Collingwood Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation makes grants only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered, and a group without an invitation should not send one.
- Its typical grants fall between $10,000 and $50,000, with a median of $25,000 and a largest grant of $200,000, so a request near $25,000 sits within the usual range, though that band is typical rather than a limit.
- Almost all of its grant dollars in the latest filing went to organisations it had funded in the two earlier filings, so its giving leans heavily towards existing relationships.
- Its filings show unrestricted operational support across health, social services, food banks, education, arts and civil-rights work, and no geographic focus is stated, although grants are mainly in California, New York, Illinois, the District of Columbia and Florida.
Overview
Collingwood Foundation is a US private foundation based in Los Angeles, CA.
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 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Grants have taken the form of unrestricted operational support for a varied range of charitable organisations. Recorded recipients include LGBTQ+ community organisations and civil-rights groups, health and social-service providers, food banks and homelessness services, universities and other educational organisations, and arts and cultural bodies. California organisations received the largest share of grant dollars, while recipients also included organisations in New York, Illinois, the District of Columbia and Florida. The foundation's stated approach is to give only to preselected charitable organisations; it does not accept unsolicited requests. The filings report unrestricted operational support as the purpose across the grant rows.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in California, New York, Illinois, District of Columbia and Florida.
How to apply
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations; it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 100% 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 121 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
3 other states: 3%
- The largest single recipient received 15% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 100% of grant dollars went to organisations Collingwood Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 40 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $25,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Los Angeles LGBT Center · Unrestricted operational support$200,0002024 tax year
- ACLU Foundation · Unrestricted operational support$100,0002024 tax year
- Doctors Without Borders · Unrestricted operational support$50,0002024 tax year
- CenterLink · Unrestricted operational support$50,0002024 tax year
- Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras · Unrestricted operational support$50,0002024 tax year
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles · Unrestricted operational support$50,0002024 tax year
- Fredonia College Foundation · Unrestricted operational support$50,0002024 tax year
- Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles · Unrestricted operational support$50,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Eugene Kapaloski — President, Secretary, Treasurer
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $1,402,775 | $1,305,000 | $15,677,915 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,469,060 | $1,355,000 | $18,680,013 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,633,761 | $1,350,000 | $19,501,101 | 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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Contact
- Los Angeles, CA