The Lois M Collier Charitable Trust concentrates its giving into a handful of very large grants focused mainly on education, scholarships, and local community revitalization, with an additional major gift to emergency food relief. The Trust favors institutions (community foundations and colleges) over many small operational nonprofits, and supports both local Palm Beach/ Martin County efforts and targeted national or regional programs.
The Lois M Collier Charitable Trust’s largest recent gift was a $15,361,836 grant to the Community Foundation of Palm Beach & Martin County for community revitalization and education. That single award captures how the trust gives: a small number of very large grants aimed at education, hunger relief, poverty alleviation, and community support, alongside recurring support for a few institutions over multiple years. The trust also made an $11,300,000 grant to City Harvest for food assistance, showing that emergency food needs sit alongside its education work in the portfolio. Education is a recurring thread. The trust has funded collegiate opportunity programs at Bryn Mawr College in multiple years, with awards of $3,000,000, $2,000,000, and $1,500,000, all described as providing opportunities to students. It has also supported scholarships at public universities, including the University of Southern Indiana and the University of Evansville. Beyond higher education, the trust funds direct-service organizations serving people facing hunger, homelessness, and other urgent needs, while also backing animal rescue and veteran suicide prevention. The pattern is institution-centered and program-specific rather than broadly distributed across many small grants.
Education appears in several forms. The trust gave $2,550,000 to the University of Southern Indiana for educational scholarships and $1,030,927 to the University of Evansville for the same purpose, showing a direct scholarship focus at regional public universities. At Bryn Mawr College, it provided $2,000,000 in 2025 for student opportunity programming. Basic needs work is another clear line. City Harvest received $600,000 in 2024 to provide food for the hungry, and the Doe Fund received $500,000 in 2025 to fight poverty and homelessness. For older adults, City Meals on Wheels received $175,000 in 2025 for meal preparation and delivery to elderly people. The trust also funds animal welfare and safety-related services. It gave $125,000 to Equine Rescue Resources Inc for rescue and protection of animals, and $25,000 to Irreverent Warriors for fighting veteran suicide.
Typical grant size is $25,000 at the 25th percentile, $50,000 at the median, and $707,732 at the 75th percentile, which reflects a portfolio that mixes smaller program grants with a few very large awards. The trust’s recent grants also show repeat support over several years rather than one-off giving alone. It is a charitable trust, not a vehicle for individual grants or program-related investments, and the recent record shows institutional grants to nonprofits, colleges, and foundations. The latest filings indicate a national giving scope.
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$6.6M
$33.8M
Most grants fall between $25K and $708K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$708K
About 19% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Highly concentrated giving: very few, very large grants (multi-million dollar gifts) across 5 grants; a mix of repeat support to education institutions and one-off large gifts to community-level infrastructure and emergency food relief.
Notable grantees: Community Foundation of Palm Beach & Martin County, City Harvest, Bryn Mawr College, University of Southern Indiana
Grant recipients are entirely U.S.-based. New York is the top state by grant count, with City Harvest, the Doe Fund, City Meals on Wheels, the ASPCA, and Equine Rescue Resources among the recipients there. Florida follows through multiple Palm Beach and Jacksonville grants, including the Community Foundation of Palm Beach & Martin County and Family Promise of Jacksonville. Other named recipient locations include Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; Evansville, Indiana; Chicago, Illinois; Rutherfordton, North Carolina; and Leander, Texas.
The trust primarily funds institutions and direct-service nonprofits. Recent grants include a community foundation for revitalization and education, colleges for student opportunity and scholarships, and organizations addressing hunger, homelessness, elder meals, animal rescue, and veteran suicide prevention.
Its grant-size profile centers on mid-sized awards, with a 25th percentile of $25,000, a median of $50,000, and a 75th percentile of $707,732. The recent record also includes very large gifts in the multi-million-dollar range.
Yes. Bryn Mawr College received grants in 2023 and 2024, City Harvest received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and the Doe Fund, City Meals on Wheels, Family Promise of Jacksonville, and Irreverent Warriors also appear in multiple years.
Recent grants cover education and scholarships, food insecurity, homelessness and poverty alleviation, elder meal delivery, animal rescue and protection, veteran mental health and suicide prevention, disaster relief, and community revitalization.
New York is the top state by grant count. Florida is also prominent, with 19% of grants going to recipients in the trust’s HQ state, and the recipient list also includes organizations in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, North Carolina, and Texas.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMM FOUNDATION OF PB & MARTIN CNT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH & MARTIN COUNTI | WEST PALM BEACH, FL | $15,361,836 | 2025 | COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION& EDUCATION |
| CITY HARVEST CITY HARVEST | NEW YORK, NY | $11,300,000 | 2025 | PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA | EVANSVILLE, IN | $2,550,000 | 2025 | EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS |
| BRYN MAWR COLLEGE BRYN MAWR COLLEGE | BRYN MAWR, PA | $2,000,000 | 2025 | PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS |
| UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE | EVANSVILLE, IN | $1,030,927 | 2025 | EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS |
| DOE FUND DOE FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $500,000 | 2025 | FIGHTING POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS |
| CITY MEALS ON WHEELS CITY MEALS ON WHEELS | NEW YORK, NY | $175,000 | 2025 | PREP & DELIVERY OF MEALS TO ELDERLY |
| EQUINE RESCUE RESOURCES INC EQUINE RESCUE RESOURCES INC | PINE BUSH, NY | $125,000 | 2025 | RESCUE & PROTECT ANIMALS |
| AMER SOC FOR PREV OF CRUELTY TO ANI PREV OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | RESCUE AND PROTECT ANIMALS |
| FAMILY PROMISE OF JACKSONVILLE FAMILY PROMISE OF JACKSONVILLE | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $50,000 | 2025 | FIGHTING POVERTY & HOMELESSNESS |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC | CHICAGO, IL | $50,000 | 2025 | CARING FOR FAMILIES W/ ILL CHILDREN |
| IRREVERENT WARRIORS IRREVERENT WARRIORS | LEANDER, TX | $25,000 | 2025 | FIGHTING VETERAN SUICIDE |
| HEART OF THE FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCU HEART OF THE FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE | RUTHERFORDTON, NC | $25,000 | 2025 | RESCUE AND PROTECT ANIMALS |
| BRYN MAWR COLLEGE BRYN MAWR COLLEGE | BRYN MAWR, PA | $3,000,000 | 2024 | PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS |
| CITY HARVEST CITY HARVEST | NEW YORK, NY | $600,000 | 2024 | PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY |
| DOE FUND DOE FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2024 | FIGHTING POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS |
| CITY MEALS ON WHEELS CITY MEALS ON WHEELS | NEW YORK, NY | $35,000 | 2024 | PREP & DELIVERY OF MEALS TO ELDERLY |
| SALVATION ARMY OF PALM BEACH SALVATION ARMY OF PALM BEACH | WEST PALM BEACH, FL | $27,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT WEEKLY RADIO PROGRAM |
| EQUINE RESCUE RESOURCES INC EQUINE RESCUE RESOURCES INC | PINE BUSH, NY | $25,000 | 2024 | RESCUE & PROTECT ANIMALS |
| AMER SOC FOR PREV OF CRUELTY TO ANI PREV OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS | NEW YORK, NY | $20,000 | 2024 | RESCUE AND PROTECT ANIMALS |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2024 | CARING FOR FAMILIES W/ ILL CHILDREN |
| IRREVERENT WARRIORS IRREVERENT WARRIORS | LEANDER, TX | $10,000 | 2024 | FIGHTING VETERAN SUICIDE |
| FAMILY PROMISE OF JACKSONVILLE FAMILY PROMISE OF JACKSONVILLE | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $10,000 | 2024 | FIGHTING POVERTY & HOMELESSNESS |
| BRYN MAWR COLLEGE BRYN MAWR COLLEGE | BRYN MAWR, PA | $1,500,000 | 2023 | PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS |
| CITY HARVEST CITY HARVEST | NEW YORK, NY | $1,350,000 | 2023 | PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY |
| DOE FUND DOE FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2023 | FIGHTING POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS |
| CITY MEALS ON WHEELS CITY MEALS ON WHEELS | NEW YORK, NY | $35,000 | 2023 | PREP & DELIVERY OF MEALS TO ELDERLY |
| SALVATION ARMY OF PALM BEACH SALVATION ARMY OF PALM BEACH | WEST PALM BEACH, FL | $27,000 | 2023 | DISASTER RELIEF |
| EQUINE RESCUE RESOURCES INC EQUINE RESCUE RESOURCES INC | PINE BUSH, NY | $25,000 | 2023 | RESCUE & PROTECT ANIMALS |
| AMER SOC FOR PREV OF CRUELTY TO ANI PREV OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS | NEW YORK, NY | $20,000 | 2023 | RESCUE AND PROTECT ANIMALS |
| FAMILY PROMISE OF JACKSONVILLE FAMILY PROMISE OF JACKSONVILLE | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $10,000 | 2023 | FIGHTING POVERTY & HOMELESSNESS |
| IRREVERENT WARRIORS IRREVERENT WARRIORS | LEANDER, TX | $10,000 | 2023 | FIGHTING VETERAN SUICIDE |
COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION& EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA
$2,550,000EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS
EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS
PREP & DELIVERY OF MEALS TO ELDERLY
EQUINE RESCUE RESOURCES INC EQUINE RESCUE RESOURCES INC
$125,000RESCUE & PROTECT ANIMALS
RESCUE AND PROTECT ANIMALS
FAMILY PROMISE OF JACKSONVILLE FAMILY PROMISE OF JACKSONVILLE
$50,000FIGHTING POVERTY & HOMELESSNESS
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC
$50,000CARING FOR FAMILIES W/ ILL CHILDREN
IRREVERENT WARRIORS IRREVERENT WARRIORS
$25,000FIGHTING VETERAN SUICIDE
HEART OF THE FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCU HEART OF THE FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE
$25,000RESCUE AND PROTECT ANIMALS
SALVATION ARMY OF PALM BEACH SALVATION ARMY OF PALM BEACH
$27,000SUPPORT WEEKLY RADIO PROGRAM
EQUINE RESCUE RESOURCES INC EQUINE RESCUE RESOURCES INC
$25,000RESCUE & PROTECT ANIMALS
RESCUE AND PROTECT ANIMALS
CARING FOR FAMILIES W/ ILL CHILDREN
IRREVERENT WARRIORS IRREVERENT WARRIORS
$10,000FIGHTING VETERAN SUICIDE
FAMILY PROMISE OF JACKSONVILLE FAMILY PROMISE OF JACKSONVILLE
$10,000FIGHTING POVERTY & HOMELESSNESS
SALVATION ARMY OF PALM BEACH SALVATION ARMY OF PALM BEACH
$27,000DISASTER RELIEF
EQUINE RESCUE RESOURCES INC EQUINE RESCUE RESOURCES INC
$25,000RESCUE & PROTECT ANIMALS
RESCUE AND PROTECT ANIMALS
FAMILY PROMISE OF JACKSONVILLE FAMILY PROMISE OF JACKSONVILLE
$10,000FIGHTING POVERTY & HOMELESSNESS
IRREVERENT WARRIORS IRREVERENT WARRIORS
$10,000FIGHTING VETERAN SUICIDE