Funding search · EIN 527142941 · Philadelphia, PA

The Comis Foundation 2423-00-48

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

106
grants reported
$5.6M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$40,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

servicesearlyexpandaftermusicschooleducationyouth

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Top recipients

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  • Friends of the Children - National3 grants · $1.2M
  • Friends of the Children - Sf Bay Area7 grants · $385,000
  • Boulder Day Nursery Association4 grants · $190,000
  • Parent Possible4 grants · $168,000
  • Tides Center3 grants · $160,000
  • Bay Area Music Project3 grants · $150,000
  • Lc and Lillie Cox Haven of Hope3 grants · $150,000
  • Communities in Schools2 grants · $150,000
  • Etm-Colorado2 grants · $125,000
  • New York University2 grants · $125,000

Giving over time

$108,000
2021
$582,970
2022
$2.1M
2023
$2.7M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 106 grants.

  • $1.0M

    Friends of the Children - National · Portland, OR · 2023

    To support rural & tribal

  • $100,000

    Friends of the Children - National · Portland, OR · 2024

    Buffalo circle fund

  • $100,000

    Friends of the Children - Sf Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Youth empowerment program

  • $100,000

    Friends of the Children - Sf Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Impact On Education · Louisville, CO · 2024

    Increase access to

  • $100,000

    Friends of the Children - National · Portland, OR · 2023

    To support tribal locations

  • $100,000

    Friends of the Children - Sf Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $80,000

    Kings Against Violence Initiative · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Enhance program

  • $75,000

    318 Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2024

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    Boulder Day Nursery Association · Boulder, CO · 2024

    General support grant

  • $75,000

    Communities in Schools · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Surround students with

  • $75,000

    Community Education Network It · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Support for grown your own

  • $75,000

    Etm-Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    First Graduate · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    Immigrant Family Services Institute · Boston, MA · 2024

    Child enrichment and youth

  • $75,000

    Mindful Life Project · Richmond, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    Music Will · Covina, CA · 2024

    Support for digital

  • $75,000

    National Black Womens Justice Institute · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Support to form a youth

  • $75,000

    New York University · Boston, MA · 2024

    Support for the parent

  • $75,000

    Peninsula Family Service · San Mateo, CA · 2024

    Enhance stem programming

  • $75,000

    The Family Center - La Familia · Fort Collins, CO · 2024

    Support for el nidito

  • $75,000

    Upower · Seattle, WA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    Boulder Day Nursery Association · Boulder, CO · 2023

    General support of services

  • $75,000

    Communities in Schools · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Surround students with

  • $70,000

    Childrens Literacy Initiative · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $60,000

    Denver City Lax · Denver, CO · 2024

    General operating support

  • $60,000

    Tides Center · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support of new

  • $50,000

    Bay Area Music Project · Alameda, CA · 2024

    Expand established music

  • $50,000

    Jewish Family & Children'S Services · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Support for the early

  • $50,000

    Lc and Lillie Cox Haven of Hope · Danville, CA · 2024

    After school physical

  • $50,000

    Parent Possible · Denver, CO · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Parent Possible · Denver, CO · 2024

    Hippy program - americorps

  • $50,000

    Peter Westbrook Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Olympians in life academic

  • $50,000

    Philadelphia Community Empowerment · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Science & Entrepreneurship Exchange · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Design and delivery of

  • $50,000

    Young Masterminds Initiative · Aurora, CO · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Bay Area Music Project · Alameda, CA · 2023

    Expand established music

  • $50,000

    Denver City Lax · Denver, CO · 2023

    New expansion of program

  • $50,000

    Early Learning Ventures · Englewood, CO · 2023

    Expansion of services

  • $50,000

    Etm-Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023

    Support for music education

  • $50,000

    Flower City Arts Center · Rochester, NY · 2023

    Support for studio 678/high

  • $50,000

    Lc and Lillie Cox Haven of Hope · Danville, CA · 2023

    After school physical

  • $50,000

    Parent Possible · Denver, CO · 2023

    Pat, hippy, vroom and ehv

  • $50,000

    Tides Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General support of new

  • $50,000

    Bay Area Music Project · Alameda, CA · 2022

    Expand established music

  • $50,000

    Child Care Aware of America · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Support for launch of co

  • $50,000

    Early Learning Ventures · Englewood, CO · 2022

    Expansion of services

  • $50,000

    Jewish Family & Children'S Services · Waltham, MA · 2022

    Subsidize clinical services

  • $50,000

    Lc and Lillie Cox Haven of Hope · Danville, CA · 2022

    After school physical

  • $50,000

    New York University · New York, NY · 2022

    Expand early childhood

  • $50,000

    Tides Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General support of new

  • $50,000

    University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2022

    Summer intern residency

  • $40,000

    Enriching Lives Through Music · San Rafael, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $40,000

    Sistema Utah · West Valley City, UT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $40,000

    We Care Services for Children · Concord, CA · 2024

    Preschool consultation

  • $40,000

    We Care Services for Children · Concord, CA · 2023

    Preschool consultation

  • $40,000

    We Care Services for Children · Concord, CA · 2022

    Keep preschoolers in class

  • $36,000

    The Family Center - La Familia · Fort Collins, CO · 2024

    Early childhood education

  • $35,000

    I Have a Dream Foundation of Boulder · Boulder, CO · 2024

    General operating support

  • $34,500

    California Dance Institute · Porter Ranch, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Homefront · Lawrence Township, NJ · 2024

    Fund newly-created position

  • $30,000

    Root To Rise · Madison, WI · 2024

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    The American Mural Project · Winstead, CT · 2024

    Support to expand

  • $30,000

    Buffalo Prep · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Accelerated educational

  • $30,000

    Homefront · Lawrence Township, NJ · 2023

    Fund newly-created position

  • $30,000

    Women'S Audio Mission · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Girls learning audio tech

  • $29,970

    Mission Dolores Academy · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Create, renovate wall mural

  • $25,000

    Centronia · Washington, DC · 2024

    3 year study to provide

  • $25,000

    Chapter 510 Ink · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Writing and podcasting

  • $25,000

    Child Care Aware of America · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General funds to advance

  • $25,000

    Early Excellence Project · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    Margaret washington

  • $25,000

    Scopa Has a Dream · Healdsburg, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    The Complete Player Charity Ltd · Glen Burnie, MD · 2024

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Centronia · Washington, DC · 2023

    3 year study to provide

  • $25,000

    Chapter 510 Ink · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Writing and podcasting

  • $25,000

    Child Care Aware of America · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Make high-quality early

  • $25,000

    Community Child Care Center of Delray · Delray Beach, FL · 2023

    Accf's early learning

  • $25,000

    St James School · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating funds to

  • $25,000

    Wheel Fun · Sedona, AZ · 2023

    General support for title 1

  • $25,000

    Centronia · Washington, DC · 2022

    3 year study to provide

  • $25,000

    Friends of the Children - Sf Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General support of services

  • $25,000

    Sacred Heart Community Service · San Jose, CA · 2021

    Youth education program

  • $20,000

    Above the Clouds · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Friends of the Children - Sf Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Provide stable funding for

  • $20,000

    Chaldean Community Foundation · Sterling Heights, MI · 2023

    Early childhood education

  • $20,000

    Friends of Buffalo Creek · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Enhance after-school

  • $20,000

    Friends of the Children - Sf Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Provide stable funding for

  • $20,000

    Boulder Day Nursery Association · Boulder, CO · 2022

    General support of services

  • $20,000

    Friends of the Children - Sf Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Provide stable funding for

  • $20,000

    Boulder Day Nursery Association · Boulder, CO · 2021

    General support of services

  • $18,000

    Parent Possible · Denver, CO · 2022

    Expand enhanced home

  • $15,000

    Black Girls Do Engineer Corporation · Webster, TX · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Harmony Project Bay Area · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Program administration,

  • $15,000

    Harmony Project Bay Area · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Program administration,

  • $15,000

    San Diego Automotive Museum · San Diego, CA · 2023

    Ignite academy program

  • $15,000

    Harmony Project Bay Area · Oakland, CA · 2021

    Instruments and teachers

  • $14,790

    Anatolia Turkish- American Cultural · Lake Forest, CA · 2023

    After-school program

  • $10,000

    Crew Life · Noblesville, IN · 2024

    Support for college visits

  • $10,000

    Greater Denver Cares · Denver, CO · 2024

    Support for the baldwin

  • $10,000

    Greater Denver Cares · Denver, CO · 2023

    Support for the baldwin

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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.