New Jersey · Private foundation
Caruso Family 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.
- $240k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $623k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Caruso Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 | 3 | $240k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $125k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $110k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $16k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $82k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $15k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation for Morristown Medical Center | $432,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Raritan Valley Community College Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Somerset Health Care Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Family Promise of Morris County Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Operations Warrior Foundation | $5,100 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Diocese of Metuchen | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($173k), not named here.
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: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Verizon Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Caruso Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Caruso Family Foundation Inc give?
- Caruso Family Foundation Inc reported 3 grants totaling $240,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Caruso Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (75%), Youth Development (8%), Education (7%).
- Who are Caruso Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Foundation for Morristown Medical Center ($432k), Raritan Valley Community College Foundation ($40k), Somerset Health Care Foundation Inc ($20k).
- Does Caruso Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Caruso Family 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 Caruso Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of New Jersey, Verizon Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation America.
- Where is Caruso Family Foundation Inc based?
- Caruso Family Foundation Inc is based in NJ.
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