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The James Family Charitable Trust
The mission of THE JAMES FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST is to provide support for charitable, religious and educational purposes in furtherance of the mission of national philanthropic trust (npt). THE JAMES FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST is a supporting organization to npt, an independent, nationally-recognized public charity with a mission to…
- $11M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $113,225
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $487M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations The James Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.5M 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 | 17 | $9.8M | 24% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $8.8M | 28% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $11M | 44% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $1.4M | 44% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $2.0M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $16M | 29% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $19M | 60% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $7.6M | 75% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mount Sinai Hospital | $33,422,432 | 6 | 1% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $10,000,000 | 2 | 1% |
| American University of Beirut | $7,900,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated | $4,150,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Garrison Forest School Inc | $4,043,349 | 6 | 6% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $3,333,383 | 2 | 2% |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | $3,000,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Wellesley College | $1,120,100 | 7 | 0% |
| Environmental Integrity Project | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Twin Bridges School & Community Foundation Inc | $980,496 | 6 | 66% |
Show all 39 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
The James Family Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 James Family Charitable Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The James Family Charitable Trust
- How much does The James Family Charitable Trust give?
- The James Family Charitable Trust reported 18 grants totaling $10,937,841 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The James Family Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (41%), Education (26%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are The James Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Mount Sinai Hospital ($33M), Metropolitan Museum of Art ($10M), American University of Beirut ($7.9M).
- Does The James Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The James Family Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The James Family Charitable Foundation, The New York Community Trust, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is The James Family Charitable Trust based?
- The James Family Charitable Trust is based in PA.
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