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McMullen 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.

$1.5M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2025
34
Organizations funded FY2024
15%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$225,000
Organizations funded a year
31 to 36
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$27M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 15% of the organizations McMullen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k 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
EducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterAnimalsOther
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 arriving36$1.5M22%
FY202434$911k15%
FY202336$939k19%
FY202231$828k55%
FY202132$806kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$2.6MHealth$443kHuman Services$442kArts & Culture$434kCommunity Improvement$360kReligion$188kRecreation & Sports$151kYouth Development$137kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
MD
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
US Naval Academy Foundation Inc$1,000,00050%
The Montclair Art Museum$324,00052%
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$280,00051%
Montclair State University Foundation Inc$275,00021%
Montclair Kimberley Academy Foundation$270,00050%
Monmouth University Inc$250,00050%
YMCA of Montclair NEW JERSEY$129,99940%
Seal Future Foundation Inc$120,0001n/a
Seton Hall Preparatory School$110,0004n/a
Friends of Yogi Inc$100,00043%
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All grantees of McMullen Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
US Naval Academy Foundation Inc$1,000,00050%
The Montclair Art Museum$324,00052%
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$280,00051%
Montclair State University Foundation Inc$275,00021%
Montclair Kimberley Academy Foundation$270,00050%
Monmouth University Inc$250,00050%
YMCA of Montclair NEW JERSEY$129,99940%
Seal Future Foundation Inc$120,0001n/a
Seton Hall Preparatory School$110,0004n/a
Friends of Yogi Inc$100,00043%
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Newark Inc$60,00040%
The Seeing Eye Inc$60,00040%
Webb Institute$50,00010%
The Cradle Foundation$50,00050%
Montclair High School Alumni Association Inc$48,000172%
St Benedicts Preparatory School Inc$40,5001n/a
Smith Center for Infectious Diseases & Urban Health Pa$35,000110%
Hockey in New Jersey Inc$35,00023%
Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc$30,00050%
Metropolitan Young Men's Christian Association of the Oranges Inc$26,50040%
Lacordaire Academy$26,0004n/a
Main Street Counseling Center$22,50050%
Tri-County Scholarship Fund$20,50050%
Human Needs Food Pantry Inc$20,00040%
Montclair Foundation Inc$17,50011%
Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children$15,0002n/a
Community Partnership School$15,00020%
K9s for Warriors Inc$15,00030%
Friends of Glen Gray Inc$12,50033%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex Hudson and Union Counties New Jersey Inc$10,00010%
Black Swamp Players$10,00013%
New York University$10,0001n/a
Oasis - a Haven for Women & Children Inc$10,00010%
Peter Westbrook Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Family Promise of Essex County Inc$7,50020%
Mt Pleasant Animal Shelter Inc$5,00010%
Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison Inc$3,00030%
The Valerie Fund$3,00030%
Newark Boys Chorus School$2,00020%
Montclair Free Public Library Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Meghan P Birdsall Scholarship Fund Inc$1,500112%
Seamens Church Institute Inc$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

McMullen Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUS Naval Academy Foundation Inc: $1,000,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetThe Montclair Art Museum: $324,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetMarc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $280,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMontclair State University Foundation Inc: $275,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMontclair Kimberley Academy Foundation: $270,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMonmouth University Inc: $250,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA of Montclair NEW JERSEY: $129,999 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of Yogi Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetThe Boys & Girls Clubs of Newark Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Seeing Eye Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWebb Institute: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Cradle Foundation: $50,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMontclair High School Alumni Association Inc: $48,000 over 1y, 72% of budgetSmith Center for Infectious Diseases & Urban Health Pa: $35,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetHockey in New Jersey Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Young Men's Christian Association of the Oranges Inc: $26,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMain Street Counseling Center: $22,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTri-County Scholarship Fund: $20,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHuman Needs Food Pantry Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMontclair Foundation Inc: $17,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCommunity Partnership School: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetK9s for Warriors Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Glen Gray Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Essex Hudson and Union Counties New Jersey Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBlack Swamp Players: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetOasis - a Haven for Women & Children Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Promise of Essex County Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMt Pleasant Animal Shelter Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHudson Link for Higher Education in Prison Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Valerie Fund: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNewark Boys Chorus School: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMontclair Free Public Library Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMeghan P Birdsall Scholarship Fund Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 12% 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 34.

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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.

The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ36.6× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Investors Foundation Inc · Schumann Fund for New Jersey Inc · The McJ Amelior Foundation · Partners for Health Inc · Ej Grassmann Trust · Turrell Fund · American Express Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Lazard Charitable Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund

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 McMullen 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 McMullen Family Foundation

How much does McMullen Family Foundation give?
McMullen Family Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $1,524,833 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 36 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does McMullen Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (52%), Health (9%), Human Services (9%).
Who are McMullen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: US Naval Academy Foundation Inc ($1.0M), The Montclair Art Museum ($324k), Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation ($280k).
Does McMullen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does McMullen 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 McMullen Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Hyde and Watson Foundation, Community Foundation of New Jersey, Investors Foundation Inc.
Where is McMullen Family Foundation based?
McMullen Family Foundation is based in NJ.

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 70 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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