George E Coleman JR Foundation
New Canaan, CT · EIN 52-7044220. Reported 153 grants totalling $2,705,000 to 108 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. George E Coleman JR Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,700 and $6,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $545,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donors Trust | Washington, DC | $1,123,000 | 12 | 2 | 2022 |
| Donors Trust | Alexandria, VA | $545,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Donors Trust | New Canaan, CT | $507,000 | 6 | 1 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | New Canaan, CT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Stephen's Church | New Canaan, CT | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Committee for Monetary Research & Education Inc | Washington, DC | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Institute of World Politics | Washington, DC | $15,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Daily Caller News Foundation | Washington, DC | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Mary's Church Greenwich | Washington, DC | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Ny | New Canaan, CT | $12,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Council of American Ambassadors | Washington, DC | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Claremont Institute | Washington, DC | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Fund for American Studies | New Canaan, CT | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Principles Project | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Daily Caller News Foundation | New Canaan, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Paul's Parish | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Fund for American Studies | Washington, DC | $9,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Council for National Policy | Washington, DC | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Studies Center | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Church of the Resurrection | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leadership Institute | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St John the Evangelist | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Priory in the USA of the Order of St John | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ncrink Inc | New Canaan, CT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Center for Family and Human Rights | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Claremont Institute | Upland, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mattapoisett Community Sailing Association Inc | Washington, DC | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The American Ideas Institute | Washington, DC | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum | Washington, DC | $5,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dominican House of Studies | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Edmund Burke Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation for Cultural Review | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Canaan Athletic Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Brevard Music Center Inc | New Canaan, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Claremont Institute | New Canaan, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Institute of World Politics | New Canaan, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Stephen's Church | Washington, DC | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Studies Center | New Canaan, CT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Studies Center | Arlington, VA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for American Greatness Inc | New Canaan, CT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for American Greatness Inc | Paradise Valley, AZ | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for American Greatness Inc | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Institute on Religion and Public Life | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mattapoisett Community Sailing Association Inc | Mattapoisett, MA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Network of Enlightened Women | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Mary's Church | Simsbury, CT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Mary's Church Greenwich | New Canaan, CT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Fellowship of St James | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati | New Canaan, CT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Norwalk Symphony Society Inc | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Victims of Communism Foundation | New Canaan, CT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Council for National Policy | New Canaan, CT | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Garden Club of Buzzards Bay Inc | Washington, DC | $3,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Spectator Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boylston Place Foundation Inc | New Canaan, CT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ethics & Public Policy Center | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Focus on the Family | New Canaan, CT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Focus on the Family | Colorado Springs, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grumman Hill Montessori Association Inc | New Canaan, CT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute on Religion and Public Life | New Canaan, CT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute on Religion and Public Life | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Intercollegiate Studies Institute | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Judicial Watch Inc | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leadership Institute | New Canaan, CT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Mark's Episcopal Church New Canaan | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Buckeye Institute | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Church of the Resurrection | New Canaan, CT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Grolier Club of New York City | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Lawrenceville School | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chapel & York US Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $2,900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Friends of the Anglican Centre in Santiago De Compostela Inc | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Westminster School Inc | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boylston Place Foundation | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boylston Place Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation for Cultural Review | New Canaan, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Cultural Review | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lafayette College | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Canaan Library Inc | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Canaan Pops in the Park | New Canaan, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Marks Episcopal Church New Canaan | New Canaan, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Fellowship of St James | New Canaan, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Fellowship of St James | Chicago, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Priory in the USA of the Order of St John | New Canaan, CT | $1,700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bowdoin College | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Council of American Ambassadors | New Canaan, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cyprus American Archological Research Institute | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East School Parent-Teacher Council | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M Sackler Gallery | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Garden Club of Buzzards Bay Inc | New Canaan, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Manhattan Institute for Public Policy | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mattapoisett Library Trustinc | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Network of Enlightened Women | New Canaan, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Canaan Emergency Medical Services | New Canaan, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Canaan Ems 1000 | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Order of Malta American Association | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Parish of the Advent | New Canaan, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Parish of the Advent | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Philadelphia Society | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum | New Canaan, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Garden Club of Buzzards Bay | S Dartmouth, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mattapoisett Free Public Library | Mattapoisett, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mattapoisett Library Trustinc | New Canaan, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mayflower Society of New York | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Friends of the Anglican Centre in Santiago De Compostela Inc | New Canaan, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
27 of 108 (25%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 3%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 20 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51 | $698,000 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 37 | $675,000 | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 36 | $675,600 | $4,000 |
| 2024 | 29 | $656,400 | $3,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
52% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in District of Columbia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from George E Coleman JR Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 377 Main Street 18, New Canaan, CT, 06840. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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