South Carolina · Private foundation
Monaghan Foundation Inc
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.
- $445k
- Granted FY2023
- 33
- Grants FY2023
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
97% of Monaghan Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Monaghan Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 24 organizations, $445k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $116,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 37
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 15
- Total assets, FY2023
- $5.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Monaghan Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 31 | $326k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $311k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $260k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $249k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $215k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $225k | 16% |
| FY2017 | 28 | $225k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lehigh University | $200,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Nurse-Family Partnership | $175,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Operation Healing Forces Inc | $110,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Yale University | $90,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Special Operations Warrior Foundation | $71,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Help of Beaufort | $70,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc | $57,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Yale University | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 51 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($443k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Monaghan Foundation Inc 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: The Bessemer Giving Fund · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · American Express Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Monaghan Foundation Inc
- How much does Monaghan Foundation Inc give?
- Monaghan Foundation Inc reported 33 grants totaling $444,950 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Monaghan Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (49%), Education (15%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are Monaghan Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lehigh University ($200k), Nurse-Family Partnership ($175k), Operation Healing Forces Inc ($110k).
- Does Monaghan Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Monaghan 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 Monaghan Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bessemer Giving Fund, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, American Express Foundation.
- Where is Monaghan Foundation Inc based?
- Monaghan Foundation Inc is based in SC.
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