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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-7103356

Colombe Peace Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 26 grants and $2.8 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 2025), 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $2,765,500

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $21,287,052

  • Tax year 2023

    $2,825,750

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $20,462,732

  • Tax year 2022

    $2,905,500

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $19,943,124

  • Tax year 2021

    $3,145,525

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $20,447,394

  • Tax year 2020

    $2,570,002

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $17,153,896

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,489,998

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $18,428,354

  • Tax year 2018

    $2,747,000

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $17,173,722

Grants paid in 2024

26 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Fund for Constitutional GovernmentWashington, DC

    General purposes

    $300,000
  2. Win Without War Education FundWashington, DC

    General purposes

    $240,000
  3. Ploughshares FundSan Francisco, CA

    General purposes

    $200,000
  4. Inkstick Media FBO Project SupportNew Market, MD

    General purposes

    $175,000
  5. Institute for Policy StudiesWashington, DC

    General purposes

    $165,000
  6. Common Defense Education Fund DBA Veterans Organizing InstituteNew York, NY

    General purposes

    $155,000
  7. FCNL Education FundWashington, DC

    General purposes

    $135,000
  8. Project on Government OversightWashington, DC

    General purposes

    $120,000
  9. Tides Center FBO Project Support for Kairos Center for Poor Peoples CampLos Angeles, CA

    General purposes

    $120,000
  10. Rethink MediaSan Francisco, CA

    General purposes

    $110,000
  11. Foreign Policy for America FoundationWashington, DC

    General purposes

    $100,000
  12. Public Citizen FoundationWashington, DC

    General purposes

    $100,000
  13. Quincy Institute for Responsible StatecraftWashington, DC

    General purposes

    $100,000
  14. Center for Arms Control and Non-ProliferationWashington, DC

    General purposes

    $90,000
  15. Taxpayers for Common SenseWashington, DC

    General purposes

    $85,000
  16. Center for Third World OrganzingOakland, CA

    General purposes

    $80,000
  17. Georgia Wand Education FundAtlanta, GA

    General purposes

    $80,000
  18. Proteus FundWaltham, MA

    General purposes

    $75,000
  19. MadreNew York, NY

    General purposes

    $60,000
  20. Borealis Philanthropy FBO Communities Transforming Police FundMinneapolis, MN

    General purposes

    $50,000
  21. Nonviolent PeaceforceRichfield, MN

    General purposes

    $50,000
  22. Secure Families InitiativeWashington, DC

    General purposes

    $50,000
  23. Center for International Policy FBO Project Support for Defense Budget WorkWashington, DC

    General purposes

    $40,000
  24. Henry L Stimson Center FBO Project Support for National Security ReformWashington, DC

    General purposes

    $40,000
  25. Brown University FBO the Watson Institute Costs of War ProjectProvidence, RI

    General purposes

    $30,000
  26. Neo PhilanthropyNew York, NY

    General purposes

    $15,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Public affairs8 grants $935,50045% of the total
  2. International aid7 grants $855,00041% of the total
  3. Education2 grants $185,0009% of the total
  4. Community development1 grant $100,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. District of Columbia13 grants $1,565,000
  2. California4 grants $510,000
  3. New York3 grants $230,500
  4. Maryland1 grant $175,000
  5. Minnesota2 grants $100,000
  6. Georgia1 grant $80,000
  7. Massachusetts1 grant $75,000
  8. Rhode Island1 grant $30,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Edith W AllenPRESIDENT Hours 10Pay $0
  • Frederick AllenSECRETARY Hours 10Pay $0
  • Nandini MerzEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $183,894

The return

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