The Harold W McGraw Jr Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and makes contributions only to organisations it has preselected, so a small charity should not send a cold application.
- If it already has a link to the foundation, its stated themes are education, youth services, community health, medical research, culture and community development, which can help it judge whether its work fits.
- About 8 in 10 of its grants to organisations fall between $37,000 and $3,250,000, with a median of about $400,000, but these are typical figures rather than limits, so any request should be sized to the work.
- In the latest filing, all of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in one of the two earlier filings, which points to relationship-led giving.
- The filings show grants mainly in Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New York, but no geographic focus is stated, so that describes where it has given rather than who may apply.
Overview
The Harold W McGraw Jr Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Stamford, CT.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (penntoday.upenn.edu, the-carver.org), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation describes its primary mission as improving lives through thoughtful grant making focused on education, youth services, community health and medical research. A grantee’s account also describes its giving across education, youth services, healthcare, culture and community development, and identifies education as a key area of focus. The grant records show charitable support reaching a university, a hospital, an arts institution and a public-radio organisation, with grants designated for current use for general charitable purposes. The filing says contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations and that unsolicited requests are not accepted. The sources reviewed do not set out further applicant criteria or an open application route.
Themes
- Education
- Youth services
- Community health
- Medical research
- Culture
- Community development
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New York.
How to apply
The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests; it makes contributions only to charitable organisations it has preselected. The filing gives no further application steps.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 100% 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 27 grants to organisations were about $400,000 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 46% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 100% of grant dollars went to organisations The Harold W McGraw Jr Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 9 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $404k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Current Use for General Charitable Purposes$3,261,3312024 tax year
- Norwalk Hospital Association and Norwalk Hospital Foundation · Current Use for General Charitable Purposes$2,007,0772024 tax year
- Family Centers · Current Use for General Charitable Purposes$581,4102024 tax year
- Carver Foundation of Norwalk · Current Use for General Charitable Purposes$454,9252024 tax year
- Carnegie Hall · Current Use for General Charitable Purposes$404,4362024 tax year
- New York Public Radio · Current Use for General Charitable Purposes$227,4632024 tax year
- Filling in the Blanks · Current Use for General Charitable Purposes$177,4662024 tax year
- Hartley House · Current Use for General Charitable Purposes$50,4892024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Howard S Tuthill III — Assistant Secretary / Assistant Treasury
- Robert P McGraw — Secretary, Director
- Harold W McGraw III — Treasurer, Director
- Suzanne McGraw — President, Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $7,828,658 | $7,006,806 | $110,932,416 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $7,681,055 | $7,018,523 | $128,279,593 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $8,021,795 | $7,202,074 | $133,915,062 | 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
Registers and filings
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- Stamford, CT