New York · Private foundation
The John F Welch Jr 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.
- $596k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 23
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $16M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 35% of the organizations The John F Welch Jr Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $239k 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 | 16 | $596k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $2.0M | 35% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $2.2M | 36% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $2.0M | 57% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $2.3M | 45% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $765k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $2,250,907 | 5 | 1% |
| Scenic Hudson Inc | $1,876,148 | 3 | 13% |
| The Good Food Institute Inc | $1,150,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $475,900 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem Inc | $330,000 | 6 | 10% |
| Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc | $275,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Sankaty Head Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Mercy for Animals Inc | $102,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Church Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Graham Windham | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The John F Welch Jr 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.
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How this is measured
About The John F Welch Jr Foundation
- How much does The John F Welch Jr Foundation give?
- The John F Welch Jr Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $596,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The John F Welch Jr Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (25%), Health (21%), Environment (20%).
- Who are The John F Welch Jr Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Central Park Conservancy Inc ($2.3M), Scenic Hudson Inc ($1.9M), The Good Food Institute Inc ($1.1M).
- Does The John F Welch Jr Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The John F Welch Jr 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 John F Welch Jr Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, The Ayco Charitable Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The John F Welch Jr Foundation based?
- The John F Welch Jr Foundation is based in NY.
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