New York · Private foundation
Brian a McCarthy Foundation 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.
- $400k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 11
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Brian a McCarthy Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 6 | $400k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $390k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $390k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $440k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $405k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $410k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $415k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Im From Driftwood | $385,000 | 7 | 23% |
| National Center for Civic Innovation In | $360,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Foundation for AIDS Research | $325,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Community Health Project Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 0% |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | $225,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ali Forney Center Inc | $220,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Unlocal Inc | $200,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Diego Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Inc | $120,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Bailey House Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Im From Driftwood | $385,000 | 7 | 23% |
| National Center for Civic Innovation In | $360,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Foundation for AIDS Research | $325,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Community Health Project Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 0% |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | $225,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ali Forney Center Inc | $220,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Unlocal Inc | $200,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Diego Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Inc | $120,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Bailey House Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Black Gifted Whole Inc | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Equality Foundation of Ga Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The San Diego Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Action Project Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The HIV League | $15,000 | 1 | 13% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($315k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brian a McCarthy Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Brian a McCarthy Foundation Inc
- How much does Brian a McCarthy Foundation Inc give?
- Brian a McCarthy Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $400,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 11 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Brian a McCarthy Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (31%), Civil Rights (25%), Community Improvement (13%).
- Who are Brian a McCarthy Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Im From Driftwood ($385k), National Center for Civic Innovation In ($360k), The Foundation for AIDS Research ($325k).
- Does Brian a McCarthy Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brian a McCarthy Foundation 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 Brian a McCarthy Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Brian a McCarthy Foundation Inc based?
- Brian a McCarthy Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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