The John & Mary Corcoran Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation works by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a charity it has not already approached should not send a cold request.
- Its latest filing shows 99% of grant dollars to organisations had also been funded in one of the two earlier filings, so a relationship or an existing link is probably the route.
- Half of its 48 grants to organisations were about $43,000 or less, so a modest request fits its usual pattern, though its largest grant was $4,000,000.
- The filing has no formal funding field and states no geographic focus, though grants are mainly in Massachusetts, so judge fit against the purposes it has funded, such as scholarships, youth development and children's services.
- The filing gives no timing information, so do not assume any application window.
Overview
The John & Mary Corcoran Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Braintree, MA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filed information does not set out a formal funding field. Its recorded grants include support for scholars programmes and community grants, alongside grants described as general purpose or general support. Recipients include public charities and educational institutions, and the stated purposes also include scholarships, habitat conservation, youth development, children's services, family development and adult basic education. Grants are concentrated in Massachusetts, with some also recorded for an organisation in Washington, DC. The application information says contributions are limited to preselected charitable organisations; the filings do not give a public eligibility policy beyond that or describe an open application route.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in the United States and Massachusetts.
How to apply
Contributions are limited to preselected charitable organisations; unsolicited requests are not accepted.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 99% 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 48 grants to organisations were about $43,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 59% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 100% of grant dollars went to organisations The John & Mary Corcoran Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 91% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 15 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $25,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Tpi Cradle To Career Grants · General support scholars program, community grants, olph mission grammar, south boston academy$3,400,0002024 tax year
- Red Pine Scholars · General support scholars program, community grants, olph mission grammar, south boston academy$1,593,8752024 tax year
- Philanthropic Initiative · General support scholars program, community grants, olph mission grammar, south boston academy$674,5812024 tax year
- LEAF Program · General purpose$119,2102024 tax year
- Saint Rock Haiti Foundation · General support$50,0002024 tax year
- Father Bill's & Mainspring · General purpose$50,0002024 tax year
- Bourne Conservation Trust · Habitat conservation$30,0002024 tax year
- Saint Mary's Women & Infants Center · General support$25,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Thomas M Corcoran — Trustee
- John M Corcoran Jr — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $7,190,265 | $6,247,265 | $129,288,540 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $6,697,597 | $5,659,095 | $137,807,738 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $7,260,599 | $6,072,666 | $147,819,401 | Filing 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.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- Braintree, MA