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Connelly Family Foundation

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.

$459k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
63
Grants FY2025
61
Organizations funded FY2024
18%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$161,000
Organizations funded a year
52 to 64
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$513k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Connelly Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationPhilanthropyEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving62$442k19%
FY202461$340k18%
FY202364$399k27%
FY202260$302k62%
FY201852$161kn/a
88% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$527kArts & Culture$471kEnvironment$353kHuman Services$179kEducation$178kYouth Development$29kFood & Nutrition$23kReligion$19kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
CO
NE
VA
TN
NC
DC
HI
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 64 grantees
All grantees of Connelly Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Hoag Hospital Foundation$378,54450%
Orange County Museum of Art$296,34241%
Ecology Center$140,00150%
Augies Quest to Cure ALS Inc$108,84641%
The Garden Conservancy Inc$92,05051%
Villanova University$69,60050%
Trout Unlimited Inc$65,00040%
Ballet Sun Valley Inc$40,00041%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc$22,50050%
Kidworks Community Development Corp$22,22250%
The Frick Collection$20,00010%
Santa Catalina Island Conservancy$15,00030%
Harmon Killebrew-Danny Thompson Memorial Cancer Foundation Inc$12,70011%
New York City Ballet Inc$11,94040%
Shed NYC Inc$11,2171n/a
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc$11,00050%
Decorative Arts Society$10,25051%
Baby2baby$10,00010%
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums$5,04620%
Enterprise for Youth$5,00010%
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art$5,00010%
Henry Street Settlement$5,00030%
Cure Duchenne$4,50050%
Environmental Nature Center$4,25040%
Newport Harbor Foundation$4,00021%
Newport Harbor Sailing Foundation$3,25031%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$3,20020%
Sigma Chi - Alpha Upsilon Chapter$2,6001n/a
Bellosguardo Foundation Inc$2,52110%
Delta Gamma Foundation$2,45840%
Cystinosis Research Foundation$2,25020%
The Barnes Foundation$2,14540%
Kathi Koll Foundation$2,00040%
University of California Irvine Foundation$2,00040%
National Parks Conservation Association$2,00040%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$2,00010%
Camp Rainbow Gold Inc$2,00040%
Wood River Land Trust Co$2,00020%
Whitney Museum of American Art$1,75030%
Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation$1,75020%
Newport Harbor Educational Foundation C/O Emily Evans$1,69550%
Catalina Island Museum$1,50030%
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences$1,25050%
Trojan Sig Foundation$1,20020%
Orangewood Foundation$1,00010%
Westridge School for Girls Inc$1,00050%
Ganna Walska Lotusland$95310%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$58050%
Longhouse Reserve$50010%
The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art Inc$50010%
The Parrish Art Museum Inc$50010%
The Laguna Playhouse$50010%
National Charity League Inc Newport Chapter$45050%
Nantucket Garden Club Inc$40010%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$36020%
Breakthrough T1d$26010%
Friends of Oasis$25010%
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association$25010%
Smithsonian Institution$12510%
Samaritan's Purse$12210%
Charles W Bowers Museum Corporation$12020%
National League of Young Men Inc$9840%
New York Historical Society$7210%
East Side House Inc$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 65 recipients with no EIN on record ($226k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Connelly Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHoag Hospital Foundation: $378,544 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOrange County Museum of Art: $296,342 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetEcology Center: $140,001 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAugies Quest to Cure ALS Inc: $108,846 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetThe Garden Conservancy Inc: $92,050 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetVillanova University: $69,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTrout Unlimited Inc: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBallet Sun Valley Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc: $22,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKidworks Community Development Corp: $22,222 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Catalina Island Conservancy: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHarmon Killebrew-Danny Thompson Memorial Cancer Foundation Inc: $12,700 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNew York City Ballet Inc: $11,940 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDecorative Arts Society: $10,250 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetBaby2baby: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCorporation of the Fine Arts Museums: $5,046 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEnterprise for Youth: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHenry Street Settlement: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCure Duchenne: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Nature Center: $4,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNewport Harbor Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetNewport Harbor Sailing Foundation: $3,250 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetJane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation: $3,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBellosguardo Foundation Inc: $2,521 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDelta Gamma Foundation: $2,458 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCystinosis Research Foundation: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Barnes Foundation: $2,145 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKathi Koll Foundation: $2,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of California Irvine Foundation: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Rainbow Gold Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWood River Land Trust Co: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWhitney Museum of American Art: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPetersen Automotive Museum Foundation: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNewport Harbor Educational Foundation C/O Emily Evans: $1,695 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCatalina Island Museum: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTrojan Sig Foundation: $1,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOrangewood Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestridge School for Girls Inc: $1,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGanna Walska Lotusland: $953 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $580 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLonghouse Reserve: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Institute of Classical Architecture and Art Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 62.

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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.

Orange County Community FoundationCA33.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Oneroot Foundation · Macgillivray Family Foundation · Curci Fund · Croul Family Foundation · Argyros Family Foundation · Wm Keck Foundation · Edmund and Mary Shea Family Foundation · The Beall Family Foundation · The Kling Family Foundation · Tarsadia Foundation · The Confidence Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to Connelly Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Connelly Family Foundation

How much does Connelly Family Foundation give?
Connelly Family Foundation reported 63 grants totaling $458,870 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 52 and 64 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Connelly Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (19%), Arts & Culture (17%), Environment (12%).
Who are Connelly Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Hoag Hospital Foundation ($379k), Orange County Museum of Art ($296k), Ecology Center ($140k).
Does Connelly Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Connelly Family Foundation 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 Connelly Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Oneroot Foundation, Macgillivray Family Foundation.
Where is Connelly Family Foundation based?
Connelly Family Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 130 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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