Funding search · EIN 850612436 · Newport Beach, CA
The Gerrit and Amy Cole 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.
- 43
- grants reported
- $502,232
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $10,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Fund for Public Schools4 grants · $75,942
- Irvine Barclay Theatre Operating Co3 grants · $75,000
- Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation2 grants · $70,000
- Backhaus Dance3 grants · $30,000
- Choc Foundation1 grant · $25,000
- Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation2 grants · $20,000
- Baby2baby1 grant · $20,000
- University of California Irvine Foundation4 grants · $20,000
- Pacific Symphony4 grants · $17,500
- The Players Alliance2 grants · $17,500
Giving over time
Grant history
All 43 reported grants, largest first.
- $50,000
Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation · Irvine, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $40,000
Irvine Barclay Theatre Operating Co · Irvine, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $30,000
Fund for Public Schools · New York, NY · 2025
Field Trip Fund for the Laboratory School of Finance and Technology
- $25,000
Choc Foundation · Orange, CA · 2025
The Heart Institute, NICU, & Cancer Institute
- $25,000
Irvine Barclay Theatre Operating Co · Irvine, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $20,000
Baby2baby · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $20,000
Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation · Irvine, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $15,839
Fund for Public Schools · New York, NY · 2023
Field Trip Grant for the Laboratory School of Finance and Technology
- $15,103
Fund for Public Schools · New York, NY · 2024
Field Trip fund for the Laboratory School of Finance and Technology
- $15,000
Backhaus Dance · Mission Viejo, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $15,000
Arete Education · Bronx, NY · 2022
The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology
- $15,000
Fund for Public Schools · New York, NY · 2022
X223 program
- $10,000
Als United Greater New York · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Backhaus Dance · Mission Viejo, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
California Fire Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
The Campaign Against Hunger · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Aaron Judge All Rise Foundation · Stockton, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Players Philanthropy Fund · Towson, MD · 2024
to support The Carlos Rodon Foundation
- $10,000
The Players Alliance · Fort Lee, NJ · 2024
JR 4 the BX fund
- $10,000
Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Ethan & Chocos Book Club Corp · North Tustin, CA · 2023
Charitable Event
- $10,000
Irvine Barclay Theatre Operating Co · Irvine, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Food Bank for New York City · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $7,500
The Players Alliance · Clark, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $6,000
Philharmonic Society of Orange County · Irvine, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Pacific Symphony · Irvine, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
University of California Irvine Foundation · Irvine, CA · 2025
UCI Baseball program
- $5,000
Pacific Symphony · Irvine, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
University of California Irvine Foundation · Irvine, CA · 2024
UCI Baseball program
- $5,000
Backhaus Dance · Mission Viejo, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Pacific Symphony · Irvine, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
The UCLA Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2023
To support UCLA Baseball program
- $5,000
University of California Irvine Foundation · Irvine, CA · 2023
to support UCI Baseball program
- $5,000
University of California Irvine Foundation · Irvine, CA · 2022
UCI Baseball program
- $4,790
The UCLA Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2025
UCLA Baseball program
- $3,000
Maxs Love Project · Orange, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Maxs Love Project · Orange, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Maxs Love Project · Orange, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Orange County Museum of Art · Costa Mesa, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Pacific Symphony · Irvine, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
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