New Jersey · Private foundation
Maher Charitable Foundation
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.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $975,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $17M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Maher Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $583k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $1.9M | 31% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $1.6M | 38% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $1.1M | 38% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $1.4M | 21% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $2.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Hill Community Action Inc | $2,662,740 | 5 | 60% |
| Rutgers University Foundation | $915,666 | 4 | 0% |
| Institute for Citizens and Scholars | $465,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Far Brook School | $297,550 | 5 | 1% |
| Ironbound Community Corporation | $160,000 | 2 | 1% |
| New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Newark Community Street Team Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Trickle Up Program Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Greater Newark Conservancy Inc | $112,100 | 1 | 8% |
| Programs for Parents Inc | $100,500 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Hill Community Action Inc | $2,662,740 | 5 | 60% |
| Rutgers University Foundation | $915,666 | 4 | 0% |
| Institute for Citizens and Scholars | $465,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Far Brook School | $297,550 | 5 | 1% |
| Ironbound Community Corporation | $160,000 | 2 | 1% |
| New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Newark Community Street Team Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Trickle Up Program Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Greater Newark Conservancy Inc | $112,100 | 1 | 8% |
| Programs for Parents Inc | $100,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Civic News Company | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Newark Alliance INC | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Math for America | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bipartisan Policy Center Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Clinton Hill Community and Early Childho | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Third Sector New England Inc | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| La Casa De Don Pedro Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New Jersey Future Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Day Nursery and Family Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Maher Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Victoria Foundation Inc · The Prudential Foundation · Pseg Foundation Inc · South Ward Alliance · Schumann Fund for New Jersey Inc · Turrell Fund · Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc · The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey Inc · United Way of Essex & West Hudson D/B/A United Way of Greater Newark · Devils Youth Foundation Inc · Columbia Bank Foundation
How this is measured
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About Maher Charitable Foundation
- How much does Maher Charitable Foundation give?
- Maher Charitable Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $2,031,986 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Maher Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (37%), Education (22%), Employment (4%).
- Who are Maher Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Clinton Hill Community Action Inc ($2.7M), Rutgers University Foundation ($916k), Institute for Citizens and Scholars ($465k).
- Does Maher Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Maher Charitable 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 Maher Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of New Jersey, Victoria Foundation Inc, The Prudential Foundation.
- Where is Maher Charitable Foundation based?
- Maher Charitable Foundation is based in NJ.
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