Nearly three decades after its founding, the Colcom Foundation still operates according to the same principles laid out by Cordelia S. May, the woman whose early concern for population and environmental balance shaped the organization from its start. May began her charitable work in 1952 at age twenty-three, when she started supporting family planning programs out of concern for the […]
Long before population and environment became linked topics in public debate, Cordelia S. May had already committed herself to the idea that the two were inseparable. That early conviction eventually produced the Colcom Foundation, a Pittsburgh based philanthropy she formally established in 1996. May’s engagement with these questions began in 1952, when she was just twenty three years old. Concerned […]
Nearly thirty years after its founding, the Colcom Foundation continues to operate according to the principles laid out by its founder, Cordelia Scaife May. The organization has distributed more than $500 million in grants since 1996, much of it tied directly to May’s original concerns about population growth and environmental balance. A Philosophy Rooted in Balance May believed that human […]
Jean-Pierre Conte’s philanthropy starts with a story that predates his career by a generation. His father, Pierre, left postwar Lyon, France, and built a life around a tailor’s workshop in New York; his mother, Isabel, left Cuba. Neither parent had the chance to attend college, yet both carried outsized hopes for their children. That inheritance of ambition shaped the foundation […]
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Numbers alone rarely convey the weight of ecological loss, but Colcom Foundation’s research assembles a set of figures that are difficult to dismiss. Between 1970 and 2020, the United States added more than 54,000 square miles of human-built land cover roads, buildings, parking infrastructure, and related development. By 2020, paved and built surfaces equaled the combined area of Montana, West […]
The first Earth Day, held on April 22, 1970, is remembered as one of the most consequential moments in the history of American environmentalism. It mobilized millions of citizens and helped catalyze a wave of landmark legislation, including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the founding of the Environmental Protection Agency. By most accounts, it was a […]
The Colcom Foundation has established itself as a distinctive force in American philanthropy, combining strategic focus with measurable, long-term impact. As a private grant-making institution, it directs resources toward initiatives in conservation, education, and community well-being—areas viewed as essential to sustaining both people and the planet. Founded on the belief that effective philanthropy requires patience and accountability, the foundation prioritizes […]
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