New Jersey · Private foundation
The Matthew 185 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.
- $186k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2024
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $23,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 25
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 32% of the organizations The Matthew 185 Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 27 | $186k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $156k | 32% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $216k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $113k | 54% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $84k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $186k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $111k | 47% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $99k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Promise of Bergen County | $167,945 | 8 | 2% |
| Homes Fit for Heroes Inc | $90,850 | 6 | 6% |
| Several Sources Shelters Inc | $66,400 | 3 | 1% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey Inc | $54,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Table to Table Inc | $41,250 | 4 | 0% |
| The Jillian Fund | $30,800 | 5 | 3% |
| Florida International University Foundation Inc | $26,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Vinca Fund Inc | $22,500 | 4 | 13% |
| Morgan Hoffmann Foundation | $16,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine | $16,175 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($551k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Matthew 185 Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Columbia Bank Foundation · Hackensack Meridian Health Inc-Subordinates · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Stephen M Dowicz Foundation · The Valley Hospital Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Matthew 185 Foundation
- How much does The Matthew 185 Foundation give?
- The Matthew 185 Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $186,300 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Matthew 185 Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (33%), Housing & Shelter (15%), Religion (9%).
- Who are The Matthew 185 Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Family Promise of Bergen County ($168k), Homes Fit for Heroes Inc ($91k), Several Sources Shelters Inc ($66k).
- Does The Matthew 185 Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Matthew 185 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 Matthew 185 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Columbia Bank Foundation, Hackensack Meridian Health Inc-Subordinates, Community Foundation of New Jersey.
- Where is The Matthew 185 Foundation based?
- The Matthew 185 Foundation is based in NJ.
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