The Chase and Stephanie Coleman Foundation is a grantmaking organization that has provided funding for left-of-center organizations including Planned Parenthood, the Abortion Care Network, GreenWave and Oceans 5. The Foundation has also provided grants to philanthropy groups like the National Center for Family Philanthropy. 1 The foundation maintains assets in excess of $300 million, and in 2023, the foundation granted just over $20 million. The Foundation was set up by billionaire hedge fund manager Chase Coleman III and his wife Stephanie, who as of 2025 ran the foundation together. 2
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Chase Coleman III started the Chase and Stephanie Coleman Foundation in 2006 with his personal fortune, and as of 2025, ran it with his wife Stephanie. Chase Coleman is an American hedge fund manager who, as of 2025, has a net worth of $7.1 billion, making him the 208th richest person in America. Coleman started the hedge fund Tiger Global in 2001 when Coleman’s mentor Julian Robertson closed his investment firm, Tiger Management, and gave Coleman $25 million to manage. 3
In 2021, Coleman’s firm earned $10.4 billion for investors, and by the end of the year, his firm was managing over $125 billion in its hedge fund, long-only fund, and venture capital funds. 4
Blue Meridian Partners is a grantmaking organization that pools together funds from multiple left-leaning funds totaling over $1 billion in assets. 5 The organization funds assistance programs for youth living in poverty and increasing taxpayer-funded welfare programs like government health insurance. 6 The Chase and Stephanie Coleman Foundation donated $2,857,142 to Blue Meridian Partners in 2023. 1
The National Philanthropic Trust is one of the largest charities in the United States with net assets over $9 billion in revenue and $15 billion in assets. It has previously received funding from Google co-founder Larry Page, who granted $100 million to the National Philanthropic Trust through his foundation the Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation. 7 In 2023, the Chase and Stephanie Coleman Foundation granted $2 million to the National Philanthropic Trust. 1
The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is a healthcare organization that provides cancer treatment while claiming to focus on addressing “barriers to diversity and inclusion in our workforce.” 8 In 2023, the Chase and Stephanie Coleman Foundation donated $2,030,000 to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. 1
In 2023, the Chase and Stephanie Coleman Foundation provided grants to Abortion Care Network, All Our Kin, Black Women’s Blueprint, Blue Meridian Partners, Center for Community Alternatives (CCA), National Center for Family Philanthropy, National Philanthropic Trust, Robin Hood Foundation, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), the Everglades Foundation, the Rockefeller University, Biodiversity Funders Group (BFG), Brooklyn Org, GreenWave, GrowNYC, Doctors Without Borders, Oceans 5, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, Public Health Institute, Resolution Project, Sustainable Ocean Alliance, Teach for America, and World Central Kitchen. 1
All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
| Amount | Year | Funder | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| $6,221 | 2023 | Valentines Farm Foundation | HUMANITARIAN |
All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:
Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years: