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EIN 161315877

ROBERT & PATRICIA COLBY FOUNDATION

BUFFALO, NY 14202

Total Assets

$127K

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$877K

FY 2023

Grants Made

23

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$38K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$500–$383K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$164K

Total Expenses

$895K

Qualifying Distributions

$883K

Distributable Amount

$46K

Min. Investment Return

$33K

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Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

23 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $5K to maximum $383K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $877K in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

76 grants

NICHOLS SCHOOL
$383K
1 grant
EMMA WILLARD SCHOOL
$291K
4 grants
BOTANICAL GARDENS
$190K
3 grants
HITS FOUNDATION
$90K
4 grants
SARASOTA OPERA
$62K
3 grants
BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
$50K
4 grants
ALBRIGHT KNOX ART GALLERY
$45K
2 grants
IRISH CLASSICAL THEATRE CO
$40K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

76 grants

<$10K
51
grants
$10–50K
21
grants
$50–250K
3
grants
$250K–1M
1
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

9 states

New York
$1.3M
86% of total
Michigan
$71K
5% of total
Florida
$62K
4% of total
South Carolina
$25K
2% of total
Pennsylvania
$22K
1% of total
Massachusetts
$20K
1% of total
Illinois
$13K
1% of total
Kentucky
$5K
0% of total
California
$1K
0% of total

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