New Jersey · Private foundation
Whelan Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $202k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations Whelan Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 19 | $202k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $208k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $203k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $193k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $159k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $180k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $170k | 19% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $339k | 33% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Center Corporation | $245,500 | 9 | 6% |
| Saint Peter's University | $235,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Georgian Court University | $200,000 | 9 | 0% |
| St Peters Preparatory School | $200,000 | 9 | n/a |
| The Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties Inc D/B/A Fulfill | $95,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Collier Services - Sisters of the Good Shepherd | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Interfaith Neighbors Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ocean's Harbor House Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Just US Girls Inc | $9,000 | 9 | 4% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Center Corporation | $245,500 | 9 | 6% |
| Saint Peter's University | $235,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Georgian Court University | $200,000 | 9 | 0% |
| St Peters Preparatory School | $200,000 | 9 | n/a |
| The Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties Inc D/B/A Fulfill | $95,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Collier Services - Sisters of the Good Shepherd | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Interfaith Neighbors Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ocean's Harbor House Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Just US Girls Inc | $9,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Market Street Mission Inc | $2,600 | 4 | n/a |
| Redeem-Her | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Rallycap Sports Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Spring Lake Memorial Community House | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Gilda's Club South Jersey Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $180 | 3 | 0% |
| Sea Girt Conservancy Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Rotacare Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Madonna House Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Holly Club of Sea Girt | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Red Door Community Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($662k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Whelan Foundation Inc 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: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Oceanfirst Foundation · New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity Inc · Manasquan Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Catholic Human Services Foundation · The Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation D/B/A Grunin Foundation · Hackensack Meridian Health Inc-Subordinates · The Provident Bank Foundation · Firstenergy Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · Jules L Plangere Jr Fam Fdn Inc
How this is measured
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About Whelan Foundation Inc
- How much does Whelan Foundation Inc give?
- Whelan Foundation Inc reported 19 grants totaling $202,220 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Whelan Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (40%), Human Services (38%), Food & Nutrition (7%).
- Who are Whelan Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mercy Center Corporation ($246k), Saint Peter's University ($235k), Georgian Court University ($200k).
- Does Whelan Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Whelan Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Whelan Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of New Jersey, Oceanfirst Foundation, New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity Inc.
- Where is Whelan Foundation Inc based?
- Whelan Foundation Inc is based in NJ.
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