Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Christine & John Connolly 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.
- $31k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $113k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Christine & John Connolly Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 11 | $31k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $24k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $31k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $43k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $10k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $40k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $50k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School | $120,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ed Snider Youth Hockey & Education | $65,400 | 7 | 0% |
| Abington Health Foundation | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mount Saint Joseph Academy | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The First Tee of Greater Philadelphia Inc | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Michael's Way | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Volunteers in Medicine | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Philadelphia University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Backstop Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School | $120,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ed Snider Youth Hockey & Education | $65,400 | 7 | 0% |
| Abington Health Foundation | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mount Saint Joseph Academy | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The First Tee of Greater Philadelphia Inc | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Michael's Way | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Volunteers in Medicine | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Philadelphia University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Backstop Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Catholic Social Services | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($45k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Christine & John Connolly 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: The Cedarcrest Charitable Foundation Aka Blbb Charitable · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Philadelphia Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About The Christine & John Connolly Foundation
- How much does The Christine & John Connolly Foundation give?
- The Christine & John Connolly Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $31,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Christine & John Connolly Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (49%), Youth Development (32%), Health (14%).
- Who are The Christine & John Connolly Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School ($120k), Ed Snider Youth Hockey & Education ($65k), Abington Health Foundation ($12k).
- Does The Christine & John Connolly Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Christine & John Connolly 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 Christine & John Connolly Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cedarcrest Charitable Foundation Aka Blbb Charitable, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, The Philadelphia Foundation.
- Where is The Christine & John Connolly Foundation based?
- The Christine & John Connolly Foundation is based in PA.
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