Funding search · EIN 136112997 · New York, NY

James J Colt 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.

146
grants reported
$946,250
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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  • Win (Women in Need)3 grants · $120,000
  • The Rightway Foundation3 grants · $90,000
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering3 grants · $75,000
  • Sun Valley Music Festival3 grants · $40,000
  • Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind3 grants · $32,000
  • Sun Valley Museum of Art3 grants · $30,350
  • Florida Track1 grant · $30,000
  • Brooklyn College Foundation3 grants · $30,000
  • Spca of South Florida3 grants · $27,500
  • Sun Valley Culinary Institute3 grants · $27,400

Giving over time

$354,900
2022
$287,500
2023
$303,850
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 146 grants.

  • $42,500

    Win (Women in Need) · New York, NY · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $40,000

    Win (Women in Need) · New York, NY · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $37,500

    Win (Women in Need) · New York, NY · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $30,000

    The Rightway Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $30,000

    The Rightway Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $30,000

    Florida Track · Gainesville, FL · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $30,000

    The Rightway Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $25,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $25,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $25,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $16,000

    Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind · Smithtown, NY · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $15,000

    International Youth Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $14,000

    Sun Valley Music Festival · Ketchum, ID · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $14,000

    Sun Valley Music Festival · Ketchum, ID · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $13,850

    Sun Valley Museum of Art · Ketchum, ID · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $12,000

    Sun Valley Music Festival · Ketchum, ID · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Brooklyn College Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Spca of South Florida · Memphis, TN · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Brooklyn College Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Spca of South Florida · Memphis, TN · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Sun Valley Culinary Institute · Sun Valley, ID · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Sun Valley Museum of Art · Ketchum, ID · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Brooklyn College Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    National Disaster Search Dog · Santa Paula, CA · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Old Friends · Georgetown, KY · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $10,000

    Sun Valley Center for the Arts · Ketchum, ID · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $9,500

    Sun Valley Culinary Institute · Sun Valley, ID · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $8,000

    Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind · Smithtown, NY · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $8,000

    Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind · Smithtown, NY · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $7,900

    Sun Valley Culinary Institute · Sun Valley, ID · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $7,500

    Humane Society of Greater Miami · North Miami Beach, FL · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $7,500

    International Youth Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $7,500

    Spca of South Florida · Memphis, TN · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $7,000

    St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $7,000

    St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $7,000

    Publicolor · New York, NY · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $6,500

    Sun Valley Museum of Art · Ketchum, ID · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $6,500

    Woodriver Jewish Community · Ketchum, ID · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $6,000

    Rin'S Rescue Vip House · Crescent City, CA · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $6,000

    Santa Monica Animal Shelter · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $6,000

    Karma Animal Rescue · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $6,000

    Rin'S Rescue Vip House · Crescent City, CA · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $6,000

    Woodriver Jewish Community · Ketchum, ID · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $6,000

    Much Love Animal Rescue · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $6,000

    Rin'S Rescue Vip House · Crescent City, CA · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $6,000

    Sun Valley Opera · Sun Valley, ID · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Equine Rescue of Aiken · Aiken, SC · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Family and Children'S Association · Mineola, NY · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Friends of the Isreael Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Heal the Bay · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Much Love Animal Rescue · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    National Disaster Search Dog · Santa Paula, CA · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Old Friends · Georgetown, KY · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    One Goal Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Second Stride Horse Rescue · Crestwood, KY · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Woodriver Jewish Community · Ketchum, ID · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Equine Rescue of Aiken · Aiken, SC · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Family and Children'S Association · Mineola, NY · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Friends of the Isreael Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Much Love Animal Rescue · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    National Disaster Search Dog · Santa Paula, CA · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Old Friends · Georgetown, KY · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Santa Monica Animal Shelter · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Second Stride Horse Rescue · Crestwood, KY · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Sun Valley Center for the Arts · Ketchum, ID · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Alight · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Blair Academy · Blairstown, NJ · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Family and Children'S Association · Mineola, NY · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Friends of the Smithsonian Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Karma Animal Rescue · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Safe Water Network · New York, NY · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    Santa Monica Animal Shelter · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $5,000

    World Wildlife Foundation · Schellsburg, PA · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $4,500

    Sun Valley Opera · Sun Valley, ID · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $4,500

    Wpbt2 · Miami, FL · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $4,000

    Ardsley High School · Ardsley, NY · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $4,000

    St Luke'S Wood River Foundation · Ketchum, ID · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $3,500

    Sun Valley Opera · Sun Valley, ID · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $3,000

    Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $3,000

    La Regional Food Bank · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $3,000

    Sun Valley Film Festival · Sun Valley, ID · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $3,000

    One Goal Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $3,000

    American Red Cross of Long Island · Mineola, NY · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $3,000

    Ez Heart & Soul Rescue · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $2,500

    American Refugee Committee · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $2,500

    Friends of the Smithsonian Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $2,500

    Front Range Equine Rescue · Ocala, FL · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $2,500

    Humane Society of Greater Miami · North Miami Beach, FL · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $2,500

    Panthera USA · New York, NY · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $2,500

    Publicolor · New York, NY · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $2,500

    Safe Water Network · New York, NY · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $2,500

    Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $2,500

    St Luke'S Wood River Foundation · Ketchum, ID · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $2,500

    Team Rubicon · Washington, DC · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $2,500

    World Wildlife Foundation · Schellsburg, PA · 2024

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $2,500

    Alight · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $2,500

    Alzheimers Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

  • $2,500

    Friends of the Smithsonian Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    To achieve charitable purpose

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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.