Funding search · EIN 161315877 · Buffalo, NY

Robert & Patricia Colby Foundation

Name: Robert & Patricia Colby Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

40
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $6,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Nichols School1 grant · $383,378
Emma Willard School3 grants · $289,296
Botanical Gardens1 grant · $150,000
Hits Foundation2 grants · $60,000
Sarasota Opera3 grants · $57,500
Lakeside Shakespeare Theater2 grants · $50,000
Spoleto Festival1 grant · $25,000
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra2 grants · $25,000
Irish Classical Theatre Co2 grants · $20,000
Bison Children'S Scholarship1 grant · $15,000

Giving over time

$158,000

2022

$877,378

2023

$128,542

2024

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$383,378
Nichols School · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General
$180,000
Emma Willard School · Troy, NY · 2023
General
$150,000
Botanical Gardens · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General
$83,296
Emma Willard School · Troy, NY · 2024
General
$30,000
Hits Foundation · Springville, NY · 2023
General
$30,000
Hits Foundation · Springville, NY · 2022
General
$26,000
Emma Willard School · Troy, NY · 2022
General
$25,000
Lakeside Shakespeare Theater · Frankfort, MI · 2024
General
$25,000
Spoleto Festival · Charleston, SC · 2023
General
$25,000
Lakeside Shakespeare Theater · Frankfort, MI · 2022
General
$25,000
Sarasota Opera · Sarasota, FL · 2022
General
$20,000
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General
$18,000
Sarasota Opera · Sarasota, FL · 2023
General
$15,000
Bison Children'S Scholarship · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General
$14,500
Sarasota Opera · Sarasota, FL · 2024
General
$10,000
Iiinois Wesleyan University · Bloomington, IL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Irish Classical Theatre Co · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General
$10,000
United Way of Buffalo & Erie County Co · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General
$10,000
Irish Classical Theatre Co · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General
$6,000
Greenvale School · Old Brookville, NY · 2023
General
$6,000
Westminster Presbyterian Church · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General
$5,000
Bach · Fort Cambell, KY · 2023
General
$5,000
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Harvest House · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Hispanic Council of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Road Less Traveled · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Wned · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Buffalo History Museum · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General
$5,000
Grand Traverse Community Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2022
General
$4,500
Lyric Opera Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$4,000
Stratford Festival of America · 2023
General
$3,000
United Way of Buffalo & Erie County Co · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General
$2,000
Edunations · Allison Park, PA · 2023
General
$2,000
John R Oishei Buffalo Children'S Hospital · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General
$2,000
Greenvale School · Old Brookville, NY · 2022
General
$1,246
Mulroy Family Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General
$1,000
Ride for Roswell · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General
$1,000
John R Oishei Buffalo Children'S Hospital · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General
$500
Lyric Opera Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$500
Manatee Opera · Sarasota, FL · 2023
General

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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.