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Collins Medical Trust

Accepts applications Minneapolis, Minnesota · EIN 936021895

Collins Medical Trust is a private foundation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In tax year 2024 it gave $575,658 in 15 grants; the typical grant was $40,000 and the largest $40,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $574,462 the year before.

67% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$574,46218$13.0 million
2024$575,65815$14.8 million

How to apply

ContactTamara Potruch
29100 SW Town Center Loop W Suite, 300, Wilsonville, OR 97070
Phone or email(503) 826-5230, cmt@collinsmedicaltrust.org
What to submitLetter describing project, funds needed, tax exempt status
RestrictionsLimited to medical education and research in Oregon

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Collins Medical Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Oregon.

StateGrantsAmount
Oregon15$575,658

Grants paid in 2024

All 15 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Ohsu Foundation
Portland, OR
Role of cop9 signalosome on distal convoluted tubule injury in cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity$40,000
Ohsu Foundation
Portland, OR
Investigating metabolic disruption in multiple sclerosis: vascular dysfunction, myelination failure and neurodegeneration$40,000
Ohsu Foundation
Portland, OR
Establishing an intestinal epithelial organoid platform for tissue-scale cryo-electron tomography$40,000
Ohsu Foundation
Portland, OR
Modulars of glp1r activity following semaglutide-like agonists$40,000
Ohsu Foundation
Portland, OR
Intracranial electrical fields for the treatment of glioblastoma$40,000
Ohsu Foundation
Portland, OR
The effects of long-term immune checkpoint blockade treatment$40,000
Ohsu Foundation
Portland, OR
Changes in the metabolome in patients with cirrhosis after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation$40,000
Ohsu Foundation
Portland, OR
Chemical probe modulation of foxp3 to inhibit regulatory t-cell immunosuppression$40,000
Portland Va Research Foundation
Portland, OR
Piloting the cognitive and attentional mastery program among veterans with ptsd$39,777
Ohsu Foundation
Portland, OR
Novel spatial approaches to pinpoint epigentic determinants of therapeutic escape in breast cancer$39,760
Ohsu Foundation
Portland, OR
Optimizing mammographic screening for women with dense breast tissue$39,370
Ohsu Foundation
Portland, OR
Plumonary vascular remodeling secondary to pulmonary venous obstruction in a fetal sheep model of hypoplastic left heart syndrome$38,411
Ohsu Foundation
Portland, OR
Examining fracture and obstetric complication rates in the pregnancy and post-partum period in women with osteogensis imperfecta$37,000
Ohsu Foundation
Portland, OR
Mechanisms of augmentation of mr1 antigen presentation by cftr modulators$36,340
George Fox University
Newberg, OR
Purchase two anesthesia machines for their doctor of nurse practice college of nursing simulation center$25,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Collins Medical Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Collins Medical Trust give?

$575,658 in tax year 2024, across 15 grants, with a typical grant of $40,000.

Who runs Collins Medical Trust?

Its 2024 filing lists Truman Collins Jr (Trustee), Virginia Tilden (Trustee), Ryan Luria (Trustee) and Tamara Potruch (Administrator).

What does Collins Medical Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health.

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