The James Family Charitable
Charlottesville, VA · EIN 13-7051493. Reported 304 grants totalling $44.5M to 195 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The James Family Charitable checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations The James Family Charitable funded make grants themselves, and it reported 6 grants totalling $76,000 to them. That is 1% of the $10.4M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
1 of them file Form 990-PF and did not check the box saying it funds only organizations it picks. The other 3 file Form 990, which never asks, so for those there is no answer on record either way. The last column says which is which.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paypal Charitable Giving Fund | grantmaking organization | District of Columbia | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| American Online Giving Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | Delaware | $11,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| Bissell Pet Foundation | grantmaking organization | Michigan | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | No, on its 990-PF |
| Gofundmeorg | grantmaking organization | California | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $11,125. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $25 and the largest $9,400,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The James Family Charitable Trust C/O National Philanthropic Trust | Jenkintown, PA | $30.7M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $2,650,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Trout Unlimited | Arlington, VA | $870,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $742,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Partnership for Education Advanceme | New York, NY | $718,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $512,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | $452,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Environmental Integrity Project | Washington, DC | $408,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Univ of Beirut | New York, NY | $311,325 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Montana Council of Trout Unlimi | Missoula, MT | $260,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| MIT Nano Director Discretionary Fun | Cambridge, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Montana Land Reliance | Helena, MT | $230,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Third Way | Washington, DC | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Decordova Sculpture Park and Museum | Lincoln, MA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Washington Cvi | Seattle, WA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Luke's Parish | Darien, CT | $199,201 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Skowhegan School of Painting | New York, NY | $195,350 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bonefish & Tarpon Trust | Key Largo, FL | $195,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH | $185,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $181,650 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Africa Center | New York, NY | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alaska Wilderness League | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The New School | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trey Whitfield School | Brooklyn, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Defenders of Wildlife | Washington, DC | $145,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New York Public Library | New York, NY | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ocean Conservancy | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rainforest Trust | Warrenton, VA | $123,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $115,050 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | New York, NY | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mount Sinai Hospital | New York, NY | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Garrison Forest School | Owings Mills, MD | $101,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fabretto Children's Foundation | Evanston, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wync New York Public Radio | New York, NY | $91,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | $86,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Choate Rosemary Hall | Wallingford, CT | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saint Ann's School | Staten Island, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gilder Leherman Institute | New York, NY | $77,603 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 4TH Wall Theatre Company | Houston, TX | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lebanses American University | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lighthouse Works | Fishers Island, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Graduate Center | Manhattan, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Year Up | Boston, MA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Amphibian Reptile Conservation | Louisville, KY | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Society of St Vincent De Paul | Maryland Heights, MO | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American University of Beirut | New York, NY | $64,550 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saint Anthonys Guide | New York, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carnegie Endowment | Washington, DC | $54,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Uli Foundation | Washington, DC | $52,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rainforest Foundation Fund | New York, NY | $52,265 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Public Theatre | New York, NY | $51,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| League of Conservation Voters Education | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York League Conservation Voters | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Our Children | Long Island, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Paypal Giving Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pioneer Works Art | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tectonic Theater Project | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unicef | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nj Scholars Program | Short Hills, NJ | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ifwhenhow | Oakland, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Voters Unite | West Orange, NJ | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Ann's School | Brooklyn Heights, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Signet Society | Cambridge, MA | $36,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lions Clubs | Carol Stream, IL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sierra Club | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Theodore Roosevelt Conservation | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Rockefeller University | New York, NY | $33,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Ruby Habitat Foundation | Sheirdan, MT | $28,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Artists and Mothers | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Care Inc | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Classical American Homes Pres Tr | Hillsborough, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Help Hope Live | Radnor, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mass General Hospital | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| More Gardens Fund | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| STXBP1 Foundation | Holly Springs, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Natural Resources | New York, NY | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community First Development Coalition | New York, NY | $22,045 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arc Southeast | Atlanta, GA | $20,704 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Amazon Conservation | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Children's Museum of Manhattan | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation | Johnstown, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marine Conservation | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Medecinssan | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Sarara Foundation | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Toxic Free Future | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Harbor Springs Library | Harbor Spring, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Amphibian Reptile Conservancy | Mechanicsburg, PA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Manhattan Youth | New York, NY | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 564 Park Avenue Preservation | New York, NY | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Henry Street Settlement | New York, NY | $12,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nrdc | New York, NY | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $11,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Online Giving Foundation | Newark, DE | $11,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mt Sinai Hospital | New York, NY | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Give Butter | Wilmilgton, DE | $10,799 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pioneer Works | Brooklyn, NY | $10,220 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Network for Good | Washington, DC | $10,150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Classical Music Hall of Fame | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of the Hebrew University | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Rivers | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arch Foundation | Paoli, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bissell Pet Foundation | Grand Rapids, MI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Carson Scholars Fund | Towson, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cole Resource Center Inc | Belmont, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Frontstream Global Fund | Alexandria, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Land Arts of Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Land Arts of the American West | Lubbock, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Michigan Climate Action Network | Lansing, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Museum at Eldridge Street | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Second Stage Theatre | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sky High Farm | Pine Plains, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tamid Group | Silver Spring, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Alfred E Smith Memorial Fdn | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Conservation Fund | Arlington, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Lighthouse Works of Fisher Island | Fisher Island, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Ocean Cleanup Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Par | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Think Nd - Duda Center for Preservation Resilience and Sustainability | Notre Dame, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Nyc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreatio | Beah Lake, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Afsm Foundation | New Haven, CT | $8,888 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Emmet Sportsmens Foundation | Harbor Springs, MI | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Harbor Springs | Harbor Springs, MI | $7,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Here Art Center | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Museum of Chinese in America | New York, NY | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Mo | Brooklyn, NY | $7,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wnyc New York Public Radio | New York, NY | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Olana Partnership | Hudson, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wcs Online Donations | Bronx, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rare | Arlington, VA | $5,285 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Revive & Restore | Sausalito, CA | $5,150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Ballet Theatre | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Core Services Group | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Upper East Side | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Go Fund Me | Redwood City, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| John Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kieve Wavus Education | Nobleboro, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Skyhook Foundation | Newport Beach, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Takreem America | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Technoserve | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Town of Twin Bridges | Twin Bridges, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Montana Western Foundation | Dillon, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Episcopal Charities | New York, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Americans for Oxford | New York, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Visiting Nurse Service of Ny | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Innospec Cares | The Woodlands, TX | $2,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harbor Springs Lyric | Harbor Springs, MI | $2,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Givergy USA | New York, NY | $2,613 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Little Traverse Conservancy | Harbor Spring, MI | $2,550 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Eyelliance | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Focused Ultrasound Foundation | Charlottesville, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harbor Springs Lyric Theatre | Harbor Springs, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| One Plympton | Cambridge, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music | Brooklyn, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Afmda | New York, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Louis D Brandeis High School | New York, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Honor the Earth | Callaway, MN | $1,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Teaching Matters Inc | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The School of American Ballet | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Transkids Purple Rainbow Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Hospital Fund | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Montana Western | Dillon, MT | $1,050 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Home of the Innocents | Louisville, KY | $1,046 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzheimer Association | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bay View Association | Petoskey, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Freestore Foodbank | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Sheperd Services | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hour Children Inc | Queens, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Neue Galerie New York | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One to World | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St John's Episcopal Church | Stamford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stroud Water Research Center | Avondale, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Episcopal Church of the Advent | Spartanburg, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Library of America | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harbor Springs Area Historical | Harbor Springs, MI | $530 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Frick Collection | New York, NY | $525 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation for Fighting Blindness | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Pemaquid Point Lighthous | Damariscotta, ME | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kaje | Brooklyn, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rising Star Horse Rescue | Wilton, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Isamu Noguchi Foundation | Astoria, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ukrainian Institute of America | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Robin Hood | New York, NY | $412 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stamford Lighthouse | Stamford, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Guggenheim Museum | New York, NY | $140 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York Historical Society | New York, NY | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
57 of 195 (29%) 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 40%, 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, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 186 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 | 79 | $10.4M | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 65 | $11.4M | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 77 | $12.0M | $13,000 |
| 2024 | 83 | $10.8M | $13,000 |
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
69% of its giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania.
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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. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The James Family Charitable'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: C/O Silvercrest 230 Court Square, Charlottesville, VA, 22902. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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