Colcom Foundation

Colcom Foundation
Formation1996
Typeprivate foundation
Headquarters Pittsburgh, PA, United States
President
John S. Barsotti
Revenue (2014)
$36,529,725[1]
Expenses (2014)$30,016,575[1]
Websitecolcomfdn.org

Colcom Foundation is an anti-immigration private foundation established in 1996 by Cordelia Scaife May, a Mellon family heiress.[2][3][4] It is a major funding source for the anti-immigration movement in the United States, supporting several organizations designated as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).[5][6]

The foundation also focuses on population control, environmental conservation, and civic and environmental projects, especially in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area where it is based.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ a b "Colcom Foundation" (PDF). Foundation Center. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  2. ^ Kulish, Nicholas; McIntire, Mike (14 August 2019). "Why an Heiress Spent Her Fortune Trying to Keep Immigrants Out". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-18 – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ Brown, Abram (July 21, 2014). "175 Years Later, The Mellons Have Never Been Richer. How'd They Do It?". Forbes.
  4. ^ "Colcom Foundation, rooted in environmentalism, increasingly focuses on anti-immigration groups". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  5. ^ Tanfani, Joseph (July 25, 2013). "Late heiress' anti-immigration efforts live on". Los Angeles Times.
  6. ^ Beirich, Heidi (July 14, 2009). "Pittsburgh Foundation Funded Hate Groups".
  7. ^ "Funding Interests". Colcom Foundation. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Impact". Colcom Foundation. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  9. ^ "Extinction Crisis". Colcom Foundation. Retrieved 2023-05-15.