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Lawrence & Megan Foley Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$279k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
15
Grants FY2024
13
Organizations funded FY2023
31%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$8,250
Largest grant, FY2024
$53,510
Organizations funded a year
9 to 25
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$1.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Lawrence & Megan Foley Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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
FY2024still arriving15$279k40%
FY202313$513k31%
FY202213$1.6M38%
FY202117$810k65%
FY20209$243k33%
FY201913$357k62%
FY201825$432k72%
FY201719$326kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$2.7MArts & Culture$853kPhilanthropy$297kReligion$236kHealth$192kFood & Nutrition$43kHuman Services$43kRecreation & Sports$18kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
KY
VA
MD
DC
OK
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Taft School Corporation$1,127,50061%
Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross$927,50080%
Fairfield Country Day School Corporation$274,48571%
Amazin' Mets Foundation Inc$205,91041%
Greens Farms Academy Inc$165,00050%
We Stand With Christ Inc$100,00011%
St Pius X Church$45,0002n/a
End Allergies Together Inc$38,00019%
Children's Brain Tumor Project Foundation$32,50015%
Iona Preparatory School$30,0002n/a
Show all 40 grantees
All grantees of Lawrence & Megan Foley Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Taft School Corporation$1,127,50061%
Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross$927,50080%
Fairfield Country Day School Corporation$274,48571%
Amazin' Mets Foundation Inc$205,91041%
Greens Farms Academy Inc$165,00050%
We Stand With Christ Inc$100,00011%
St Pius X Church$45,0002n/a
End Allergies Together Inc$38,00019%
Children's Brain Tumor Project Foundation$32,50015%
Iona Preparatory School$30,0002n/a
Autism Speaks Inc$25,00020%
The Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation$25,00010%
Project Main Street Inc$20,00011%
Johnny Mac Tennis Project Inc$15,00011%
Delta Gamma Foundation$15,00020%
Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation$13,1601n/a
Fdny Foundation Inc$11,00020%
Curtis Summer Camp Fund Inc$10,4802n/a
C3 Legacy Foundation$10,0001n/a
Chris Mello Scholarship Fund Inc$10,000114%
Readworksinc$7,50020%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$5,50020%
Aligned Alliance Inc$5,0001n/a
Newburgh San Miguel Program$5,000180%
Hall Neighborhood House Inc$5,00020%
Connecticut Challenge Inc DBA Mission Your Mission CT Challenge$5,00010%
Sacred Heart University Incorporated$5,00010%
The ZAC Foundation for Children's Safety$5,00010%
Christopher Reeve Foundation$5,00010%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$5,00010%
The Giants Foundation Inc$2,9001n/a
Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center$2,50010%
Bone Marrow & Cancer Foundation Inc$1,27520%
The Worthy & Fran Johnson Scholarship Trust$1,00011%
Paul Rabil Foundation Inc$1,00011%
Coaches for the Kids Inc$1,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$50010%
First Serve Bridgeport Inc$25010%
Bill Belichick Foundation Inc$25010%
Builders Beyond Borders$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Lawrence & Megan Foley Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Taft School Corporation: $1,127,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTrustees of the College of the Holy Cross: $927,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFairfield Country Day School Corporation: $274,485 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetAmazin' Mets Foundation Inc: $205,910 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetGreens Farms Academy Inc: $165,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWe Stand With Christ Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetEnd Allergies Together Inc: $38,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetChildren's Brain Tumor Project Foundation: $32,500 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetProject Main Street Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetJohnny Mac Tennis Project Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDelta Gamma Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFdny Foundation Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChris Mello Scholarship Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetReadworksinc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSemper Fi & America's Fund: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNewburgh San Miguel Program: $5,000 over 1y, 80% of budgetHall Neighborhood House Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Challenge Inc DBA Mission Your Mission CT Challenge: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSacred Heart University Incorporated: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe ZAC Foundation for Children's Safety: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChristopher Reeve Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNavy Seal Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElizabeth Seton Pediatric Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBone Marrow & Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,275 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Worthy & Fran Johnson Scholarship Trust: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPaul Rabil Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCoaches for the Kids Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Serve Bridgeport Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBill Belichick Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBuilders Beyond Borders: $200 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 33.

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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.

Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT14.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Synchrony Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment 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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About Lawrence & Megan Foley Family Foundation Inc

How much does Lawrence & Megan Foley Family Foundation Inc give?
Lawrence & Megan Foley Family Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $278,695 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Lawrence & Megan Foley Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (60%), Arts & Culture (19%), Philanthropy (7%).
Who are Lawrence & Megan Foley Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Taft School Corporation ($1.1M), Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross ($928k), Fairfield Country Day School Corporation ($274k).
Does Lawrence & Megan Foley Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Lawrence & Megan Foley 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 Lawrence & Megan Foley Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, The Ayco Charitable Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund.
Where is Lawrence & Megan Foley Family Foundation Inc based?
Lawrence & Megan Foley Family Foundation Inc is based in CT.

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 74 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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