Colcom - Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Paris to pittsburgh: 2024-2025
- $250,000
Colcom - Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Three rivers community forestry project
- $250,000
Colcom Foundation - Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Paris to pittsburgh
- $250,000
Colcom Foundation - Highmark Health · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Nursing project
- $250,000
Colcom Foundation - Hollow Oak Land Trust · Moon Township, PA · 2022
Land conservation
- $250,000
Colcom Foundation - Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Enhanced paris to pittsburgh grant for targeted corridors
- $250,000
Colcom Foundation - US · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
General operating support
- $238,420
Colcom Foundation - Allegheny County Parks Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Trail project
- $238,000
Colcom Foundation - Tree Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Tree pittsburgh campus purchase
- $225,000
Colcom - Pennsylvania Environmental Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Restoring the commonwealths land, air and water
- $225,000
Colcom Foundation - Pennsylvania Environmental Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General operating support
- $225,000
Colcom Foundation - Pennsylvania Environmental Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Restore the commonwealth
- $220,000
Colcom Foundation - Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art · Loretto, PA · 2023
General operating support
- $200,000
Colcom - Allegheny Land Trust · Sewickley, PA · 2024
Land conservation
- $200,000
Colcom - Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Watershed conservation
- $200,000
Colcom Foundation - Allegheny Land Trust · Sewickley, PA · 2023
Land conservation
- $200,000
Colcom Foundation - Pa Cleanways of Allegheny County · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General operating support
- $200,000
Colcom Foundation - Veterans Place of Washington Boulevard · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Washington boulevard campus construction
- $200,000
Colcom Foundation - Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Rivers connect us ii project
- $200,000
Colcom Foundation - Bidwell Training Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Facility renovations and work force training
- $200,000
Colcom Foundation - Hollow Oak Land Trust · Moon Township, PA · 2022
Land conservation
- $200,000
Colcom Foundation - Aspinwall Riverfront Park Dba Allegheny Rivertrail Park · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Trail project
- $200,000
Colcom Foundation - Clean Air Council · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Organizing, advocacy, and litigation to promote a healthy environment
- $200,000
Colcom Foundation - Immigration Research Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
General operating support
- $200,000
Colcom Foundation - Pennsylvania Resources Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Waste diversion in greater pittsburgh
- $195,000
Colcom - National Tropical Botanical Garden · Kalaheo, HI · 2024
The conservation program + technology purchase
- $185,000
Colcom Foundation - National Tropical Botanical Garden · Kalaheo, HI · 2021
Conservation program
- $180,000
Colcom - Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art · Loretto, PA · 2024
General operating support
- $180,000
Colcom Foundation - Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art · Loretto, PA · 2022
General operating support
- $180,000
Colcom Foundation - Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art · Loretto, PA · 2021
General operating support
- $179,000
Colcom - Tree Pittsburgh (Dba Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest) · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Tree distribution program
- $175,000
Colcom - Friends of the Riverfront · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General operating support
- $175,000
Colcom - Pennsylvania Resources Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Strengthening regional waste reduction strategies for long-term sustainability
- $175,000
Colcom Foundation - Allegheny Land Trust · Sewickley, PA · 2023
Land conservation
- $175,000
Colcom Foundation - Pennsylvania Resources Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General operating support
- $175,000
Colcom Foundation - Allegheny Land Trust · Sewickley, PA · 2022
Land conservation
- $175,000
Colcom Foundation - Pennsylvania Resources Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Community awareness - fight for waste prevention
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