Frank L & Sarah Miller Coulson
The Frank L and Sarah Miller Coulson Foundation is a private foundation based in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. The foundation was established by Frank L. Coulson Jr. and Sarah Miller Coulson to support philanthropic causes aligned with their values and interests.
Financial Overview
From 2024 IRS Form 990-PF · View filing
Total Assets
$6.5M
+2.4% YoY
Annual Giving
$374K
-74.6% YoY
Grant Count
32
+6.7% YoY
Avg Grant Size
$12K
-76.2% YoY
Mission & Focus Areas
The foundation's primary funding focus areas include:
- Education
- Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking
- Human Services
- Historic Buildings Preservation
Grantmaking
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Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
Total Assets: $6,489,746
Total Annual Giving: $373,500
| Metric | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | $6,489,746 | $6,336,682 | $6,909,447 |
| Revenue | $1,527,669 | $202,642 | $7,858,001 |
| Expenses | $493,016 | $1,593,975 | $510,447 |
| Qualifying Distributions | $373,500 | $1,471,505 | $381,000 |
| Net Investment Income | $1,326,734 | $156,770 | $2,896,876 |
| Distributable Amount | $771,061 | $780,956 | $872,313 |
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
Grant Insights
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2024
Grant Size Distribution
145 grants across all recorded years
Giving History
Grant recipients and amounts by year
No grants recorded for .
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
Frank L. Coulson Jr. (1946–2011) was a managing director at Goldman Sachs who spent 37 years with the firm. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Moore School of Engineering in 1968. He served in the U.S. Navy as a naval ship navigator from 1968 to 1974, attaining the rank of Full Lieutenant, and earned his MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of Business while in the Navy. He was elected to partnership at Goldman Sachs in 1990.
Sarah Miller Coulson was born and raised near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and is a 1975 graduate of Mount Holyoke College, where she majored in art history. She worked briefly on Wall Street with the Bank of New York before earning an MBA in Finance from Columbia University in 1982. She spent 18 years in various financial roles with Time Warner Inc. in New York City.
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
From 2024 filing
| Name | Title | Hours | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARAH MILLER COULSON | TRUSTEE | 1 | — |
Recent News & Activity
Recent developments and announcements
In 2011, Frank L. Coulson Jr. and Sarah Miller Coulson established the Sarah Miller Coulson and Frank L. Coulson Professorship in Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in honor of Dr. David B. Hellmann.
Penn Athletics Unveils Coulson Family Training Complex in Franklin FieldFrank L. Coulson Jr. and his wife were major donors to the University of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
Penn Athletics Unveils Coulson Family Training Complex in Franklin FieldSubject Areas
Focus areas based on grantmaking activity
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Data last updated April 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated April 2026.
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