New Jersey · Private foundation
Parker 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.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $85,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $213,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 12
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Parker Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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 | 12 | $1.0M | 25% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $1.1M | 8% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $1.1M | 9% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $1.0M | 10% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $915k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $843k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decordova and Dana Museum & Park | $1,000,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Actors' Shakespeare Project | $875,000 | 7 | 17% |
| Edvestors Inc | $647,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Summer Search | $604,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc | $587,500 | 7 | 7% |
| The Theater Offensive Inc | $535,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $450,000 | 6 | 0% |
| People for the American Way | $400,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Handel and Haydn Society | $262,500 | 6 | 1% |
| The Trustees of Reservations | $180,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decordova and Dana Museum & Park | $1,000,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Actors' Shakespeare Project | $875,000 | 7 | 17% |
| Edvestors Inc | $647,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Summer Search | $604,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc | $587,500 | 7 | 7% |
| The Theater Offensive Inc | $535,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $450,000 | 6 | 0% |
| People for the American Way | $400,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Handel and Haydn Society | $262,500 | 6 | 1% |
| The Trustees of Reservations | $180,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Grub Street Inc | $150,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $145,000 | 2 | 0% |
| People for the American Way Foundation | $80,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Cary Memorial Library Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Parker Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Boston Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Barr Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Parker Family Foundation
- How much does Parker Family Foundation give?
- Parker Family Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $1,048,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 12 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Parker Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (40%), Health (18%), Education (9%).
- Who are Parker Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Decordova and Dana Museum & Park ($1.0M), Actors' Shakespeare Project ($875k), Edvestors Inc ($647k).
- Does Parker Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Parker 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 Parker Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc, Barr Foundation.
- Where is Parker Family Foundation based?
- Parker Family Foundation is based in NJ.
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