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The Devlin Foundation

New York, NY · EIN 76-0574063. Reported 112 grants totalling $3,835,045 to 72 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$3,835,045granted, 2021-2024
72organizations funded
42%of grantees funded again the next year
$16.4Massets, 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. The Devlin Foundation 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $225 and the largest $313,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
23 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
20 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
19 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
21 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
7 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
8 grants
$100,000 and Up
14 grants

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
Irish Arts CenterNew York, NY$587,500332024
Joe Torre Safe at Home FoundationNew York, NY$529,500442024
Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA$445,000222023
State University of Iowa FoundationIowa City, IA$275,000112021
Center for Safe & HopeRochelle Park, NJ$200,000112024
The University of Iowa Center for AdvancementIowa City, IA$200,000112023
University of Iowa Reach ProgramIowa City, IA$200,000112022
The Cardinal's AppealNew York, NY$175,000222024
Catholic Academy of BridgeportBridgeport, CT$122,500442024
Seriousfun NetworkNorwalk, CT$115,000112022
The Center for DiscoveryHarris, NY$105,000112024
St Patricks Cathedral Landmark Foundation IncNew York, NY$100,400112024
Swarm CollectiveNorth Liberty, IA$75,000112023
University of Iowa Basketball ProgramsIowa City, IA$75,000112022
Westport Country PlayhouseWestport, CT$75,000222022
Release Recovery FoundationYorktown Heights, NY$71,000442024
Archdiocese of New YorkNew York, NY$50,000112022
Hospital for Special Surgery NycNew York, NY$50,000112023
Villages in PartnershipAllentown, NJ$30,000222024
New York Race Track ChapliancyElmont, NY$25,000442024
The Mccaffery Family Aya FundIowa City, IA$25,000112021
City of HopeKearny, NJ$20,000112022
Lawrence V Gulotta MDNew York, NY$20,000222024
Nys Troopers Pba Signal 30 Benefit FundAlbany, NY$20,000222023
Marquis StudiosBrooklyn, NY$18,000222024
Horizons at Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, CT$17,500222024
Nys Troopers Aba Signal 30 Benefit FundAlbany, NY$15,500112021
Catholic Charities Brooklyn & QueensBrooklyn, NY$15,000112024
Signal 30 Nys Troopers Benefit FundLatham, NY$15,000112024
Ny RtcaElmsford, NY$12,500222023
Mccaffrey Family for Aya Cancer ProgramLos Angeles, CA$10,000112023
The Bernard Lown Award for Social ResponsibilityNeedham, MA$10,000112022
The Friendly Sons of Saint PatrickNew York, NY$10,000112022
The Public TheaterNew York, NY$10,000112023
Allegheny Health Network (ahn)Pittsburgh, PA$7,500112022
Arthritis FoundationAtlanta, GA$7,500112024
Beacon of Hope Scholarship FundAlbany, NY$5,000112024
Canadian Cancer SocietyTotonto$5,000112023
Catholic Charities of New YorkNew York, NY$5,000112023
Central Park ConservancyNew York, NY$5,000112021
Malivai Washington Youth FoundationJacksonville, FL$5,000112024
Marine Corps Scholarship FoundationAlexandria, VA$5,000112023
Sasco Creek Neighbors Environmental Trust IncSouthport, CT$5,000112024
Semper Fi & America's FundOceanside, CA$5,000112024
Semper Fi FundNew York, NY$5,000112022
St Judes Chilrens Research HospitalNew York, NY$5,000112021
Team Nitro Basketball Aau LLCNew York, NY$5,000112023
Yaa Samar Dance TheatreBrooklyn, NY$4,000222023
Southport Volunteer Fire DeptSouthport, CT$3,500332023
Concern Worldwide USNew York, NY$2,500112023
Fairfield Police DepartmentFairfield, CT$2,500112021
Pequot LibrarySouthport, CT$2,500332024
Read WorksBrooklyn, NY$2,500112021
ThirteenwnetNew York, NY$2,500222022
American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York, NY$2,225442024
Fairfield Police Behavioral Health NetworkFairfield, CT$2,000112024
Faith in ChildrenLong Beach, NY$2,000222023
Redeem InternationalMerrifield, VA$2,000112021
Saratoga Springs Preservation FoundationSaratoga Springs, NY$2,000112024
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (met)New York, NY$1,800332024
MomaNew York, NY$1,700222022
Whitney Museum of American ArtNew York, NY$1,200332024
Fairfield Police FoundationFairfield, CT$1,000112024
The Doug Flutie JR FoundationFramingham, MA$1,000112023
The Clark FoundationNew York, NY$725222023
The Museum of Modern ArtNew York, NY$600112024
The Barnes FoundationPhiladelphia, PA$520222022
New York Landmarks ConservancyNew York, NY$500112021
Secure Software Development Framework (ssdf)Gaithersburg, MD$500112022
Solomon R Guggenheim FoundationNew York, NY$300112021
The Guggenheim MuseumsNew York, NY$300112022
The Dianne and Michael Bienes Charitable Foundation IncFt Lauderdale, FL$275112024

25 of 72 (35%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 42%, across 3 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 47 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
23 grants
Education
11 grants
International Affairs
4 grants
Human Services
2 grants
Diseases & Disorders
2 grants
Recreation & Sports
2 grants
Health Care
1 grant
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202123$660,100$2,500
202231$961,295$5,000
202329$1,219,675$10,000
202429$993,975$5,000

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. 49% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New York
$1.9M
Iowa
$850K
Massachusetts
$456K
Connecticut
$346K
New Jersey
$250K
California
$15K
Pennsylvania
$8K
Georgia
$8K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund26 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc26 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust24 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc24 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program23 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc19 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. 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 New York.
  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 The Devlin Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 680 Fifth Avenue 2201, New York, NY, 10019. 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 76-0574063 · 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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