McNeice Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 04-3371560 · since 1997mcneicefoundation.org·Massachusetts·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$4.4M
Annual giving, 2024 tax year
From the Form 990-PF filing
$25,000 to $250k
Grant range
From the funder's website
$200k
Typical grant (median)
27 grants in the latest filing
Open to applications
Fixed application deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

  • The foundation centres its giving on the Roman Catholic Church and church-related charitable, educational and medical organisations, with youth development and people in need as its other stated themes, and it gives priority to Massachusetts, so a Catholic or church-related project there is the clearest fit.
  • Grants are rarely made to organisations outside Massachusetts, and it does not fund endowments or other investments, so an out-of-state applicant or an endowment request falls outside what it funds, and it prefers money put to immediate use for direct programme costs or necessary facilities and equipment.
  • Half of its 53 grants to organisations across three filings were $120,000 or less, so a request near that figure is typical, though the stated range runs from $25,000 to $250,000 and one award of $350,000 appears in the filing.
  • Start with a preliminary application for trustee review in one of its two rounds, October to January or April to July, noting that preliminary applications are returned by the end of the first month of a round, and only selected applicants are invited to a final application; show a reasonable assurance of success and be ready for an objective appraisal of the project.
  • Repeat funding is significant, with 47% of its grant dollars in its most recent filing going to organisations it had also funded earlier, but new applicants should not be deterred by this.

Overview

McNeice Foundation is a US private foundation based in Boston, MA.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The foundation makes distributions primarily to the Roman Catholic Church and church-related charitable, educational and medical organisations. Its stated purposes are to support and promote the Catholic faith and mission of the Catholic Church; the education, training and spiritual and intellectual development of young people; and people unable to support themselves. It prefers organisations whose proposals put distributions to immediate use for direct programme costs or facilities and equipment needed to fulfil their mission, and is favourably disposed towards organisations with lean administration costs. It does not fund the building up of endowments or other investments. Grants are rarely made to organisations located outside Massachusetts.

Themes

  • Catholic faith
  • Youth development
  • People in need

Geographic Focus

Priority: Massachusetts.

What They Don't Fund

  • Building up endowments or other investments

How to apply

Applicants submit preliminary applications for trustee review; selected applicants are invited to submit a final application.

Deadlines:

  • Two recurring four-month review rounds run from October to January and April to July; preliminary applications are returned by the end of month one of a round.
  • The recurring review rounds run October–January and April–July.

Application success factors

  • Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 47% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
  • Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 53 grants to organisations were $120,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

  • The foundation prefers proposals that use distributions immediately for direct programme costs or necessary facilities and equipment.
  • The trustees favour organisations with a lean GuideStar rating and administration costs that are a small share of revenue.
  • Applicants are asked to show that their project has a reasonable assurance of success.
  • Applicants are asked whether they will provide the trustees with an objective appraisal of project success.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

Massachusetts99%
Colorado<1%
Rhode Island<1%
California<1%
Mississippi<1%
  • The largest single recipient received 7% of grant dollars to organisations.
  • In tax year 2024, 47% of grant dollars went to organisations McNeice Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
  • No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
  • 4% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

27 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $200k

How much do they typically give?

Share of 27 grants in tax year 2024 by size

$25k–$50k15%
$50k–$100k11%
$100k–$250k44%
$250k–$500k30%

Median $200k (tax year 2024)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

  • Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church · General Purpose
    $350,0002024 tax year
  • Cardinal Spellman High School · General Purpose
    $350,0002024 tax year
  • Campaign for Catholic Schools · General Purpose
    $250,0002024 tax year
  • Daughters of Saint Paul · General Purpose
    $250,0002024 tax year
  • Trustees of Boston College · General Purpose
    $250,0002024 tax year
  • Austin Preparatory School · General Purpose
    $250,0002024 tax year
  • Saint Thomas the Apostle Parish · General Purpose
    $250,0002024 tax year
  • Catholic Community Fund of the Archdiocese of Boston · General Purpose
    $250,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

  • Margarete A Portanova — Trustee / Executive Director
  • Edward G Casey — Trustee
  • George Ashur — Trustee
  • John Shaughnessy Jr — Trustee
  • Cameron Casey — Trustee

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

YearTotal expensesGrants paidAssetsFiling document
2022 tax year$262,197$45,000$64,268,972Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year$2,927,541$2,302,280$71,443,464Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year$5,114,030$4,418,950$73,178,981Filing for 2024 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.

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