New York · Private foundation
The Charles 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.
- $190k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
85% of The Charles Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year The Charles Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $190k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $130,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The Charles Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 69% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $190k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $195k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $70k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $140k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $35k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan | $145,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Conductive Learning Center of North America | $100,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Cascade Christian Church | $90,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Forest Hills Public Schools Foundation | $60,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Da Blodgett - St John's | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Gilda's Club Grand Rapids | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($290k), not named here.
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: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Frey Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Charles Foundation
- How much does The Charles Foundation give?
- The Charles Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $190,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Charles Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (49%), Health (37%), Religion (6%).
- Who are The Charles Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan ($145k), Conductive Learning Center of North America ($100k), Cascade Christian Church ($90k).
- Does The Charles Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Charles 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 The Charles Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation, Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation.
- Where is The Charles Foundation based?
- The Charles Foundation is based in NY.
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