Funding search · EIN 136091160 · San Francisco, CA

The Sylvan C Coleman 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.

109
grants reported
$772,500
total given
2021–2023
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Planned Parenthood3 grants · $85,000
  • Commonwealth3 grants · $35,000
  • Hartford Hospital Foundation2 grants · $30,000
  • Center for Reproductive Rights3 grants · $30,000
  • Womens Cancer Resource Center1 grant · $30,000
  • Gifts of Love3 grants · $25,000
  • Middlebury College1 grant · $25,000
  • Charlotte Maxwell Clinic3 grants · $24,000
  • Access Women Health Justice3 grants · $23,000
  • James Beard Foundation2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$224,500
2021
$264,000
2022
$284,000
2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 109 grants.

  • $40,000

    Planned Parenthood · San Jose, CA · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $30,000

    Womens Cancer Resource Center · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    General Operating Purposes

  • $30,000

    Planned Parenthood · San Jose, CA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $25,000

    Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2023

    Support of Interships for Students in the Arts.

  • $20,000

    George Mark Children'S House · San Leandro, CA · 2023

    Donation Funds to be used for reprieve care.

  • $20,000

    Hartford Hospital Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2023

    To improve the health and healing of all

  • $15,000

    Commonwealth · Bolinas, CA · 2023

    General Operating Purposes

  • $15,000

    Connecticut Childrens Medical Cente · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General Operating Purposes

  • $15,000

    Connecticut Foodshare · Wallingford, CT · 2023

    Support of Youth Food Programs.

  • $15,000

    Planned Parenthood · San Jose, CA · 2023

    General Operating Purposes

  • $10,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2023

    General Operating Purposes

  • $10,000

    Charlotte Maxwell Clinic · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General Operating Purposes

  • $10,000

    Gifts of Love · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General Operating Purposes

  • $10,000

    Hands On Hartford · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General Operating Purposes

  • $10,000

    James Beard Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    To celebrate, support, and elevate the people behind Americas food culture and champion a standard of good food anchored in talent, equity, and sustainability.

  • $10,000

    Renbrook School · West Hartford, CT · 2023

    Support educational program.

  • $10,000

    The Town That Cares · West Hartford, CT · 2023

    Assists residents experiencing a crisis situation, hindering their ability to pay for food, utility bills, shelter costs, medical expenses, and other critical needs.

  • $10,000

    Access Women Health Justice · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $10,000

    Alameda County Meals On Wheels · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $10,000

    Alive · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $10,000

    Breast Cancer Action · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $10,000

    Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2022

    To provide meals to people in communities across D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.

  • $10,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $10,000

    Commonwealth · Bolinas, CA · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $10,000

    Gifts of Love · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $10,000

    Hartford Hospital Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2022

    To improve the health and healing of all

  • $10,000

    James Beard Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    To celebrate, support, and elevate the people behind Americas food culture and champion a standard of good food anchored in talent, equity, and sustainability.

  • $10,000

    Alive · Alexandria, VA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $10,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $10,000

    Commonwealth · Bolinas, CA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $10,000

    Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $10,000

    Jewish Family and Childrens Service · Berkeley, CA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $9,000

    Charlotte Maxwell Clinic · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $9,000

    Guttmacher Institute · New York, NY · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $9,000

    Alameda Point Collaborative · Alameda, CA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $9,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $8,000

    Dance Place Dc Wheels Productions I · Washington, DC · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $7,000

    Access Women Health Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General Operating Purposes

  • $7,000

    National Breast Cancer Coalition · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Operating Purposes

  • $7,000

    Helping Others Win · Richmond, CA · 2022

    To provide meals and food donations for low-income neighborhoods, community care resources for disabled and disadvantaged people.

  • $7,000

    House of Ruth · Washington, DC · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $7,000

    Alameda County Meals On Wheels · Oakland, CA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $7,000

    House of Ruth · Washington, DC · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $6,000

    Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Operating Purposes

  • $6,000

    Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $6,000

    Tampa Bay Watch · Hudson, WI · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $6,000

    Access Women Health Justice · Oakland, CA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $6,000

    Breast Cancer Action · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $5,000

    Bushnell Center · Hartford, CT · 2023

    To encourage public appreciation of music, art and other public activities.

  • $5,000

    Cobb School Montessori · Simsbury, CT · 2023

    To provide educattion for children ages 15 months to 12 years.

  • $5,000

    Forge City Works · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General Operating Purposes

  • $5,000

    Melanoma Research Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023

    Support of melanoma research.

  • $5,000

    New Britain Museum of American Art · New Britain, CT · 2023

    Support of Programming and Education.

  • $5,000

    Uconn Health Neag Comprehensive Can · Farmington, CT · 2023

    Support critical cancer research.

  • $5,000

    Wadsworth Atheneum Museum · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General Operating Purposes

  • $5,000

    Bushnell Center · Hartford, CT · 2022

    To encourage public appreciation of music, art and other public activities.

  • $5,000

    Chrysalis Center · Hartford, CT · 2022

    To provide supportive services to assist people in need to transform their lives.

  • $5,000

    Cobb School Montessori · Simsbury, CT · 2022

    To provide educattion for children ages 15 months to 12 years.

  • $5,000

    Dance Place Dc Wheels Productions I · Washington, DC · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $5,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $5,000

    Forge City Works · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $5,000

    Project Hope · Millwood, VA · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $5,000

    Uconn Medical Foundation · Storrs, CT · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $5,000

    Wadsworth Atheneum Museum · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $5,000

    Charlotte Maxwell Clinic · Oakland, CA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $5,000

    Chryallis Center · Hartford, CT · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $5,000

    Food Runners · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $5,000

    Forge City Works · Hartford, CT · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $5,000

    Gifts of Love · Hartford, CT · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $5,000

    Guttmacher Institute · New York, NY · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $5,000

    Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $5,000

    Project Hope · Millwood, VA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $5,000

    Uconn Medical Foundation · Storrs, CT · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $5,000

    Wadsworth Atheneum Museum · Hartford, CT · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $4,000

    Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $4,000

    Food Runners · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $4,000

    Second Harvest · San Jose, CA · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $4,000

    Tahirih Justice Center · Falls Church, VA · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $4,000

    Tahirih Justice Center · Falls Church, VA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $4,000

    Tampa Bay Watch · Hudson, WI · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $3,500

    Aclu · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $3,000

    A Safe Place · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $3,000

    Aclu · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $3,000

    A Safe Place · Oakland, CA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $3,000

    American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $3,000

    Bikes for the World · Arlington, VA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $3,000

    Global Fund for Women · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $3,000

    My New Red Shoes · Redwood City, CA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $3,000

    Second Harvest · San Jose, CA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $3,000

    Wbgo Radio · Newark, NJ · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $2,500

    Finca · Washington, DC · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $2,000

    Halleck Creek Ranch · Nicasio, CA · 2023

    General Operating Purposes

  • $2,000

    Head-Royce School · Oakland, CA · 2023

    To provide exceptional learning experiences for students goes beyond the classroom.

  • $2,000

    Global Fund for Women · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $2,000

    Halleck Creek Ranch · Nicasio, CA · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $2,000

    My New Red Shoes · Redwood City, CA · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $2,000

    Wbgo Radio · Newark, NJ · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

  • $2,000

    Alzheimers Serivce of the East Bay · Berkeley, CA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $1,500

    Halleck Creek Ranch · Nicasio, CA · 2021

    General Operating Purposes

  • $1,000

    American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2022

    General Operating Purposes

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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.