The Devlin Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 76-0574063. Reported 112 grants totalling $3,835,045 to 72 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Devlin Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $225 and the largest $313,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Arts Center | New York, NY | $587,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation | New York, NY | $529,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA | $445,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | Iowa City, IA | $275,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Safe & Hope | Rochelle Park, NJ | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The University of Iowa Center for Advancement | Iowa City, IA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Iowa Reach Program | Iowa City, IA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Cardinal's Appeal | New York, NY | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Catholic Academy of Bridgeport | Bridgeport, CT | $122,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Seriousfun Network | Norwalk, CT | $115,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Center for Discovery | Harris, NY | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Patricks Cathedral Landmark Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $100,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Swarm Collective | North Liberty, IA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Iowa Basketball Programs | Iowa City, IA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Westport Country Playhouse | Westport, CT | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Release Recovery Foundation | Yorktown Heights, NY | $71,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Archdiocese of New York | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery Nyc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Villages in Partnership | Allentown, NJ | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New York Race Track Chapliancy | Elmont, NY | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Mccaffery Family Aya Fund | Iowa City, IA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Hope | Kearny, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lawrence V Gulotta MD | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nys Troopers Pba Signal 30 Benefit Fund | Albany, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Marquis Studios | Brooklyn, NY | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Horizons at Sacred Heart University | Fairfield, CT | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nys Troopers Aba Signal 30 Benefit Fund | Albany, NY | $15,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Signal 30 Nys Troopers Benefit Fund | Latham, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ny Rtca | Elmsford, NY | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mccaffrey Family for Aya Cancer Program | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility | Needham, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Public Theater | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Allegheny Health Network (ahn) | Pittsburgh, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arthritis Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beacon of Hope Scholarship Fund | Albany, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Canadian Cancer Society | Totonto | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities of New York | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Malivai Washington Youth Foundation | Jacksonville, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sasco Creek Neighbors Environmental Trust Inc | Southport, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | Oceanside, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Semper Fi Fund | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Judes Chilrens Research Hospital | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Team Nitro Basketball Aau LLC | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yaa Samar Dance Theatre | Brooklyn, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Southport Volunteer Fire Dept | Southport, CT | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Concern Worldwide US | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fairfield Police Department | Fairfield, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pequot Library | Southport, CT | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Read Works | Brooklyn, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thirteenwnet | New York, NY | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $2,225 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fairfield Police Behavioral Health Network | Fairfield, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Faith in Children | Long Beach, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Redeem International | Merrifield, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation | Saratoga Springs, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (met) | New York, NY | $1,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Moma | New York, NY | $1,700 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | $1,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fairfield Police Foundation | Fairfield, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Doug Flutie JR Foundation | Framingham, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Clark Foundation | New York, NY | $725 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Barnes Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $520 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York Landmarks Conservancy | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Secure Software Development Framework (ssdf) | Gaithersburg, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation | New York, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Guggenheim Museums | New York, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Dianne and Michael Bienes Charitable Foundation Inc | Ft Lauderdale, FL | $275 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
25 of 72 (35%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 42%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 47 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $660,100 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 31 | $961,295 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 29 | $1,219,675 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 29 | $993,975 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
49% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Devlin Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 680 Fifth Avenue 2201, New York, NY, 10019. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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