Funding search · EIN 222520918 · Short Hills, NJ

Colton Family Foundation

Name: Colton Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

174
grants reported: $47.8M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $5,000
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.

What they fund

unrestriced

Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

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.

University of Pennsylvania4 grants · $32.7M
American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ4 grants · $4.2M
Yale University3 grants · $3.5M
New Jersey Performing Arts Center4 grants · $3.3M
Nyu Langone Health3 grants · $1.3M
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $1.2M
New York Philharmonic4 grants · $407,532
American Friends Israel Philharmoni3 grants · $346,113
Pef Israel Endowment Funds1 grant · $100,000
Connecticut Public Broadcasting1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$5.8M

2021

$14.8M

2022

$17.0M

2023

$10.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 174 grants.

$12.3M
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$11.0M
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$8.3M
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1.3M
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
Unrestricted
$1.3M
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
Unrestricted
$1.3M
American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$1.2M
American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$1.1M
Nyu Langone Health · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$1.0M
New Jersey Performing Arts Center · Newark, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted
$1.0M
New Jersey Performing Arts Center · Newark, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted
$1.0M
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Unrestricted
$1.0M
American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$1.0M
New Jersey Performing Arts Center · Newark, NJ · 2021
Unrestricted
$1.0M
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2021
Unrestricted
$800,000
American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$318,000
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra · Newark, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted
$309,113
American Friends Israel Philharmoni · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$305,000
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra · Newark, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted
$300,100
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra · Newark, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted
$265,000
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra · Newark, NJ · 2021
Unrestricted
$217,250
New Jersey Performing Arts Center · Newark, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted
$105,000
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$104,300
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
Connecticut Public Broadcasting · Hartford, CT · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Nyu Langone Health · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Nyu Langone Health · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$98,232
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$55,000
America Gives · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Metrow · Whippany, NJ · 2021
Unrestricted
$50,000
Weill Cornell Medicine · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$40,000
Allicance for Decision Education · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$30,000
American Friends Israel Philharmoni · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$25,000
Jewish Community Housing Corp · Livingston, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Alliance for Decision Education · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2021
Unrestricted
$25,000
Little Kids Rock · Verona, NJ · 2021
Unrestricted
$22,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$22,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Ameinu · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$19,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$16,958
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2021
Unrestricted
$11,144
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Wnyc · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Wnet · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2021
Unrestricted
$9,138
Community Food Bank of New Jersey · Hillside, NJ · 2021
Unrestricted
$9,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2021
Unrestricted
$8,100
Wnyc · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$7,500
Interfaith Food Pantry · Orange, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,500
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$7,500
Wnet · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$7,105
Community Food Bank of Nj · Hillside, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,000
American Friends Israel Philharmoni · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$6,700
Newark Museum · Newark, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,570
Congregation Beth El · South Orange, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,355
Congregation Beth El · South Orange, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,100
Focusing Philanthropy · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Facing History and Ourselves · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Liberty Science Center · Jersey City, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
People for the American Way · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Wildwood School · Schenectady, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Ameinu · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Bershire Theatre · Stockbridge, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Liberty Science Center · Jersey City, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Newark Museum · Newark, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
People for the American Way · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Wildwood School · Schenectady, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Interfaith Food Pantry · Orange, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
International Rescue Committee · Elizabeth, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Wildwood School · Schenectady, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,000
Equal Justice Foundation · Montgomery, AL · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,000
Facing History & Ourselves · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,000
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,000
Interfaith Food Pantry · Orange, NJ · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,000
International Rescue Committee · Elizabeth, NJ · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,000
Lighthouse · Cincinnati, OH · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,000
Newark Museum · Newark, NJ · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,000
People for the American Way · Washington, DC · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,000
Wallace Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,000
Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,000
Wildwood School · Schenectady, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,000
Wnyc · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$4,730
New Jewish Narrative · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$4,700
Newark Museum · Newark, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,840
Jewish Community Housing Corp · Livingston, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,623
Jespyhouseorg · South Orange, NJ · 2021
Unrestricted
$3,600
Jewish Community Housing Corp · Livingston, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,000
Jsdd · West Orange, NJ · 2021
Unrestricted
$2,500
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center · Great Barrington, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center · Great Barrington, MA · 2021
Unrestricted

View all 174 grants →

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

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.