Adams Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Adams Family Foundation, based in Naples, FL, is by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so an organisation without an invitation should not send one.
- Its filing does not explain how organisations are selected, and it states no geographic focus, although its grants have mainly gone to New York and Missouri.
- Roughly 8 in 10 of its 114 grants to organisations fall between $10,000 and $125,000, and the median was $35,000, so a request in that range is typical, though its largest grant was $705,000 and the band is not a ceiling.
- Most of its grant dollars (75%) went to organisations it had already funded, so relationships carry weight, and it funds religious, social-service, hospital, educational and animal-welfare groups as mission support, which suggests framing any invited request as general support.
Overview
Adams Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Naples, FL.
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 grant schedule records support for a varied set of charitable organisations, including religious communities and missions, social-service charities, hospitals and medical organisations, educational organisations and animal-welfare groups. Every grant purpose in the grouped filing data is described as mission support, rather than a project-specific activity. These are types of past recipients, not stated fields of priority: the filing provides no account of a preferred cause, applicant eligibility or geographic remit. Its application information says it contributes only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; it does not explain how an organisation can be selected.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York and Missouri.
How to apply
Contributions are limited to preselected charitable organisations; unsolicited requests are not accepted. The filing gives no further application steps.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 75% 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 114 grants to organisations were $35,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 9%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 3%
- The largest single recipient received 22% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 75% of grant dollars went to organisations Adams Family 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
How much do they typically give?
Share of 43 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $50,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Covenant House · For mission support$500,0002024 tax year
- Vincentian Solidarity Office · For mission support$290,0002024 tax year
- Catholic Medical Mission Board · For mission support$253,0002024 tax year
- UJA-Federation of New York · For mission support$200,0002024 tax year
- Maimonides Medical Center · For mission support$185,0002024 tax year
- Alfred E Smith Memorial Foundation · For mission support$150,0002024 tax year
- Grace Center Foundation · For mission support$150,0002024 tax year
- Franciscan Friars of the Atonement · For mission support$100,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Nannette Hendel — Co-Trustee / Director of Philanthropy
- Patrick F Adams — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $2,472,091 | $2,305,000 | $56,031,926 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $2,904,436 | $2,611,000 | $61,882,195 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $3,633,763 | $3,328,000 | $66,873,902 | 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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Contact
- Naples, FL