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Form 990-PFTax year 2023EIN 13-6091160

The Sylvan C Coleman Foundation

A private foundation in San Francisco, CA. Its return for tax year 2023 lists 27 grants and $284,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2023 (period ending Nov 30, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2023

    $284,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $3,319,079

  • Tax year 2022

    $264,000

    Grants listed
    41
    Assets, end of year
    $3,279,415

  • Tax year 2021

    $224,500

    Grants listed
    41
    Assets, end of year
    $3,203,695

  • Tax year 2020

    $226,000

    Grants listed
    41
    Assets, end of year
    $3,159,070

  • Tax year 2019

    $197,500

    Grants listed
    42
    Assets, end of year
    $2,965,006

  • Tax year 2018

    $190,000

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $2,945,251

Grants paid in 2023

27 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Womens Cancer Resource CenterBerkeley, CA

    General Operating Purposes

    $30,000
  2. Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, VT

    Support of Interships for Students in the Arts.

    $25,000
  3. Hartford Hospital FoundationHartford, CT

    To improve the health and healing of all

    $20,000
  4. Individual

    Donation Funds to be used for reprieve care.

    $20,000
  5. Individual

    General Operating Purposes

    $15,000
  6. Individual

    General Operating Purposes

    $15,000
  7. Individual

    General Operating Purposes

    $15,000
  8. Connecticut FoodshareWallingford, CT

    Support of Youth Food Programs.

    $15,000
  9. Center for Reproductive RightsNew York, NY

    General Operating Purposes

    $10,000
  10. Charlotte Maxwell ClinicOakland, CA

    General Operating Purposes

    $10,000
  11. Hands On HartfordHartford, CT

    General Operating Purposes

    $10,000
  12. Individual

    General Operating Purposes

    $10,000
  13. James Beard FoundationNew York, NY

    To celebrate, support, and elevate the people behind Americas food culture and champion a standard of good food anchored in talent, equity, and sustainability.

    $10,000
  14. Renbrook SchoolWest Hartford, CT

    Support educational program.

    $10,000
  15. Individual

    Assists residents experiencing a crisis situation, hindering their ability to pay for food, utility bills, shelter costs, medical expenses, and other critical needs.

    $10,000
  16. Individual

    General Operating Purposes

    $7,000
  17. National Breast Cancer CoalitionWashington, DC

    General Operating Purposes

    $7,000
  18. NARAL Pro-Choice America FoundationWashington, DC

    General Operating Purposes

    $6,000
  19. Wadsworth Atheneum MuseumHartford, CT

    General Operating Purposes

    $5,000
  20. Forge City WorksHartford, CT

    General Operating Purposes

    $5,000
  21. Cobb School MontessoriSimsbury, CT

    To provide educattion for children ages 15 months to 12 years.

    $5,000
  22. Bushnell CenterHartford, CT

    To encourage public appreciation of music, art and other public activities.

    $5,000
  23. Melanoma Research AllianceWashington, DC

    Support of melanoma research.

    $5,000
  24. New Britain Museum of American ArtNew Britain, CT

    Support of Programming and Education.

    $5,000
  25. Individual

    Support critical cancer research.

    $5,000
  26. Halleck Creek RanchNicasio, CA

    General Operating Purposes

    $2,000
  27. Head-Royce SchoolOakland, CA

    To provide exceptional learning experiences for students goes beyond the classroom.

    $2,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Civil rights1 grant $10,00024% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $10,00024% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $10,00024% of the total
  4. Arts and culture1 grant $5,00012% of the total
  5. Community development1 grant $5,00012% of the total
  6. Sports and recreation1 grant $2,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Connecticut9 grants $80,000
  2. California4 grants $44,000
  3. Vermont1 grant $25,000
  4. New York2 grants $20,000
  5. District of Columbia3 grants $18,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Elinor ColemanTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
  • Allison Coleman FreyTrustee Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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