Robert And Ardis James Foundation Inc | Foundation Profile

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EIN: 46-3298762

Foundation Overview

Based in Wilmington, DE, Robert And Ardis James Foundation Inc has awarded 377 grants totaling $76,850,628 to organizations in Connecticut, District of Columbia and 17 other states across the US. Individual grants range from $250 to $6,125,000, with a median award of $50,000.

Latest Tax Year
2023
Total Giving (all years)
$76,850,628
Total Assets
$200,098,355
Median Grant (all grants)
$50,000

Latest Form 990-PF Snapshot

Total Grants
108
Median Grant
$50,000
% No Significant Change
0% (vs previous year)
Data extracted from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Last filing year: February 2026

Foundation Intelligence

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New Applicant Friendliness
Relationship-Focused: 19%

20 of 108 recipients (19%) were new grantees. Foundation strongly favors organizations with proven track records. New partnerships develop slowly over time.

Geographic Focus
Massachusetts

Grants are geographically diversified with 38% in Massachusetts and funding distributed across 19 total locations. This foundation values broad geographic impact and diverse community partnerships. Within Massachusetts, funding concentrates in Boston (54%), Cambridge (18%), Salem (7%).

Funding Trajectory
-17%

Declining funding trend with 17% decrease over 3 years may indicate reduced grant opportunities or shifting foundation priorities. This trajectory suggests more competitive application environment.

Program Areas
General Purposes + 4 others

Diversified giving across multiple program areas with primary emphasis on general purposes (48%). This broad approach suggests openness to various causes and innovative cross-sector solutions.

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Grants & Funding

Analyzing past grantees provides valuable insights into Robert And Ardis James Foundation Inc's funding preferences, organizational priorities, and grant making patterns. This historical data helps potential applicants understand the foundation's strategic focus and identify successful funding approaches.

Name Amount Location Purpose Year
Abilis Inc $50,000 Greenwich, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Aceing Autism Inc $10,000 Los Angeles, CA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Alliance For American Quilts Inc $25,000 Asheville, NC, US Second Installment Of A Three-year Pledge Dated November 15, 2021, To Support Years Three Through Five Of The Quilt Alliance's Five-year Initiative Quilter's Sos - Save Our Stories 2023
Alzheimer's Association $1,000 Southington, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2023
American Enterprise Institute For Public Policy Re $10,000 Washington, DC, US General & Unrestricted 2023
American Quilt Study Group $2,600 Lincoln, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Boston Foundation Inc $50,000 Boston, MA, US This Is The Fourth Installment Of A Grant Of $250,000 To Support King Boston, Specifically The Initiative To Establish The King Center For Social Justice. This Grant Will Be Paid Over 5 Years Beginning In 2020. 2023
Boston Medical Center Corporation $50,000 Boston, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Brac Usa Inc $25,000 New York, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Carleton College $20,000 Northfield, MN, US Carleton College Parent's Fund 2023
Carleton College $386,500 Northfield, MN, US The Final Installment In The Pledge For The Paglia Family Post-bac Research Fellowship 2023
Carleton College $2,500 Northfield, MN, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Carleton College $100,000 Northfield, MN, US Alumni Annual Fund 2023
Carleton College $2,500,000 Northfield, MN, US Second Installment Of Paglia Family Endowed Scholarship 2023
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace $2,000,000 Washington, DC, US Fourth Installment Of $10,000,000 Pledge In Support Of The Carnegie Endowment's Capital Campaign 2023
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace $100,000 Washington, DC, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Cascadianow $50,000 Seattle, WA, US To Support The Work Of Concussion Alliance 2023
Catholic Schools Foundation Inc $50,000 Boston, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Cato Institute $40,000 Washington, DC, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Center For Survivor Agency Andjustice $20,000 Washington, DC, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Childrens Village Inc $50,000 Dobbs Ferry, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Cooke School And Institute $250,000 New York, NY, US First Of Two Installments In A $500,000 Capital Grant. 2023
Council For Economic Education $5,000 New York, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Doane University $150,000 Crete, NE, US Second And Final Installment Of Pledge Dated December 20th, 2021 To Fund Robert And Ardis James Foundation Incubator 2023
Doane University $10,000 Crete, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2023
El Porvenir $22,000 Broomfield, CO, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Essex County Community Fdn Inc $25,000 Danvers, MA, US James Family Scholarship Fund 2023
Fraxa Research Foundation Inc $10,000 Newburyport, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Fraxa Research Foundation Inc $100,000 Newburyport, MA, US Challenge Grant Pledge 2023
Friends Of Ngong Road $100,000 Minneapolis, MN, US First Installment Of A Twelve-year $1.2 Million Pledge Payable 2023-2035. 2023
Harvard Business School $2,000,000 Boston, MA, US Final Payment Of Pledge Dated 5/7/2019. Designation Hbs Endowment Holding Fund For New Gifts. 2023
Harvard Business School $300,000 Boston, MA, US First Installment Of A Five-year Pledge Dated 7/25/2023 To Be Directed To The Catherine James Paglia (Mba 1976) Search Fund Fellowship. 2023
Harvard Business School $500,000 Boston, MA, US First Payment In A November 2022 Four-year Pledge, With Payments Beginning In 2023. 2023
Harvard Business School $100,000 Boston, MA, US First Installment In A Five-year Pledge Dated 7/25/2023 To Be Directed To The Hbs Fund. 2023
Harvard Business School $25,000 Boston, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Harvard Business School $25,000 Boston, MA, US Kingsley Street Fellowship Fund 2023
Harvard Business School $5,000 Boston, MA, US The Hbs Fund 2023
Helen Keller International $110,000 New York, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Id Insight Inc $50,000 San Francisco, CA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Jns Theater For Social Change Inc $12,500 Apen, CO, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Judge Baker Childrens Center $25,000 Boston, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Leap For Education Inc $10,000 Salem, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Leo Inc $200,000 Lynn, MA, US Second Installment Of A Five Year Pledge Dated May 25, 2022. 2023
Manhattan Institute For Policy Research Inc $200,000 New York, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology $60,000 Cambridge, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology $168,300 Cambridge, MA, US First Installment Of A Two Year Grant To Mit To Support The Research Project Plant-microbe Interactions In Soils: Big Roles For Small Molecules By Professor Darcy L. Mcrose. 2023
New Covenant Center $48,500 Stamford, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Northeast Arc Inc $103,000 Danvers, MA, US Fourth Installment In A $615,000 Pledge Payable 2020-2026. 2023
Norwalk Community College Foundation $75,000 Norwalk, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Ord Public Schools $8,000 Ord, NE, US Grant For Ord Public Schools High School Students To Visit South Dakota's Black Hills And The Badlands, And Red Cloud To Visit Willa Cather Home. 2023
Ord Township Library Foundation Inc $5,000 Ord, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2023
P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc $250,000 New York, NY, US First Installment Of A Four-year Endowment Challenge Grant Pledge Dated 2022 For Sikkuy-aufoq. 2023
P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc $200,000 New York, NY, US To Fund Sikkuy-aufoq 2023
Platte Institute For Economic Research Inc $65,000 Omaha, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Plummer Youth Promise Inc $75,000 Salem, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Plummer Youth Promise Inc $125,000 Salem, MA, US Second Installment Of A Four Year $500,000 Pledge Dated 12/7/2021 To Support The Facilities Project. 2023
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $200,000 Boston, MA, US $80,000 To The Hgse Dean's Priorities Fund And $120,000 To The Centennial Scholars Fund. 2023
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $50,000 Boston, MA, US 2023 M-rcbg Advisory Council Contribution 2023
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $25,000 Boston, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $125,000 Boston, MA, US Fourth And Final Installment Of A $500,000 Pledge To Be Payable 2020-2023 To Harvard Divinity School In Support Of Religion And Public Life. 2023
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $125,000 Cambridge, MA, US First Installment Of A $250,000 Grant In Support Of The Emerging Leaders Program, Payable In 2023 And 2024. 2023
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $25,000 Cambridge, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $50,000 Boston, MA, US Harvard Divinity School And The Religion And Public Life Initiative 2023
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $1,000,000 Boston, MA, US Final Payment Of Pledge Dated 6/14/21 To The Harvard Graduate School Of Education To Support The Online Master's Degree Support Fund. 2023
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $50,000 Boston, MA, US Harvard Divinity School 2023
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $10,000 Cambridge, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Readworks Inc $500,000 Brooklyn, NY, US First Installment Of A Two-year Pledge To Support The Strategic Plan 2023
Readworks Inc $100,000 Brooklyn, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Real Clear Foundation $50,000 Northbrook, IL, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Resurrection Project $10,000 Chicago, IL, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Rhodeway Financial $25,000 Providence, RI, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Riverview School Inc $100,000 East Sandwich, MA, US First Installment In A Ten-year Pledge 2023 - 2032 For Unrestricted General Support. 2023
Riverview School Inc $25,000 East Sandwich, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Salem Mission Inc $40,000 Salem, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Salem State University Alumni Association And Foun $30,000 Salem, MA, US Second Installment Of $150,000 Pledge Dated 12/16/2021. 2023
Squashbusters Inc $50,000 Boston, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Squashbusters Inc $50,000 Boston, MA, US Second Installment Of A $250,000 Pledge Payable Over Five Years Starting In 2022. 2023
St Peters Lutheran Church Of Manhattan Inc $200,000 New York, NY, US The Conservation Endowment For The Nevelson Chapel 2023
Stamford Hospital $26,000 Stamford, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Stamford Hospital $250,000 Stamford, CT, US Second Installment Of $1,000,000 Grant To The Campaign For Women And Babies. 2023
Stanford University $11,000 Stanford, CA, US In Honor Of Their 10th Reunion, With $10,000 To Be Allocated To Tsf-fa Impact Fund, $500 Allocated To Athletics And $500 Allocated To The Statistics Department Of The Graduate School Of Arts And Sciences. 2023
Studio Art Quilt Assoc Inc $50,000 Hebron, CT, US Grant To Support The Second Year Of Expansion Of Saqa Virtual Programming. 2023
Summer Search Boston $100,000 Jamaica Plain, MA, US Second Installment Of $500,000 Five Year Pledge Toward The Dream.see.do Campaign. 2023
Tenacity Inc $100,000 Boston, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Tenacity Inc $100,000 Boston, MA, US Second Installment Of A $500,000 Five-year Pledge 2023
The Durham Museum $25,000 Omaha, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2023
The Educational Alliance Inc $15,000 New York, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2023
The Independent Institute $20,000 Oakland, CA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
The Presbyterian Church Of Mt Kisco $100,000 Mt Kisco, NY, US In Support Of The James/mission Fund 2023
The Presbyterian Church Of Mt Kisco $75,000 Mt Kisco, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2023
The Yankee Institute For Public Policy Studies Inc $50,000 Hartford, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2023
The Yankee Institute For Public Policy Studies Inc $200,000 Hartford, CT, US Second Installment Of Challenge Grant 2023
The Yankee Institute For Public Policy Studies Inc $150,000 Hartford, CT, US General Support Grant To Help Launch The Ct Center For Educational Fairness 2023
Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania $5,000 Philadelphia, PA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation $25,000 Santa Barbara, CA, US James Family Deans Scholars Fund 2023
United Way Of Greenwich Inc $10,000 Greenwich, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2023
University Of Massachusetts Foundation Inc $650,000 Newton, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
University Of Nebraska Foundation $1,000,000 Lincoln, NE, US Second Installment Of A Four-year Pledge Agreement Dated 1/4/2022 Payable To The International Quilt Museum Endowment Fund. 2023
University Of Nebraska Foundation $10,000 Lincoln, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2023
University Of Nebraska Foundation $150,000 Lincoln, NE, US Second Installment Of $525,000 Pledge Dated December 2, 2021 For Robert And Ardis James Foundation Quilt House Operations Fund 2023
Vmts Education Inc $200,000 Brooklyn, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Wallin Education Partners $200,000 Saint Paul, MN, US Second Installment Of A Five Year Pledge Of $1,000,000 For The 2022/2023 Academic Year. 2023
Willa Cather Foundation $62,500 Red Cloud, NE, US This Is The Fourth And Final Installment Of A $250,000 Endowment Pledge To Be Payable Over Four Years, 2020 - 2023. 2023
Willa Cather Foundation $10,000 Red Cloud, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Year Up Inc $50,000 Boston, MA, US Second Installment Of A $250,000 Five-year Pledge 2023
Year Up Inc $25,000 Boston, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Yeshiva Toras Yisroel Inc $20,000 Lakewood, NJ, US To Support The Dormitory Construction Project. 2023
Young Mens Christian Association Of The East Bay $50,000 Oakland, CA, US General & Unrestricted 2023
Abilis Inc $40,000 Greenwich, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Alliance For American Quilts Inc $25,000 Asheville, NC, US First Installment Of A Three-year Pledge Dated November 15, 2021, To Support Years Three Through Five Of The Quilt Alliance's Five-year Initiative Quilter's Sos - Save Our Stories 2022
Alzheimer's Association - Connecticut Chapter $1,000 Southington, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2022
American Enterprise Institute For Public Policy Re $10,000 Washington, DC, US General & Unrestricted 2022
American Quilt Study Group $2,500 Lincoln, NE, US To Fund The Alice Hines 2022 Paper Sponsorship. 2022
Boston Foundation Inc $50,000 Boston, MA, US Third Installment Of A Grant Of $250,000 To Support King Boston, Specifically The Initiative To Establish The King Center For Social Justice 2022
Boston Medical Center Corporation $50,000 Boston, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Brac Usa Inc $25,000 New York, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Building One Community Corp $10,000 Stamford, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Carleton College $372,500 Northfield, MN, US To Fund The Paglia Post-bac Research Fellowship 2022
Carleton College $100,000 Northfield, MN, US Alumni Annual Fund 2022
Carleton College $2,500,000 Northfield, MN, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Carleton College $20,000 Northfield, MN, US Parents Fund 2022
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace $2,000,000 Washington, DC, US Third Installment Of $10,000,000 Pledge In Support Of The Carnegie Endowment's Capital Campaign 2022
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace $100,000 Washington, DC, US Annual Gift 2022
Cascadianow $15,000 Seattle, WA, US Grant To Support The Work Of Concussion Alliance. 2022
Catholic Schools Foundation Inc $50,000 Boston, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Cato Institute $50,000 Washington, DC, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Childrens Village Inc $50,000 Dobbs Ferry, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Cooke School And Institute $25,000 New York, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Doane University $150,000 Crete, NE, US First Installment Of Pledge Dated December 20th, 2021 To Fund Robert And Ardis James Foundation Incubator Fund 2022
Doane University $10,000 Crete, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2022
El Porvenir $12,000 Broomfield, CO, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Enjoy Life Education Inc $50,000 Dover, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Fraxa Research Foundation Inc $110,000 Newburyport, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Friends Of International Quilt Study Center & Muse $10,000 Lincoln, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Friends Of Ngong Road $220,000 Minneapolis, MN, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Greenwich Center For Hope & Renewal Inc $15,000 Greenwich, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Harvard Business School $2,000,000 Boston, MA, US Hbs Endowment Holding Fund For Gifts 2022
Harvard Business School $250,000 Boston, MA, US For The Catherine James Paglia (Mba 1976) Search Fund Fellowship 2022
Harvard Business School $100,000 Boston, MA, US Hbs Fund 2022
Harvard Business School $25,000 Boston, MA, US Annual Gift 2022
Harvard Business School $25,000 Boston, MA, US Pursuant To The Gift Agreement Dated June 14, 2019, Between The Robert And Ardis James Foundation And Harvard Business School To Establish The James Family Fellowship Fund, In The Amount Of $125,000, Payable Over Five Years Beginning In 2019 2022
Harvard University - Radcliffe Institute For Advan $10,000 Cambridge, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Harvard University Graduate School Of Arts & Scien $25,000 Cambridge, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Helen Keller International $110,000 New York, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Id Insight Inc $50,000 San Francisco, CA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Jobs For The Future Inc $10,000 Boston, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Leo Inc $200,000 Lynn, MA, US First Installment Of A Five Year Pledge Dated May 25, 2022 For General Support 2022
Loup County Public Schools $1,000 Taylor, NE, US To Fund A One Day Trip To Omaha To Learn Of Jewish Traditions And The Holocaust. 2022
Manhattan Institute For Policy Research Inc $200,000 New York, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Massachusetts General Hospital $25,000 Boston, MA, US Gift In Honor Of Dr. Paul Busse And His Colleagues In The Department Of Radiation Oncology At Mass General 2022
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology $305,866 Cambridge, MA, US Grant To Support The Des Marais Lab At Mit. 2022
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology $10,000 Cambridge, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology $190,000 Cambridge, MA, US Grant To Support The Chisholm Lab To Study Prochlorococcus As A Keystone Organism In Marine Microbial Communities. 2022
Michigan State University $25,000 East Lansing, MI, US Third And Final Installment Of A Three Year $75,000 Grant To Support The Quilt Index 2022
New Covenant Center $10,000 Stamford, CT, US Sponsorship For 12th Annual Harvest Table. 2022
New Covenant Center $15,000 Stamford, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2022
New Covenant Center $10,000 Stamford, CT, US Charitable Event 2022
Northeast Arc Inc $103,000 Danvers, MA, US Third Installment In A $615,000 Pledge Payable 2020-2026 2022
Norwalk Community College Foundation $75,000 Norwalk, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Ord Public Schools $30,401 Ord, NE, US To Support Trips For Ord Public School Students To The Red Cloud Nebraska Area And To South Dakota's Black Hills And Badlands. 2022
Ord Township Library Foundation Inc $5,000 Ord, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2022
P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc $200,000 New York, NY, US Sikkuy-aufoq Support 2022
Partners Healthcare System Inc - Spaulding Rehab H $100,000 Cambridge, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Platte Institute For Economic Research Inc $65,000 Omaha, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Plummer Youth Promise Inc $75,000 Salem, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Plummer Youth Promise Inc $125,000 Salem, MA, US First Installment Of A Four Year $500,000 Pledge Dated 12/7/2021 To Support The Facilities Project 2022
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $50,000 Boston, MA, US 2022 M-rcbg Advisory Council Contribution 2022
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $75,000 Boston, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $2,000,000 Boston, MA, US The Fifth And Final Installment Of The Gift Agreement Between The President And Fellows Of Harvard College On Behalf Of Harvard Divinity School And The Robert And Ardis James Foundation Signed By Cathy James Paglia On June 14, 2018 For $10,000,000 Of Current Use Support To Be Added To The Andover Hall Renewal Fund 2022
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $125,000 Boston, MA, US Third Installment Of A $500,000 Pledge To Be Payable 2020-2023 To Harvard Divinity School In Support Of Religion And Public Life 2022
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $50,000 Boston, MA, US In Support Of The Mossavar-rahmani Center For Business And Government Advisory Council At Harvard Kennedy School 2022
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $2,000,000 Boston, MA, US For Harvard Graduate School Of Education Online Master's Degree Support Fund 2022
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $25,000 Boston, MA, US Harvard Divinity School Annual Fund 2022
President And Fellows Of Harvard College - Harvard $200,000 Boston, MA, US $80,000 To The Hgse Dean's Priorities Fund And $120,000 To The Centennial Scholars Fund 2022
President And Fellows Of Harvard College - Harvard $25,000 Boston, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Quilters Hall Of Fame Inc $5,000 Marion, IN, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Readworks Inc $500,000 New York, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Readworks Inc $45,000 New York, NY, US Grant Support For Partnership With The International Quilt Museum 2022
Readworks Inc $30,000 New York, NY, US Support For Partnership With The International Quilt Museum 2022
Real Clear Foundation $50,000 Northbrook, IL, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Riverview School Inc $225,000 East Sandwich, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Safe Horizon Inc $15,000 New York, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Salem State University Foundation Inc $30,000 Salem, MA, US First Installment Of $150,000 Pledge Dated 12/16/2021 2022
Squashbusters Inc $50,000 Boston, MA, US First Installment Of A $250,000 Pledge Payable Over Five Years Starting In 2022 2022
Squashbusters Inc $50,000 Boston, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Stamford Hospital $25,000 Stamford, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Stamford Hospital $250,000 Stamford, CT, US First Installment Of $1,000,000 Grant To The Campaign For Women And Babies. 2022
Studio Art Quilt Assoc Inc $50,000 Hebron, CT, US To Support Saqas Virtual Initiatives. 2022
Summer Search Boston $100,000 Jamaica Plain, MA, US First Installment Of $500,000 Five Year Pledge Toward The Dream.see.do Campaign 2022
Summer Search Boston $50,000 Jamaica Plain, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Tenacity Inc $100,000 Boston, MA, US First Installment Of A $500,000 Five-year Pledge. 2022
Tenacity Inc $50,000 Boston, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
The Independent Institute $20,000 Oakland, CA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
The Presbyterian Church Of Mt Kisco $60,000 Mt Kisco, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2022
The Yankee Institute For Public Policy Studies Inc $50,000 Hartford, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2022
The Yankee Institute For Public Policy Studies Inc $200,000 Hartford, CT, US First Installment Of Challenge Grant. 2022
Theater Masters $12,500 Aspen, CO, US General & Unrestricted 2022
United Way Of Greenwich Inc $10,000 Greenwich, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2022
University Of Massachusetts Foundation Inc $550,000 Newton, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
University Of Nebraska Foundation $1,000,000 Lincoln, NE, US First Installment Of $4 Million Pledge Pursuant To Pledge Agreement Dated January 4, 2022. 2022
University Of Nebraska Foundation - International $225,000 Lincoln, NE, US First Installment Of $525,000 Pledge Dated December 2, 2021 For Robert And Ardis James Foundation Quilt House Operations Fund 2022
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill $87,500 Chapel Hill, NC, US Second And Final Installment Of Pledge To Support Graduate Training Within The Context Of The Marine Environmental Research Being Conducted In Joel Fodrie's Lab 2022
Wallin Education Partners $200,000 Saint Paul, MN, US First Installment Of A Five Year Pledge Of $1,000,000 For The 2022/2023 Academic Year 2022
Willa Cather Foundation $10,000 Red Cloud, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Willa Cather Foundation $62,500 Red Cloud, NE, US Third Installment Of A $250,000 Endowment Pledge To Be Payable Over Four Years, 2020 - 2023. 2022
Year Up Inc $25,000 Boston, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2022
Year Up Inc $50,000 Boston, MA, US First Installment Of A $250,000 Five-year Pledge. 2022
Alzheimer's Association - Connecticut Chapter $1,000 Southington, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2021
American Enterprise Institute For Public Policy Re $5,000 Washington, DC, US General & Unrestricted 2021
American Quilt Study Group $2,000 Lincoln, NE, US Sponsor A Research Paper For The 2021 Aqsg Seminar 2021
Boston Foundation Inc $50,000 Boston, MA, US Second Installment To Support King Boston For The Initiative To Establish The King Center For Social Justice. 2021
Building One Community Corp $10,000 Stamford, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Carleton College $5,000,000 Northfield, MN, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Carleton College $325,000 Northfield, MN, US To Fund The Paglia Post-bac Research Fellowship 2021
Carleton College $20,000 Northfield, MN, US Parents Fund 2021
Carleton College $350,000 Northfield, MN, US To Support The Paglia Post-bac Research Fellowship 2021
Carleton College $100,000 Northfield, MN, US This Gift Is To Support Financial Aid Endowment. 2021
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace $100,000 Washington, DC, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace $2,000,000 Washington, DC, US Second Installment Capital Pledge 2021
Cato Institute $40,000 Washington, DC, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Chappaqua School Foundation Inc $500,000 Chappaqua, NY, US For Construction Of The Climate Controlled Multizone Greenhouse 2021
Childrens Village Inc $50,000 Dobbs Ferry, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Cooke School And Institute $25,000 New York, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Doane University $160,000 Crete, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2021
El Porvenir $10,000 Broomfield, CO, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Fraxa Research Foundation Inc $10,000 Newburyport, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Friends Of International Quilt Study Center & Muse $10,000 Lincoln, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Friends Of Ngong Road $50,000 Minneapolis, MN, US Fourth And Final Installment To Sustaining Pledge Program 2021
Friends Of Ngong Road $20,000 Minneapolis, MN, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Global Lyme Alliance Inc $25,000 Stamford, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Greenwich Hospital $25,000 Greenwich, CT, US This Grant Is Given To Support The Neonatal Intens 2021
Harvard Business School $25,000 Boston, MA, US James Family Fellowship Fund 2021
Harvard Business School $250,000 Boston, MA, US Catherine James Paglia (mba 1976) Search Fund Fellowship 2021
Harvard Business School $2,000,000 Boston, MA, US Third Installment Of Pledge 2021
Harvard Business School $125,000 Boston, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Harvard University - Radcliffe Institute For Advan $35,000 Cambridge, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Harvard University Graduate School Of Arts & Scien $25,000 Cambridge, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Helen Keller International $60,000 New York, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Manhattan Institute For Policy Research Inc $150,000 New York, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology $10,000 Cambridge, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology $250,000 Cambridge, MA, US For The Student Center Capital Renovations Fund 2021
Michigan State University $25,000 East Lansing, MI, US Second Installment Of A A Pledge To Support The Quilt Index 2021
Navy Supply Corps Foundation Incorporated $15,000 Watkinsville, GA, US General & Unrestricted 2021
New Covenant Center $15,000 Stamford, CT, US New Covenant Center 2021
New Covenant Center $10,000 Stamford, CT, US Charitable Event 2021
Northeast Arc Inc $50,000 Danvers, MA, US Second Installment In A Pledge Payable 2020-2024 2021
Norwalk Community College Foundation $85,000 Norwalk, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Ord Township Library Foundation Inc $5,000 Ord, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2021
P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc $10,000 New York, NY, US For Sikkuy 2021
P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc $200,000 New York, NY, US For Sikkuy. 2021
Partners Healthcare System Inc - Spaulding Rehab H $50,000 Cambridge, MA, US To Support 50th Anniversary Celebration 2021
Partners Healthcare System Inc - Spaulding Rehab H $100,000 Cambridge, MA, US To Support Nurse Professional Development 2021
Platte Institute For Economic Research Inc $65,000 Omaha, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Plummer Youth Promise Inc $75,000 Salem, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2021
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $2,000,000 Boston, MA, US Fourth Installment Of A Pledge To Andover Hall Renewal Fund 2021
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $50,000 Boston, MA, US For Harvard Divinity School Annual Fund And Religion And Public Life Initiative 2021
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $125,000 Boston, MA, US Harvard Divinity School In Support Of Religion And Public Life 2021
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $25,000 Boston, MA, US For Harvard Divinity School 2021
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $25,000 Boston, MA, US To Benefit Harvard Divinity School 2021
President And Fellows Of Harvard College - Harvard $2,000,000 Boston, MA, US First Installment Of Pledge To Support The Online Master's Degree Support Fund 2021
President And Fellows Of Harvard College - Harvard $25,000 Boston, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2021
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University Of Massachusetts Foundation Inc $450,000 Newton Center, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2021
University Of Nebraska Foundation $425,000 Lincoln, NE, US Final Installment Of A Pledge 2021
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Vmts Education Inc $100,000 Brooklyn, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Vmts Education Inc $125,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Second And Final Installment Of $250,000 Grant. 2021
Wallin Education Partners $100,000 Saint Paul, MN, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Willa Cather Foundation $62,500 Red Cloud, NE, US Second Installment Of An Endowment Pledge 2021
Willa Cather Foundation $10,000 Red Cloud, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2021
Alliance For American Quilts Inc $47,083 Asheville, NC, US Quilter's Save Our Stories Project 2020
Alzheimer's Association - Connecticut Chapter $1,000 Southington, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2020
American Enterprise Institute For Public Policy Re $10,000 Washington, DC, US General & Unrestricted 2020
American Quilt Study Group $1,000 Lincoln, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2020
American Quilt Study Group $2,000 Lincoln, NE, US To Support The 2020 Seminar 2020
Boston Foundation Inc $50,000 Boston, MA, US First Installment To King Boston For The Initiative To Establish The King Center For Social Justice 2020
Building One Community Corp $10,000 Stamford, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Carleton College $6,125,000 Northfield, MN, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Carleton College $180,000 Northfield, MN, US To Support The Paglia Post-bac Research Fellowship 2020
Carleton College $20,000 Northfield, MN, US Parents Fund 2020
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace $100,000 Washington, DC, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace $25,000 Washington, DC, US Strategic Impact Fund 2020
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace $2,000,000 Washington, DC, US First Installment Capital Pledge 2020
Catholic Charities Of Fairfield County Inc $10,000 Stamford, CT, US Charitable Event 2020
Catholic Charities Of Fairfield County Inc $50,000 Stamford, CT, US Final Installment Of Capital Pledge 2020
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Cooke School And Institute $325,000 New York, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Doane University $150,000 Crete, NE, US Fifth Installment Of Capital Pledge 2020
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Donors Trust Inc $125,000 Alexandria, VA, US Vmts 2020
El Porvenir $10,000 Broomfield, CO, US Matching Grant Challenge 2020
Essex County Community Foundation Incorporated $25,000 Danvers, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Fraxa Research Foundation Inc $25,000 Newburyport, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2020
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Friends Of Ngong Road $50,000 Minneapolis, MN, US Third Installment To Sustaining Pledge Program 2020
Global Lyme Alliance Inc $10,000 Stamford, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Harvard Business School $2,000,000 Boston, MA, US Second Installment Of Pledge 2020
Harvard Business School $250,000 Boston, MA, US Catherine James Paglia (mba 1976) Search Fund Fellowship 2020
Harvard Business School $100,000 Boston, MA, US Annual Gift Fund 2020
Harvard Business School $25,000 Boston, MA, US James Family Scholarship Fund 2020
Harvard Business School $25,000 Boston, MA, US Robert G. James Annual Fund 2020
Harvard Medical School $25,000 Boston, MA, US James Family Scholarship Fund 2020
Harvard Univ - Radcliffe Inst For Advanced Study $100,000 Cambridge, MA, US Fifth Installment Of Capital Pledge To Establish The Ardis Butler James Fund For Science 2020
Harvard Univ - Radcliffe Inst For Advanced Study $10,000 Cambridge, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Harvard Univ - Radcliffe Inst For Advanced Study $200,000 Cambridge, MA, US Fifth Installment Of Pledge To Establish The Ardis Butler James Fund For Diversity At The Schlesinger Library 2020
Harvard Univ Graduate School Of Arts & Sciences $25,000 Cambridge, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Harvard Univ Graduate School Of Arts & Sciences $200,000 Cambridge, MA, US Fifth Installment Of Capital Pledge For The James Family Dean's Fund For Professional Development 2020
Helen Keller International $110,000 New York, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Human Rights Watch Inc $25,000 New York, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Making Headway Foundation Inc $250 Chappaqua, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Manhattan Institute For Policy Research Inc $200,000 New York, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology $600,000 Cambridge, MA, US Final Installment To Establish The Endowed Robert G. James Career Development Professorship For Junior Faculty Members In The Mit Sloan School Of Management 2020
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology $145,000 Cambridge, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Michigan State University $25,000 East Lansing, MI, US First Installment A Pledge To Support The Quilt Index 2020
Nebraska Wesleyan University $5,000 Lincoln, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Northeast Arc Inc $50,000 Danvers, MA, US First Installment In A Pledge Payable 2020-2024 2020
Norwalk Community College Foundation $60,000 Norwalk, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Ord Township Library Foundation Inc $5,000 Ord, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2020
P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc $200,000 New York, NY, US For Sikkuy 2020
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Plummer Youth Promise Inc $125,000 Salem, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2020
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $50,000 Boston, MA, US Harvard Divinity School 2020
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $2,000,000 Boston, MA, US Third Installment Of A Pledge To Andover Hall Renewal Fund 2020
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $125,000 Boston, MA, US First Installment Of A Pledge To Harvard Divinity School In Support Of Religion And Public Life 2020
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $25,000 Boston, MA, US Harvard Divinity School 2020
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $25,000 Boston, MA, US Harvard Divinity School For The Moses Mesoamerican Archive And Research Project Led By Professor David Carasco 2020
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $200,000 Boston, MA, US Final Installment Of Pledge To Support Dean's Venture Fund At The Harvard Graduate School Of Education 2020
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $25,000 Boston, MA, US General Support For Harvard Graduate School Of Education 2020
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust Inc $50,000 Rangeley, ME, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Readworks Inc $350,000 New York, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Readworks Inc $40,000 New York, NY, US To Support The Partnership Between Readworks And International Quilt Museum 2020
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Riverview School Inc $50,000 East Sandwich, MA, US Final Installment Of A Pledge 2020
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Saint Michael Roman Catholic Church Corporation $40,000 Greenwich, CT, US Final Installment Of A Pledge For The "we Stand With Christ - Rebuilding Together" Capital Campaign 2020
Stamford Hospital $1,000 Stamford, CT, US Support Team Edgehill 2020
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Summer Search Boston $100,000 Jamaica Plain, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2020
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The Presbyterian Church Of Mt Kisco $50,000 Mt Kisco, NY, US General & Unrestricted 2020
The Yankee Institute For Public Policy Studies Inc $75,000 Hartford, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2020
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Theater Masters $10,000 Aspen, CO, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Trustees For Harvard University $100,000 Cambridge, MA, US Harvard Kennedy School - Mossavar-rahmani Center For Business And Government 2020
Umass Medical School Foundation Inc $100,000 Shrewsbury, MA, US To Support Umass Medical School Covid-19 Pandemic Research Fund 2020
United Way Of Greenwich Inc $10,000 Greenwich, CT, US General & Unrestricted 2020
University Of Massachusetts Foundation Inc $350,000 Boston, MA, US General & Unrestricted 2020
University Of Nebraska Foundation $425,000 Lincoln, NE, US Sixth Installment Of A Pledge 2020
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University Of Nebraska Foundation - International $148,500 Lincoln, NE, US The Whitney Project 2020
Us Friends Of The International Institute For Stra $20,000 Washington, DC, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Wallin Education Partners $100,000 Minneapolis, MN, US General & Unrestricted 2020
Willa Cather Foundation $10,000 Red Cloud, NE, US General & Unrestricted 2020
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Contact Information

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EIN 46-3298762
Website N/A
Address FOUNDATION SOURCE 501 SILVERSIDE RD Wilmington, DE 19809-0000

Key People (3)

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Dir Ralph James
Dir, Pres Robert James
Dir, Sec, Treas Catherine James Paglia

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