Pennsylvania · Private foundation
James B McCarthy
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.
- $13k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,227
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $308k
- 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 James B McCarthy 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.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $17k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $18k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $19k | 8% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mark Catholic Church | $121,246 | 9 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $4,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Sisters of Notre Dame | $4,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Diocesan Catholic Children's Home Inc | $4,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Mission of Our Lady of Mercy | $1,800 | 9 | n/a |
| St Josephs Indian School | $1,800 | 9 | n/a |
| St Francis Mission | $1,800 | 9 | 0% |
| St Labre Indian School | $1,800 | 9 | n/a |
| St John's Villa Inc | $1,800 | 9 | 0% |
| Priests of the Sacred Heart | $1,600 | 8 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($6k), 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.
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How this is measured
About James B McCarthy
- How much does James B McCarthy give?
- James B McCarthy reported 12 grants totaling $12,527 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does James B McCarthy fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (87%), Human Services (7%), Health (3%).
- Who are James B McCarthy's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Mark Catholic Church ($121k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($5k), Sisters of Notre Dame ($5k).
- Does James B McCarthy fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James B McCarthy 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 James B McCarthy?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include James B McCarthy, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is James B McCarthy based?
- James B McCarthy is based in PA.
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