· Private foundation
James and Melanie McNamara 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k13 grants · $36k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY | $10,000 |
| FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| ACTS XXIX MOBILIZING FOR THE MISSION | $5,000 |
| SAFE AND SOUND | $5,000 |
| WALKING WITH PURPOSE | $5,000 |
| CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS | $5,000 |
| NJ FAMILY POLICY CENTER | $3,000 |
| MOUNT ST MARY ACADEMY | $2,000 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS | $1,500 |
| SMILE TRAIN | $1,000 |
| JESUS FILM PROJECT | $1,000 |
| NJ FAMILY POLICY CENTER | $1,000 |
| PRISON FELLOWSHIP | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $77k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.
38 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP FOOD BANK9× · 2017–2025 · $78k · revenue +223%- TCTHE CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS INC9× · 2017–2025 · $71k · revenue +76%
SAFE & SOUND3× · 2023–2025 · $19k · revenue +4%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $15k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $10k
- FFFELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INCone grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +8%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…
To transform the lives of prisoners, their families, and victims through a global network of ministry partners.
The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.
This church will be that place of emergency where people can come any time of day or night. We will be a place that will lead people back to health both spiritually and naturally.
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…
Organization's mission: courage for life exists to encourage individuals to embrace their god-given courage for life. we create emotional health, spiritual growth, and bible study resources to disciple individuals to grow in their…
To glorify god by equipping the church with proper christian doctrine and to help non-believers come to a saving knowledge of jesus christ.
Allyfe pregnancy clinic exists to offer truth, hope, and love to every woman and family facing an unexpected pregnancy. founded in 1985, we have built four decades of integrity as a christ-centered center of excellence - providing…
Our mission is simple yet profound, changing lives through christ. we want to help individuals come to christ, being redeemed by his blood and restored and transformed by his word. our goal is to assist individuals struggling with…
Freedom seekers international is a christian organization that exists to rescue the most severely persecuted for their religious faith in hostile and restrictive countries. through collaborative partnerships we deliver those who are…
Jubal band ministries mission is to invite people to become disciples of christian life with jesus.
How this is measured
22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 61 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS INC ↗
- Who funds ZAREPHATH HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SAFE & SOUND ↗
- Who funds Loyola University Maryland Inc ↗
- Who funds Safe & Sound Inc ↗
- Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Elijahs Promise Inc ↗
- Who funds WALKING WITH PURPOSE INC ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds Christian Research Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY ↗
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: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · Investors Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization James and Melanie McNamara Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James and Melanie McNamara Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Covenant House New Jersey Inc: 34% of income from government
- Loyola University Maryland Inc: 6% of income from government
- Elijahs Promise Inc: 1% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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