Quad 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, so a charity should not send a proposal unless it has been invited to apply.
- Its grants are mostly general and unrestricted, going to schools, charter schools, universities, hospitals, and youth-serving and workforce organisations, but no subject priority is stated, so fit should be judged against the kinds of organisation it has funded.
- About 8 in 10 of its 59 grants to organisations fall between $20,000 and $750,000, and half were about $100,000 or less, so a request of around that size matches its past giving, although its largest grant was about $835,000.
- In its most recent filing, 87% of grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so it appears to give much of its money to groups it already knows.
- No geographic focus is stated, so location alone is not a reason to rule it out, though its grants have mainly gone to New York, North Carolina, California and Massachusetts.
Overview
Quad Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Cohoes, NY.
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 filings show that the Foundation’s grants are predominantly recorded as general and unrestricted, with a small number identified as educational grants. Recipients include schools, charter schools and universities, alongside hospitals, education-focused nonprofits, youth-serving and workforce organisations, and other charitable bodies. Its giving therefore reaches a range of nonprofit institutions, with most reported grant purposes left unrestricted rather than assigned to a particular activity. The filings do not state a general subject priority, eligibility conditions or a preferred type of organisation, so the recipient mix is the clearest description of its giving.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York, North Carolina, California and Massachusetts.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 87% 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 59 grants to organisations were about $100,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
5 other states: 4%
- The largest single recipient received 33% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 87% of grant dollars went to organisations Quad Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 33% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 13 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $250k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill · General and unrestricted$751,9152024 tax year
- Leveraged Foundation · General and unrestricted$750,0002024 tax year
- Leveraged Foundation · General and unrestricted$750,0002024 tax year
- Hun School of Princeton · General and unrestricted$534,7082024 tax year
- Leveraged Foundation · General and unrestricted$500,0002024 tax year
- NYU Langone Health – ParentCorps · General and unrestricted$400,0002024 tax year
- Linsly School · General and unrestricted$249,9532024 tax year
- University Of North Carolina Chapel Hill - Unc Athl Student-Athlete Career · General and unrestricted$200,0512024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Allen Thorpe — Director, Secretary, Treasurer, Co-President
- Meghan Mackay — Co-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 | $3,775,758 | $3,711,000 | $84,248,296 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $6,319,341 | $6,179,696 | $101,451,416 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $4,874,485 | $4,686,593 | $115,161,533 | 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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- Cohoes, NY