The Chase and Stephanie Coleman Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation gives mostly to organisations it has already funded, with 93% of its grant dollars in the filing going to repeat recipients, so a cold approach is unlikely to fit how it works.
- It states that it does not accept unsolicited requests and gives to preselected organisations, so an organisation without an invitation should not send it a request.
- If your work falls in community, medical, education or environmental areas and you can reach the foundation through an existing relationship, a request of about $25,000 is realistic, since half its grants were $25,000 or less, although about 8 in 10 grants fall between $2,500 and $500,000, a typical band rather than the full range, and its largest grant was about $3,050,000.
- Its grants are concentrated in New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, but the filing states no geographic focus, so treat that as a pattern rather than a rule.
Overview
The Chase and Stephanie Coleman Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 12 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation's recorded organisational grants cover community, medical, education, environmental and humanitarian purposes. Community and medical grants make up the largest portions of the giving recorded, with education and environmental purposes also receiving substantial support. The recipients include hospitals and medical institutions, schools and universities, environmental organisations, and a range of community and humanitarian organisations. Grantmaking is geographically concentrated in New York, with sizeable recorded giving in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and California as well. The foundation gives to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so organisations cannot apply through an open unsolicited process.
Themes
From its grants, not stated by the foundation:
- Community
- Medical
- Education
- Environmental
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 93% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 277 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 2%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 2%
- The largest single recipient received 14% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 93% of grant dollars went to organisations The Chase and Stephanie Coleman Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- 2% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (United Kingdom).
- 28% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 87 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $25,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- New York Presbyterian Fund · Medical$3,035,5002024 tax year
- Blue Meridian Partners · Community$2,857,1422024 tax year
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Medical$2,030,0002024 tax year
- National Philanthropic Trust · Community$2,000,0002024 tax year
- Harlem Children's Zone · Community$1,916,6682024 tax year
- Hospital for Special Surgery · Medical$1,610,0002024 tax year
- Earthshot Prize · Environmental$1,267,5942024 tax year
- GreenWave Organization · Environmental$525,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Stephanie A Coleman — Trustee
- Charles P Coleman III — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $22,705,617 | $19,012,258 | $364,441,548 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $20,891,279 | $20,076,042 | $323,953,590 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $22,981,738 | $21,996,004 | $384,937,283 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- New York, NY