The Richard and Jean Coyne
Belmont, CA · EIN 77-0259860. Reported 80 grants totalling $2,425,000 to 30 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Richard and Jean Coyne did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $19,000 and the largest $60,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inneract Project | San Francisco, CA | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Otis College of Art and Design | Los Angeles, CA | $165,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Aiga Link Program - Seattle | Seattle, WA | $160,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum | New York, NY | $160,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Art Center College of Design | Pasadena, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| California Institute of the Arts | Valencia, CA | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Osmosis Education Mentoring Intiative | Chicago, IL | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Minneapolis College of Art and Design | Minneapolis, MN | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Worldstudio Foundation | New York, NY | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| School of Visual Arts - Visual Arts Foundation | New York, NY | $87,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cooper Union | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lesley University | Cambridge, MA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Moore College of Art and Design | Philadelphia, PA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Parsons the New School for Design | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The One Club for Creativity | New York, NY | $69,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The University of the Arts | Philadelphia, PA | $67,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Aiga Link Program - San Diego | San Diego, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| California College of the Arts | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| College for Creative Studies | Detroit, MI | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cornish College of the Arts | Seattle, WA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design - Massart Foundation | Boston, MA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Society of Illustrators | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Light Bringer Project | Pasadena, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Cincinnati - College of Design | Cincinnati, OH | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Delaware College of Art and Design | Wilmington, DE | $57,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Center of Photography | New York, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aiga San Diego Link | San Diego, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | Milwaukee, WI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ringling College of Art Design | Sarasota, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
26 of 30 (87%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 88%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Inneract Project
FUNDING FOR CLASSES TO EXPOSE K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS TO THE FIELD OF DESIGN - Aiga Link Program - Seattle
FUND GRAPHIC DESIGN WORKSHOPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS - Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
SUPPORT DESIGN DIRECTIONS PROGRAM MENTORING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS - Otis College of Art and Design
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR EIGHT (8) STUDENTS - Art Center College of Design
SCHOLARSHIPS-ART CENTER AT NIGHT AND HIGH SCHOOL SATURDAY HONOR - California Institute of the Arts
SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR MINORITY AND LOW INCOME STUDENTS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 37 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 25 | $750,000 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 26 | $800,000 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 26 | $790,000 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 3 | $85,000 | $30,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 33% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Richard and Jean Coyne's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 889, Belmont, CA, 94002. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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