The Mc Cutchen Foundation
Brunswick, MD · EIN 22-6050116. Reported 404 grants totalling $17.7M to 131 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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 Mc Cutchen 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 $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $650,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctors Without Borders USA Inc | Hagerstown, MD | $1,210,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $970,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| New York Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc | New York, NY | $810,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| World Food Program USA | Washington, DC | $750,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood Association of the Mercer Area Inc | Trenton, NJ | $700,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lafayette College | Easton, PA | $641,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Suburban Hospital Incorporated | Bethesda, MD | $465,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Preschool Advantage Inc | Morristown, NJ | $383,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| United Ukrainian American Relief | Philadelphia, PA | $350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Trudeau Institute Inc | Saranac Lake, NY | $346,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $325,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Chilton Medical Center Fdn | Pompton Plains, NJ | $310,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| WNET | New York, NY | $305,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Prospect Park Alliance | Brooklyn, NY | $285,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Whitman-Walker Foundation | Washington, DC | $285,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jewish Family & Childrens Service | Asbury Park, NJ | $260,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Salvation Army Nat Cap Area | Washington, DC | $260,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Faith Baptist Church | Knoxville, MD | $241,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Brooklyn Public Library | Brooklyn, NY | $235,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Paul Smiths College | Paul Smith, NY | $230,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mercy Care of the Adirondacks | Lake Placid, NY | $220,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Black Student Fund | Washington, DC | $220,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Seeing Eye Inc | Morristown, NJ | $220,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Kidney Foundation of New York/New Jersey Inc | New York, NY | $210,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Adirondack North Country Association Inc | Saranac Lake, NY | $195,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Salvation Army | Plainfield, NJ | $190,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $185,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mercy Corps | Portland, OR | $185,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity Intl Inc | Batavia, NY | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cambridge in America | New York, NY | $170,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Montgomery and Prince Georges | Bowie, MD | $170,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| North Country Public Radio | Canton, NY | $170,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science | New York, NY | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Woman's Club of Bethesda | Bethesda, MD | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Capital Caring | Falls Church, VA | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Food and Friends | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| High Peaks Hospice & Palliative Care Inc | Mineville, NY | $150,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood of Northern Central and Southern Nj Inc | Trenton, NJ | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Shes the First | New York, NY | $135,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sisters of Mercy at Mcauley Hall | Silver Spring, MD | $135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Du Cret School of the Arts | Plainfield, NJ | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University | Teaneck, NJ | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Muhlenburg Foundation Inc | Edison, NJ | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Public Radio Wqxr | New York, NY | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| American Liver Foundation | Newton, MA | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Smith Center for Healing and the Arts | Washington, DC | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Als Assoc Greater Ny Chapter | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Columbia Association Inc | Columbia, MD | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition | St Louis, MO | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Institute for Justice | Arlington, VA | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| King's Daughters Day School | Plainfield, NJ | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Caius Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Clifton Education Foundation | Clifton, NJ | $98,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lake Placid Public Library | Lake Placid, NY | $95,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Plainfield Symphony | Plainfield, NJ | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America Inc | New York, NY | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Rainbow Place Shelter for Homeless Women Inc | Rockville, MD | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Plan International USA | Washington, DC | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Washington DC Police Foundation | Washington, DC | $80,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cured | Lincolnshire, IL | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Friends of Lafayette House | Portsmouth, NH | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary | Poolesville, MD | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Salvation Army Nat Cap Area | Alexandria, VA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Women's Club of Bethesda | Bethesda, MD | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wanada Automobile Dealer | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends Service Committee | Philadelphia, PA | $70,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Project Rozanna USA Inc | New York, NY | $70,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Parkinson Alliance | Kingston, NJ | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wesley Housing | Alexandria, VA | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department | Lake Placid, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Paul Smiths College of Arts and Sciences | Paul Smith, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Petti John Sanctuary | Forest Lake, MN | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra | Ridgewood, NJ | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kaleida Health Foundation | Buffalo, NY | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Francis of Assisi | Washington, DC | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Americans for Oxford Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hero Dogs Inc | Brookeville, MD | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Historical Society of Plainfield | Plainfield, NJ | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Institute for Advanced Studies | Princeton, NJ | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kennedy Krieger Institute | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Marquand Park Foundation | Princeton, NJ | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| North Country Life Flight Inc | Saranac Lake, NY | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Teach for America | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Why Hunger | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wilderness Leadership & Learning Inc | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Jewish Federation of Northern Nj | Paramus, NJ | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Wild Center | Tupper Lake, NY | $45,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Capital Caring Health | Falls Church, VA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Nj PBS | Englewood, NJ | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Second Chance Wildlife Center Inc | Gaithersburg, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Childrens Inn at Nih | Bethesda, MD | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mcauley Hall Health Care Center | Watchung, NJ | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Multiple Schlerosis Society | Pittsburgh, PA | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Liver Foundation | West Orange, NJ | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ducret School of Arts | Plainfield, NJ | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pettijohn and Friends Inc | Marine on Saint Croix, MN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| School of Engineering | Buffalo, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Princeton Einstein Museum of Science | Princeton, NJ | $29,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| A Place to Be | Middleburg, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Gonville & Caius College the Caius Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hadassah | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hawaii Community Fdn | Honolulu, HI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Liberty Aviation International | Tampa, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maryland Public Tv | Owings Mills, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Operation Bbq Relief | Peculiar, MO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sandy Hook Promise Fdn | Newtown, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Plainfield Symphony Society Inc | Plainfield, NJ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University Health Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wanada Automobile Dealer Education Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Arc of Essex County Inc | Livingston, NJ | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Princeton First Aid Squad | Princeton, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shelter Box US | Santa Barbara, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Dwelling Place Inc | Montgomery Village, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trust for the National Mall | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wesley Housing Development Corp of Northern Virginia | Alexandria, VA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ascension St John and Providence Fdn | Detroit, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Columbus Assoc Performing Arts | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Multiple Schlerosis Society | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pace University | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad Inc | Princeton, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Salvation Army | Miami, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thirteen | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Historical Society of North New Jersey | Fairlawn, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Mission Board | Richmond, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Huberts | Madison, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
93 of 131 (71%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 85%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 201 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 | 64 | $1,990,000 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 86 | $3,932,000 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 99 | $4,603,500 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 82 | $3,614,000 | $27,500 |
| 2025 | 73 | $3,521,000 | $30,000 |
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
30% 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 $25,000. 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 Mc Cutchen Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 114 East G Street, Brunswick, MD, 21716. 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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