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Big G Charitable Foundation Corp

Basking Ridge, NJ · EIN 80-0314377. Reported 99 grants totalling $1,432,733 to 58 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$1,432,733granted, 2020-2024
58organizations funded
46%of grantees funded again the next year
$4,785,980assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Big G Charitable Foundation Corp did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $321,400. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
13 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
31 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
48 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
4 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
2 grants
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
The Nature ConservancyArlington, VA$321,400112024
World Central KitchenWashington, DC$100,000552024
Sea Shepherd Conservation SocietyAlexandria, VA$89,000222021
Wildaid IncSan Francisco, CA$80,000442024
Church of BiocentrismWoodstock, VT$79,000112022
The Valerie FundMaplewood, NJ$75,000442023
Zufall Health Centers IncDover, NJ$60,000442023
Core Community Organized ReliefLos Angeles, CA$50,000442024
A Well-Fed WorldOrlando, FL$35,000112024
The Raptor TrustMillington, NJ$35,000442023
Friends of Randolph Animal PoundRandolph, NJ$33,500552024
Upwell TurtlesMonterey, CA$30,000332023
Coral Reef AllianceOakland, CA$25,000332023
International Fund for Animal WelfaYarmouth Port, MA$25,000222024
Interfaith Food PantryMorris Plains, NJ$22,000442024
Captain Paul Watson FoundationNew York, NY$20,000112024
Community Food Bank of New JerseyHillside, NJ$20,000332024
Ocean AllianceGloucester, MA$20,000112022
Save the Music FoundationNew York, NY$20,000112023
Coalition for Rainforest NationsNew York, NY$15,000112023
Malteser InternationalKolin, Kolin$15,000112021
Nourish NjMorristown, NJ$15,000222024
Woodland WildlifePittstown, NJ$15,000112024
The Presbyterian ChurchBasking Ridge, NJ$13,000332024
Reef Renewal Foundation InternationalLarchmont, NY$12,500112023
911 Dog & Cat RescueMorristown, NJ$10,000222023
Animal Wellness FoundationMarina Del Rey, CA$10,000112024
Center for Great ApesWauchula, FL$10,000112020
Community Food Bank of NjHillside, NJ$10,000112020
Direct ReliefSanta Barbara, CA$10,000112024
Doing 4 OthersNew York, NY$10,000112020
Free Public Library of NewarkNewark, NJ$10,000222022
No Greated SacrificeWashington, DC$10,000112024
Plainfield Area Humane SocietyPlainfield, NJ$10,000112024
Sewa International IncHouston, TX$10,000112020
Syrian American Medical Society FoundationWashington, DC$10,000112022
Turks & Caicos Reef Fund IncChicago, IL$10,000112020
Divided Sky FoundationLudlow, VT$8,500112023
Core GivesWoodstock, GA$7,000112020
Food Bank of NycNew York, NY$7,000222021
Grow It GreenMorristown, NJ$5,833222023
American Jewish JdcNew York, NY$5,000112021
Food Bank for New York CityBronx, NY$5,000112024
Give Directly IncNew York, NY$5,000112020
Home for Good DogsBerkeley Heights, NJ$5,000112024
Market Street MissionMorristown, NJ$5,000112024
O'ahu WarehouseHonolulu, HI$5,000112022
The Hoboken ShelterHoboken, NJ$5,000112020
Water MissionN Charleston, SC$5,000112024
Preschool Advantage IncMorristown, NJ$3,000112023
Small Fry to GoNo City, NJ$3,000112024
City HarvestNew York, NY$2,000112020
Feed the Front Lines NycPrinceton Junction, NJ$2,000112020
Fowa RescueWayne, NJ$2,000112023
Guitars 4 VetsWauwatosa, WI$2,000112020
Human Needs Food PantryMontclair, NJ$2,000112020
Restaurant Workers CommunityNew York, NY$2,000112020
Covenant House of New JerseyNewark, NJ$1,000112022

19 of 58 (33%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 46%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 57 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Animal Welfare
18 grants
Food & Nutrition
12 grants
Environment
6 grants
Health Care
5 grants
Human Services
4 grants
Education
3 grants
International Affairs
3 grants
Community Improvement
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202023$196,000$10,000
202118$204,493$5,000
202217$251,000$10,000
202319$206,840$10,000
202422$574,400$10,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 29% of this one's giving went to organizations in Virginia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Virginia
$410K
New Jersey
$362K
California
$205K
District of Columbia
$120K
New York
$104K
Vermont
$88K
Florida
$45K
Massachusetts
$45K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Virginia.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Big G Charitable Foundation Corp's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 406, Basking Ridge, NJ, 07920. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 80-0314377 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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