New Jersey · Private foundation
Meta a & William S Griffith 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.
- $110k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Meta a & William S Griffith Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $110k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $117k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $121k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $130k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $141k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $133k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $164k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $112k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Childrens Home Society of New Jersey | $330,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer County Inc | $76,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Montgomery Township Baseball League | $41,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Ryan's Quest Inc | $40,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Homefront Inc | $33,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Central and Southern Nj | $30,000 | 8 | 0% |
| TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc | $16,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Dress for Success Central New Jersey | $15,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Rescue Mission of Trenton New Jersey | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Princeton Senior Resource Center Dba Center for Modern Aging Princeton | $8,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($543k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Meta a & William S Griffith Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · Investors Foundation Inc · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · The Wawa Foundation Inc · Pseg Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Oceanfirst Foundation · FirstBank Charitable Foundation Inc · Merancas Foundation Inc · Tenacre Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Meta a & William S Griffith Foundation with peer funders
About Meta a & William S Griffith Foundation
- How much does Meta a & William S Griffith Foundation give?
- Meta a & William S Griffith Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $109,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Meta a & William S Griffith Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Youth Development (24%), Arts & Culture (21%).
- Who are Meta a & William S Griffith Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Childrens Home Society of New Jersey ($330k), Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer County Inc ($77k), Montgomery Township Baseball League ($41k).
- Does Meta a & William S Griffith Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Meta a & William S Griffith 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 Meta a & William S Griffith Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc, Investors Foundation Inc, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc.
- Where is Meta a & William S Griffith Foundation based?
- Meta a & William S Griffith Foundation is based in NJ.
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