New York · Private foundation
A and J Serenity Fund Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $303k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations A and J Serenity Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $195k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $303k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $365k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $320k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $270k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $315k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $185k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Care for the Homeless | $240,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Door - a Center of Alternatives Inc | $205,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mercy Center Inc | $170,000 | 5 | 1% |
| New York Foundling | $150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Housing Rights Initiative | $140,000 | 5 | 4% |
| The College and Community Fellowship Inc | $140,000 | 4 | 2% |
| New City Kids Inc | $140,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Rocking the Boat Inc | $130,000 | 4 | 1% |
| New Neighbors Partnership Association | $125,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Ruth's Refuge Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 10% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Care for the Homeless | $240,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Door - a Center of Alternatives Inc | $205,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mercy Center Inc | $170,000 | 5 | 1% |
| New York Foundling | $150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Housing Rights Initiative | $140,000 | 5 | 4% |
| The College and Community Fellowship Inc | $140,000 | 4 | 2% |
| New City Kids Inc | $140,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Rocking the Boat Inc | $130,000 | 4 | 1% |
| New Neighbors Partnership Association | $125,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Ruth's Refuge Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Brooklyn Book Bodega Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Emma's Torch Ltd | $55,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Woodlawn Conservancy Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Red Bull Theater Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Gina Gibney Dance Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($3k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget A and J Serenity Fund Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About A and J Serenity Fund Inc
- How much does A and J Serenity Fund Inc give?
- A and J Serenity Fund Inc reported 8 grants totaling $302,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does A and J Serenity Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (32%), Human Services (31%), Housing & Shelter (22%).
- Who are A and J Serenity Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Care for the Homeless ($240k), The Door - a Center of Alternatives Inc ($205k), Mercy Center Inc ($170k).
- Does A and J Serenity Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does A and J Serenity Fund Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as A and J Serenity Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The New York Community Trust, The Hyde and Watson Foundation, The Ford Foundation.
- Where is A and J Serenity Fund Inc based?
- A and J Serenity Fund Inc is based in NY.
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