Gray Family Foundation Inc
Rumson, NJ · EIN 22-3340792. Reported 206 grants totalling $685,233 to 106 recipients across tax years 2020-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Gray Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,550. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $3,000; the smallest was $150 and the largest $76,649. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Health Foundation | Elizabeth, NJ | $155,384 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Trinitras Health Foundation | Elizabeth, NJ | $61,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Hope Hospice | Scotch Plains, NJ | $31,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Union County College Foundation | Cranford, NJ | $21,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Committee to Protect Journalists | New York, NY | $20,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Armystar Lake Camp | New York, NY | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Trinity United Church | Warren, NJ | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Institute for Justice | Arlington, VA | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Community Foundation of Middlesex County | Middletown, CT | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Deep River Land Trust | Deep River, CT | $11,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Judes' | Fullerton, CA | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Monmouth University | West Long Branch, NJ | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| OPEN4EVER | Somerset, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Somerset Healthcare Foundation | Somerville, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Jude's | Fullerton, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Cj Community Development Corp | Plainfield, NJ | $9,100 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Mercy Ships | Garden Valley, TX | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Tri Town Youth Services | Deep River, CT | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Wild Lands Wild Horses | Elmer, NJ | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Homes for Our Troops | Tauton, MA | $8,400 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Operation Smile | Virginia Beach, VA | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Shoreline Spartans Youth Rugby | Clinton, CT | $7,100 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Deep River Historical Society | Deep River, CT | $6,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| OPER4EVER | Somerset, NJ | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pluckemin Medical Equipment Ministry | Pluckemin, NJ | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Refugee Protection International | Belmont, MA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Islamic Relief USA | Alexandria, VA | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation of Middlesex Co | Middletown, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Defence Intelligence Memorial Foundation | Fairfax Station, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Defense Intelligence Memorial Foundation | Fairfax Station, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Makolekole USA Inc | Las Vegas, NV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Nutrition Facts | Takoma Park, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Womensafe | Chardon, OH | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Sylvia's Children | Holmdel, NJ | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Committee to Protect Jounalists | New York, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Deep River Fire Department | Deep River, CT | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Make a Wish Foundation | Monroe, NJ | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Unshattered | Hopewell Junction, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Youth & Family Counseling Service | Westfield, NJ | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Youth and Family Counseling Service | Westfield, NJ | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| A Little Compassion | Deep River, CT | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boy Scout Troop 13 | East Hartford, CT | $3,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Court Appointed Special Advocate for Children | Muskogee, OK | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Deep River Community Fund | Deep River, CT | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Gary Sinese Foundation | Nashville, TN | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Heifer International | Little Rock, AR | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Orphan Grain Train | Norfolk, NE | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Orphan Gravy Train | Norfolk, NE | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pba of Warren Nj | Warren, NJ | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Comunity Foundation of Middlesex County | Middlesex, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Deep River Public Library | Deep River, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Home for Our Troops | Taunton, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | Oceanside, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Un High Commissioner for Refugees | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Breast Cancer Research Fund | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Children of the Night | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Court Appointed Special Advocate for Children | New Brunswick, NJ | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Jhamtse International | Concord, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project on Government Oversight | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Rainforest Trust | Fairfield, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sgt Angel Mendez Detachment | Staten Island, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shoreline Soup Kitchen & Pantries | Westbrook, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservatory | Arlington, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Jewish Congress | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dres PTO | Deep River, CT | $1,600 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hygenic Art | New London, CT | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Law Enforcement United Nj | Chesapeake, VA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Valley United Buddies | Deep River, CT | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Warren Nj Rescue Squad | Warren, NJ | $1,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boxes to Boots | Berlin, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boy Scour Troop 13 | East Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catholic Charities | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Public Radio | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Essex Historical Society | Essex, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Deep River Library | Deep River, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Gary Sinese Foundtion | Nashville, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Help Hope Live | Radnor, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Islamic Relief | Alexandria, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Khaled Hosseini Foundation | San Jose, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Komera | Milton, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Monmouth University Access Fund | West Long Branch, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oceanic Free Library of Rumson | Rumson, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rancho Relaxo | Woodstown, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salvation Army of Southern New England | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Jude's Childrens' Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tigger House | Red Bank, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Twist of Fate Farm & Sanctuary | West Grove, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Visiting Nurses Lower Valley | Centerbrook, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Warren Nj Fire Department | Warren, NJ | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Washington Figure Skating Club | Bethesda, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| World Central Kitchens | Washingtn, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Valley Unified Buddies | Deep River, CT | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mystic Seaport Museum | Mystic, CT | $649 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Alden Kindred of America | Duxbury, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Mritime Museum | Peekskill, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vegan Outreach | Sacramento, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Warren Nj Pba | Warren, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Warren Pba Local 235 | Warren, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
51 of 106 (48%) received money in more than one year over the 6 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 63%, across 5 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 93 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 15 | $91,885 | $1,400 |
| 2021 | 22 | $105,448 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 30 | $106,900 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 44 | $123,600 | $1,800 |
| 2024 | 46 | $125,900 | $1,750 |
| 2025 | 49 | $131,500 | $2,000 |
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
55% of its giving went to organizations in New Jersey. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,550. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New Jersey.
- 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.
- 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 Gray Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 6 returns (tax years 2020-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 34 Shrewsbury Drive, Rumson, NJ, 07760. 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.
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