James J Colt Foundation Inc
New York, NY · EIN 13-6112997. Reported 178 grants totalling $1,229,850 to 66 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. James J Colt Foundation Inc 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $7,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $57,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win (women in Need) | New York, NY | $155,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Rightway Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sun Valley Center for the Arts | Ketchum, ID | $72,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn College Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sun Valley Music Festival | Ketchum, ID | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind | Smithtown, NY | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sun Valley Museum of Art | Ketchum, ID | $30,350 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Florida Track | Gainesville, FL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Woodriver Jewish Community | Ketchum, ID | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| SPCA of South Florida | Memphis, TN | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sun Valley Culinary Institute | Sun Valley, ID | $27,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rin's Rescue Vip House | Crescent City, CA | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Youth Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Much Love Animal Rescue | Los Angeles, CA | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Santa Monica Animal Shelter | Santa Monica, CA | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sun Valley Opera | Sun Valley, ID | $20,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ez Heart & Soul Rescue | Santa Monica, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Family and Children's Association | Mineola, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Disaster Search Dog | Santa Paula, CA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Old Friends Inc | Georgetown, KY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Karma Animal Rescue | Santa Monica, CA | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Heal the Bay | Santa Monica, CA | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Luke's Wood River Foundation | Ketchum, ID | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alzheimers Foundation of America | New York, NY | $13,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Humane Society of Greater Miami | North Miami Beach, FL | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Blair Academy | Blairstown, NJ | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Publicolor Inc | New York, NY | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Equine Rescue of Aiken | Aiken, SC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Isreael Defense Forces | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Smithsonian Institute | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Healthrigh International | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Panthera USA | New York, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Safe Water Network | New York, NY | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Second Stride Horse Rescue | Crestwood, KY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| World Wildlife Foundation | Schellsburg, PA | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | Los Angeles, CA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| WPBT2 | Miami, FL | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Anti Defamation League | New York, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ardsley High School | Ardsley, NY | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels Palm Beach | West Palm Beach, FL | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| One Goal Foundation | New York, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alight | Minneapolis, MN | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Front Range Equine Rescue | Ocala, FL | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| I Have a Dream Foundation | New York, NY | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Team Rubicon | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross of Long Island | Mineola, NY | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Stand Down House | Palm Springs, FL | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wounded Veterans Relief Fund | North Palm Beach, FL | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Desmoid Tumor Research | Suffern, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Leukemia Flighters | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Far and Wise | Hailey, ID | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| La Regional Food Bank | Los Angeles, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sun Valley Film Festival | Sun Valley, ID | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Refugee Committee | Minneapolis, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brac USA Inc | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Everglades Foundation | Palmetto Bay, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care | Drayton, SC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children Inc | Covington, KY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ucsf Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Linc | Wilmington, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Center for Autism | Garden City, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
54 of 66 (82%) 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 87%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Sun Valley Center for the Arts
TO ACHIEVE CHARITABLE PURPOSE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 88 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 | 32 | $283,600 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 51 | $354,900 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 47 | $287,500 | $4,500 |
| 2024 | 48 | $303,850 | $3,750 |
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
38% of its giving went to organizations in New York. 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 $5,000. 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 New York.
- 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 James J Colt Foundation Inc'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: Co Bt 66 Hudson Blvd E Ste 2200, New York, NY, 10001. 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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