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The Edward E & Marie L Matthews Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$891k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
56
Grants FY2024
46
Organizations funded FY2023
17%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$125,000
Organizations funded a year
40 to 53
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
17
Total assets, FY2024
$13M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 17% of the organizations The Edward E & Marie L Matthews Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $148k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterCivil RightsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving54$887k30%
FY202346$835k17%
FY202244$768k18%
FY202140$760k15%
FY202051$800k27%
FY201953$798kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$2.5MArts & Culture$820kHealth$736kRecreation & Sports$219kFood & Nutrition$189kHuman Services$158kPublic Safety & Disaster$106kCrime & Legal$35kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
ID
IL
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
TN
SC
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 93 grantees
All grantees of The Edward E & Marie L Matthews Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
North Shore Country Day School$800,00061%
The Gill St Bernard's School$401,00061%
Wells College$350,00050%
Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad$295,00054%
McCarter Theatre Company$257,00061%
Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc$250,00043%
Food Allergy Research & Education Inc$185,00060%
West Coast Sports Medicine Foundation$180,00066%
Rumsey Hall School Inc$164,00060%
The YWCA Princeton Inc$150,00023%
Pacific Battleship Center$150,00061%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$135,00020%
Center at 353 Inc$111,00043%
California Alumni Association$110,50040%
Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation$74,000310%
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$65,50060%
Ralston Engine Company No 1$62,500532%
Forman School Inc$57,00060%
Aeronautical Educational Foundation$55,000556%
Foundation for Morristown Medical Center$52,50050%
Texas A&M Foundation$37,00010%
The Franklin Academy Inc$37,00060%
Camp Dudley Inc$33,25060%
The Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc$30,00060%
Mendham Township First Aid Squad Inc$25,00058%
Lymphoma Research Foundation$25,00010%
Beyond The Burn Foundation$24,00062%
Wood River Community Young Men's Christian Association Inc$23,50060%
Ausable Club Preservation Foundation$22,80061%
Princeton Healthcare System Foundation Inc$20,00010%
The Explorers Club$20,00020%
Beacon College Inc$15,00020%
Solidarity Bridge Inc$14,50030%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$12,50060%
Children's Day School Inc$11,60030%
American Camping Foundation Inc$11,40054%
William Marsh Rice University$10,00040%
Medical Dental Staff of Morristown Mem Hospital$10,00012%
California Marine Sanctuary Foundation$9,20011%
Steep Rock Association Inc$8,00040%
The Learning Project$7,600531%
Mothers2mothers United States Inc$7,50050%
Abilis Inc$7,00010%
Columbia Business School Club of Ny Inc$6,00023%
The Hub Houston Inc$6,00030%
Florida Guardian Ad Litem Foundation Inc$6,00013%
National Armed Services & Law Enforcement Memorial Museum Inc$5,0001n/a
University of Colorado Foundation$5,00020%
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations$5,00010%
Lake Waramaug Task Force Inc$5,00041%
Mendham First Aid Squad Inc$5,00016%
Washington Ambulance Association Inc$5,00051%
First Presbyterian Church of Mendham$4,5006n/a
Social Motion Inc$4,00020%
Washington Volunteer Fire Dept Inc$4,00031%
Russell Rescue Inc$4,000112%
The Benjamin Private School Inc$4,00040%
Silver Hill Hospital Inc$4,00020%
American Camping Association Inc$3,75010%
Special Ops Survivors$3,50023%
The Humane Society of Boulder Valley Inc$3,00010%
Gotham Food Pantry Inc$3,00010%
Trevor Project Inc$3,00010%
The Delta Sigma Phi Foundation$3,00020%
James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association$3,00010%
Winnetka Community House Inc$2,50010%
The Center for Pursuit$2,00010%
Hollins University Corporation$2,00010%
Actors Training Center$2,00010%
D&R Greenway Land Trust Inc$1,40020%
American Institute of Architecture Students Inc$1,25010%
National Arbor Day Foundation$1,00010%
The Learning Project Inc$1,00010%
Child Rescue Coalition Inc$1,00010%
Adirondack Community College Foundation$1,00010%
Princeton Day School Inc$1,00010%
Helpusadoptorg Inc$1,00010%
The Water Project Inc$1,00010%
The Greenwich Land Trust Inc$1,00010%
North Washington Vol Fire Dept$1,0001n/a
Healthright 360$1,00010%
United Service Organizations Inc$1,00010%
Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc$50010%
Nassau Cooperative Nursery School$5001n/a
Flourish Adoption Ministries Inc$50010%
Catholic Social Services$50010%
Hetrick Martin Institute-New Jersey Inc$50010%
A Rose in Haste Inc$50010%
Spoonfuls$50020%
San Francisco Food Bank$25010%
Cultural Survival Inc$20010%
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc$20010%
Atria Collective Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($399k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Edward E & Marie L Matthews Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 89 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorth Shore Country Day School: $800,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetThe Gill St Bernard's School: $401,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetWells College: $350,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPrinceton First Aid and Rescue Squad: $295,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetMcCarter Theatre Company: $257,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetPrinceton Symphony Orchestra Inc: $250,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetFood Allergy Research & Education Inc: $185,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetWest Coast Sports Medicine Foundation: $180,000 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetRumsey Hall School Inc: $164,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe YWCA Princeton Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetPacific Battleship Center: $150,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of California Berkeley Foundation: $135,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter at 353 Inc: $111,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetCalifornia Alumni Association: $110,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBerlin Airlift Historical Foundation: $74,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $65,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRalston Engine Company No 1: $62,500 over 5y, 32% of budgetForman School Inc: $57,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAeronautical Educational Foundation: $55,000 over 5y, 56% of budgetFoundation for Morristown Medical Center: $52,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $37,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Franklin Academy Inc: $37,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Dudley Inc: $33,250 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMendham Township First Aid Squad Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetLymphoma Research Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBeyond The Burn Foundation: $24,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetWood River Community Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $23,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAusable Club Preservation Foundation: $22,800 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetPrinceton Healthcare System Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Explorers Club: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBeacon College Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSolidarity Bridge Inc: $14,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $12,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Day School Inc: $11,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Camping Foundation Inc: $11,400 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMedical Dental Staff of Morristown Mem Hospital: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCalifornia Marine Sanctuary Foundation: $9,200 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSteep Rock Association Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Learning Project: $7,600 over 5y, 31% of budgetMothers2mothers United States Inc: $7,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAbilis Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColumbia Business School Club of Ny Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetThe Hub Houston Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFlorida Guardian Ad Litem Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEndeavor Health Clinical Operations: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 89.

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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.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation IncNJ23× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Curtis W McGraw Foundation · The Starr Foundation · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · The Griffin-Cole Fund · The Snyder Family Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Runestone Family Foundation · Educational Ventures Inc · Honey Perkins Family Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Edward E & Marie L Matthews Foundation

How much does The Edward E & Marie L Matthews Foundation give?
The Edward E & Marie L Matthews Foundation reported 56 grants totaling $891,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 53 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does The Edward E & Marie L Matthews Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (51%), Arts & Culture (17%), Health (15%).
Who are The Edward E & Marie L Matthews Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: North Shore Country Day School ($800k), The Gill St Bernard's School ($401k), Wells College ($350k).
Does The Edward E & Marie L Matthews Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Edward E & Marie L Matthews 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 Edward E & Marie L Matthews Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Curtis W McGraw Foundation.
Where is The Edward E & Marie L Matthews Foundation based?
The Edward E & Marie L Matthews Foundation is based in DE.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 109 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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