The Carney Family Charitable Foundation

• The foundation funds a broad mix of community, education, faith-based, healthcare, cultural and community development organisations, so a small charity working in any of these areas has a reasonable fit, though no single specialism is stated.
• Most of its grants are modest: its typical range of $1,000 to $50,000 covers about 8 in 10 grants, and half of its grants were $5,000 or less, so a request near the lower end is the most realistic, although the largest grant was $200,000 and the range is typical rather than a limit.
• About 94% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so repeat relationships carry real weight, and a first request should be prepared with that in mind; a new or little-funded organisation can still apply.
• Submit a written request on letterhead that states your qualified charitable status and how the grant would be used, and note that the filing gives no deadlines, so ask the foundation about timing before sending.
• No geographic focus is stated, so charities outside Massachusetts should not assume they are excluded, although most recorded grant dollars went to Massachusetts organisations, including in New Bedford and the South Coast region.

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

• Catholic Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts · General operations, face & catholic charities
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Breast cancer immunology
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Massachusetts General Hospital · Dept. of psychiatry & dept. of medicine's division of general internal medicine
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Catholic Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts · Lumen christi cathedral gala
  $120,7002024 tax year
• YMCA Southcoast · New bedford ymca capital improvement project
  $70,0002024 tax year
• New Bedford Women's Center · Capacity building
  $65,0002024 tax year
• Community Economic Development Center · Capacity building
  $65,0002024 tax year
• Coastal Foodshed · Capacity building
  $65,0002024 tax year

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

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.