New Jersey · Private foundation
Charles Downey Fam Fdn
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.
- $867k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $89,370
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $652,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Charles Downey Fam Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | $792k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $851k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $269k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $720k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $92k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $21k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $57k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $15k | 67% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abide Network Inc | $1,690,120 | 7 | 17% |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $268,110 | 3 | 0% |
| Young Life | $189,881 | 5 | 0% |
| Luis Palau Association | $91,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hope Center for Kids Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Mexico State Univ Fdn Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Ligonier Ministries Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Mission Msa | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($603k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Charles Downey Fam Fdn 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
About Charles Downey Fam Fdn
- How much does Charles Downey Fam Fdn give?
- Charles Downey Fam Fdn reported 4 grants totaling $866,970 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Charles Downey Fam Fdn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (40%), Philanthropy (33%), Religion (16%).
- Who are Charles Downey Fam Fdn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Abide Network Inc ($1.7M), University of Nebraska Foundation ($268k), Young Life ($190k).
- Does Charles Downey Fam Fdn fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles Downey Fam Fdn 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 Charles Downey Fam Fdn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Blackbaud Giving Fund, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Charles Downey Fam Fdn based?
- Charles Downey Fam Fdn is based in NJ.
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