FundersNew Jersey

Tina and Richard V Carolan Foundation

Mendham, NJ · EIN 22-3085237. Reported 72 grants totalling $3,972,932 to 35 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$50,000median grant
$3,972,932granted, 2020-2023
35organizations funded
57%of grantees funded again the next year
$26.1Massets, 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. Tina and Richard V Carolan 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 $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $75,000; the smallest was $2,800 and the largest $200,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
1 grant
$5,000 - $10,000
1 grant
$10,000 - $25,000
14 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
19 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
24 grants
$100,000 and Up
13 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
Team Type 1 FoundationAtlanta, GA$525,000442023
Armenian Apostolic Church of America Eastern PrelacyNew York, NY$500,000642023
Foundation for Morristown Medical CenterMorristown, NJ$500,000332023
Best BuddiesMiami, FL$375,000332023
USA Cycling FoundationColorado Springs, CO$275,000442023
Southern Ocean Medical Center FoundationWest Manahawkin, NJ$248,000222023
New Jersey Interscholastic Cycling LeagueCologne, NJ$200,000442023
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY$175,000332023
Long Beach Township Pba 373Brant Beach, NJ$103,332332023
Anca Endowment FundWashington, DC$100,000212021
Bernardsville Law Enforcement FoundationBernardsville, NJ$75,000222023
University of MaimiCoral Gables, FL$63,800112023
Stafford Township Pba Local 297Manahawkin, NJ$55,000442023
Star Track Cycling IncNew York, NY$55,000332023
Naples Therapeutic Riding CenterNaples, FL$52,800322021
Armenian National Committee of AmericaWashington, DC$50,000112023
Armenian Cultural FoundationGlendale, CA$50,000112021
Long Beach Township Police DepartmentBrant Beach, NJ$50,000112021
Magic City K9 IncMiami, FL$50,000222023
Memorial Sloan KetteringNew York, NY$50,000112020
Our Lady of Perpetual Help ChurchBernardsville, NJ$50,000112021
Royal Palm AcademyNaples, FL$50,000222021
Big Brothers Big Sisters of BrowardFt Lauderdale, FL$45,000222023
Benthic Ecology and Coral Restoration Lab (university of Miami)Coral Gables, FL$35,000112021
Rescue a ReefCoral Gables, FL$35,000112022
Town of Miami LakesMiami Lakes, FL$35,000112022
Foundation Cycling Foundation IncSafety Harbor, FL$30,000222023
High Point Volunteer Fire CoHarvey Ceders, NJ$30,000112020
Nicklaus Children's Hospital FoundationMaimi, FL$25,000112023
Big Brothers Big SistersFt Lauderdale, FL$20,000112021
Kentucky Flyers CyclingLouisville, KY$20,000112023
Foundation Cycling Nyc IncNew York, NY$15,000222021
American Red CrossWashington, DC$10,000112021
Foundation Cycling New York IncNew York, NY$10,000112022
Hilton Head Cycling IncHilton Head, SC$10,000112021

18 of 35 (51%) 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 57%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 34 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Health Care
10 grants
Recreation & Sports
7 grants
International Affairs
6 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Animal Welfare
2 grants
Crime & Legal
2 grants
Human Services
2 grants
Arts & Culture
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202015$928,000$50,000
202121$922,800$50,000
202217$1,023,500$38,500
202319$1,098,632$48,000

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. 33% of this one's giving went to organizations in New Jersey. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New Jersey
$1.3M
Florida
$817K
New York
$805K
Georgia
$525K
Colorado
$275K
District of Columbia
$160K
California
$50K
Kentucky
$20K

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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 $50,000. 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 Jersey.
  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 Tina and Richard V Carolan Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 88 East Main Street 507, Mendham, NJ, 07945. 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 22-3085237 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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