New Jersey · Private foundation
Pj & Palmina Casella 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.
- $61k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations Pj & Palmina Casella Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200 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 | 26 | $61k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $52k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $56k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $60k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $49k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $46k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $36k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $33k | 10% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cmc Foundation for Change | $138,500 | 6 | 5% |
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Richard J Caron Foundation | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc | $20,950 | 9 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $18,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $11,450 | 9 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $10,050 | 9 | 0% |
| Broome County Council of Churches | $7,350 | 7 | 0% |
| Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments Inc | $4,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Christian Herald Association Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cmc Foundation for Change | $138,500 | 6 | 5% |
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Richard J Caron Foundation | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc | $20,950 | 9 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $18,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $11,450 | 9 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $10,050 | 9 | 0% |
| Broome County Council of Churches | $7,350 | 7 | 0% |
| Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments Inc | $4,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Christian Herald Association Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $2,750 | 5 | 0% |
| National Park Foundation | $1,650 | 3 | 0% |
| Foundation of the State University of New York at Binghamton Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jersey Cares Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Morris Minute Men Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($125k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pj & Palmina Casella 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.
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About Pj & Palmina Casella Foundation
- How much does Pj & Palmina Casella Foundation give?
- Pj & Palmina Casella Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $61,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Pj & Palmina Casella Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (81%), Food & Nutrition (4%), Environment (3%).
- Who are Pj & Palmina Casella Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cmc Foundation for Change ($139k), The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc ($50k), Richard J Caron Foundation ($25k).
- Does Pj & Palmina Casella Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pj & Palmina Casella 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 Pj & Palmina Casella Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Pj & Palmina Casella Foundation based?
- Pj & Palmina Casella Foundation is based in NJ.
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