New York · Private foundation
The Charles Spear Charitable 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.
- $680k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 40
- Grants FY2025
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 32 to 42
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations The Charles Spear Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 40 | $680k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 42 | $640k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $418k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $435k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $409k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $381k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 39 | $410k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 37 | $380k | 11% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $280,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Children's Center of New Milford Inc | $237,500 | 7 | 4% |
| New York Public Radio | $204,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | $175,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Clifford Beers Community Care Center Inc | $155,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $125,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Wnet | $120,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Food Bank for New York City | $120,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $105,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Citymeals-On-Wheels | $100,000 | 9 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($968k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Charles Spear Charitable 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: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Charles Spear Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About The Charles Spear Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Charles Spear Charitable Foundation give?
- The Charles Spear Charitable Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $680,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Charles Spear Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (18%), Environment (15%), International (13%).
- Who are The Charles Spear Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($280k), The Children's Center of New Milford Inc ($238k), New York Public Radio ($205k).
- Does The Charles Spear Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Charles Spear Charitable 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 Spear Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Network for Good, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund.
- Where is The Charles Spear Charitable Foundation based?
- The Charles Spear Charitable Foundation is based in NY.
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