The Carol and James Collins Foundation
Santa Monica, CA · EIN 30-0100019. Reported 360 grants totalling $7,825,920 to 143 recipients across tax years 2020-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The Carol and James Collins Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
3 of the organizations The Carol and James Collins Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 13 grants totalling $177,500 to them. That is 3% of the $6,191,250 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $95,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Southern California Grantmakers | grantmaking organization | California | $81,500 | 6 | 6 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund | grantmaking organization | New York | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $170 and the largest $185,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $301,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Para Los Ninos | Los Angeles, CA | $207,500 | 7 | 6 | 2025 |
| La County Department of Arts and Culture | Los Angeles, CA | $195,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Collins & Katz Family YMCA | Los Angeles, CA | $191,500 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Proyecto Pastoral | Los Angeles, CA | $190,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Unite-La | Los Angeles, CA | $166,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| A Place Called Home | Los Angeles, CA | $161,500 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Communities in Schools of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $161,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| New Earth Organization | Los Angeles, CA | $151,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Get Lit - Words Ignite Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Pf Bresee Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Students Run America Dba Students Run La | Tarzana, CA | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ps Arts | Los Angeles, CA | $145,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ready to Succeed | Santa Monica, CA | $145,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The M3ND Project | Laguna Beach, CA | $145,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| La Promise Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $142,500 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the La Harbor | San Pedro, CA | $141,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Spirit Series Inc | Santa Monica, CA | $138,060 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| 826LA | Los Angeles, CA | $136,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company | Pasadena, CA | $135,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mar Vista Family Center | Culver City, CA | $133,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| United Friends of the Children | Los Angeles, CA | $131,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| City Year | Los Angeles, CA | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| College Track | Los Angeles, CA | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Heart Project (dba Artworxla) | Los Angeles, CA | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Peer Health Exchange | Oakland, CA | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| One Voice | Santa Monica, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Alliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $97,500 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $95,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Discovery Cube Los Angeles | Sylmar, CA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| First Graduate | San Francisco, CA | $85,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Seed School of Los Angeles County | Los Angeles, CA | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Student Health Services Fund Dba the La Trust for Children's Health | Los Angeles, CA | $83,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Southern California Grantmakers | Los Angeles, CA | $81,500 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Alliance College-Ready Public Schools | Los Angeles, CA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles, CA | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| CASA of Los Angeles | Monterey Park, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mount St Mary's University | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Positive Coaching Alliance | Oakland, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science | Los Angeles, CA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Da Vinci Schools | El Segundo, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Educators for Excellence-Los Angeles | New York, NY | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Educators for Excellence-Los Angeles (E4E-La) | New York, NY | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Portal Schools | Playa Vista, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Reading Partners Los Angeles | Pasadena, CA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Discovery Science Center of Los Angeles (dba Discovery Cube Los Angeles) | Santa Ana, CA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Seed School of La County | Los Angeles, CA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of W San Gabriel Valley and Eastside | Monterey Park, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bright Prospect | Pomona, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| California Restaurant Association Educational Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Los Angeles Education Partnership | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ps Science | Inglewood, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley and Eastside | Monterey Park, CA | $56,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Village Girls Academy | Los Angeles, CA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Catchafire Foundation | Claymont, DE | $54,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Metro Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $52,000 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Village Charter School Inc (now New Village Girls Academy) | Los Angeles, CA | $51,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Strategic Partnerships Through So Cal Grantmakers | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Change Reaction | Sherman Oaks, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Young Storytellers Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Fringe Benefits | Los Angeles, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The 30 Birds Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $42,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| A Window Between Worlds | La Canada, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bob Baker Marionette Theater | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Positive Coaching Alliance (merged Organization With Coaching Corps) | Oakland, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley | Monterey Park, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor | San Pedro, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Charles R Drew University of Medicine & Science | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coaching Corps | Oakland, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Inner City Youth Orchestra of La | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Los Angeles Education Partnership (formerly Urban Education Partnership) | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Los Angeles Youth Network | Hollywood, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New Village Charter School Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Student Health Services Support Fund Dba the La Trust for Children's Healt | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Student Health Services Support Fund Dba the La Trust for Children's Health | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Students Run La | Tarzana, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Hidden Genius Project | Oakland, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fb Alliance Dba Fringe Benefits | Los Angeles, CA | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Catchafire Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Minds Matter of Los Angeles Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Center on Philanthropy & Public Policy USC | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Center on Philanthropy & Public Policy University of Southern Ca | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy USC | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy University of Southern Califor | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The La Trust for Children's Health | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Our Community La | Pacific Palisades, CA | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Two Bit Circus Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| California State University Northridge Foundation | Northridge, CA | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Our Children La (now Known As Our Community La) | Pacific Palisades, CA | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| La Pship for Early Childhood Investment | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Shakespeare Festivalla Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vision to Learn | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Our Children La | Santa Monica, CA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Decorative Arts Society | Newport Beach, CA | $16,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Crystal Cove Conservancy | Newport Coast, CA | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Palm Desert, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Challenged Athletes Foundation | San Diego, CA | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA | $11,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Venice | Venice, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Faith Hope & Love Services Inc | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Northwest San Diego | Solana Beach, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Balboa Island Museum Newport Beach | Balboa Island, CA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Girls Garage | Berkeley, CA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Edible Schoolyard Project | Berkeley, CA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of San Dieguito Foundation | Solana Beach, CA | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| California YMCA Youth & Government | Los Angeles, CA | $6,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sbcs Corporation | Chula Vista, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Cooperative Investment Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Center for Family Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Anti-Recidivism Coalition | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp Korey | Mount Vernon, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coro Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Providers Association for Home Health & Hospices Agencies | Dallas, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Jose State University | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| T Silent P Inc | Indio, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Guardsmen | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Westminster Community Playhouse | Westminster, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tunnels to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| UC Regents - Financial Aid and Scholarships Office | Berkeley, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Oregon | Eugene, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coro of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $4,300 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Angel City Chorale | Los Angeles, CA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Providers Association for Home Health & Hospices Agencies | Dallas, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sustainable Conservation | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Exponent Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $2,560 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Coalition for Humane Immigrants Rights | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Immigrant Defenders Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA | Encinitas, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sherman Gardens | Corona Del Mar, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Shero's Rise | Sherman Oaks, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| UC Regents | Irvine, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bling Bling Irene Cancer Foundation | Huntington Beach, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jpl Bible Church | Rancho Mirage, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| March of Dimes Inc | Arlington, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Defense Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hawaii Community Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| South Bay Community Services | Chula Vista, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boys to Men Mentoring Network Inc | La Mesa, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Los Angeles Police Reserve Foundation | Van Nuys, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
82 of 143 (57%) received money in more than one year over the 6 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 63%, across 5 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
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.
- YMCA of Metro Los Angeles
To support Camp Whittle Capital Campaign - The Seed School of Los Angeles County
To support the construction ofthe new SEED School of LA - La Promise Fund
Support culinary arts program - Positive Coaching Alliance
To support California programs - Spirit Series Inc
To support So Cal School Scholarship Fund - Da Vinci Schools
To support LifeLaunch Project
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 240 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 63 | $1,165,580 | $22,500 |
| 2021 | 84 | $1,424,795 | $17,500 |
| 2022 | 66 | $1,249,815 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 17 | $432,000 | $30,000 |
| 2024 | 68 | $1,547,670 | $30,000 |
| 2025 | 62 | $2,006,060 | $30,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Carol and James Collins Foundation has 2 of them, worth $80,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| YMCA of Metro Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 |
| California Restaurant Association Educational Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $30,000 |
Where its money goes
97% of its giving went to organizations in California.
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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. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Carol and James Collins Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 6 returns (tax years 2020-2025). 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: 2444 Wilshire Boulevard 406, Santa Monica, CA, 90403. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 30-0100019 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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