Margaret A Darrin Charitable Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- This trust, based in Florham Park, New Jersey, supports organisations that address the basic needs of the local community, with a grant record spanning health care, education, food assistance, housing and conservation.
- No geographic focus is formally stated, though its filings show grants going mainly to organisations in New Jersey and New York.
- A realistic request should be modest: the median grant is $25,000, and about 8 in 10 of its 180 grants to organisations fall between $7,500 and $500,000, though the largest grant on record was $1,000,000.
- Applying is simple, as the trust asks only for a brief letter describing the charity and the purpose of the contribution, and there is no submission deadline.
- Bear in mind that 80% of its grant dollars have gone to organisations it had already funded before, suggesting a degree of loyalty to existing relationships, so new applicants should still apply but keep expectations realistic.
Overview
Margaret A Darrin Charitable Trust is a US private foundation based in Florham Park, NJ.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) and web pages about the foundation (f4mmc.org), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The trust's trustee describes its mission as empowering and transforming people in the community who find themselves unexpectedly overwhelmed in extraordinarily adverse circumstances, and the partner page says it supports organisations whose missions address the basic needs of the local community. Its grant record spans health care, education, food assistance, housing and conservation, with awards to medical providers, schools and scholarship funds, food pantries, housing charities and conservation organisations. The filing asks for a brief letter describing the charity and purpose of the contribution and says applications have no submission deadline.
Themes
- Basic community needs
- People facing adversity
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New Jersey and New York.
How to apply
Applicants provide a brief letter describing the charity and purpose of the contribution.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 80% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 180 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 9% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 80% of grant dollars went to organisations Margaret A Darrin Charitable Trust had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 8% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 62 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $25,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Morristown Medical Center Foundation · To further advance the organizations charitable purpose$1,000,0002025 tax year
- Tri-County Scholarship Fund · To further advance the organizations charitable purpose$675,0002025 tax year
- Habitat For Humanity (Morris) · To further advance the organizations charitable purpose$575,0002025 tax year
- Midland School · To further advance the organizations charitable purpose$550,0002025 tax year
- Crossroads for Hope · To further advance the organizations charitable purpose$500,0002025 tax year
- Center for Great Expectations · To further advance the organizations charitable purpose$500,0002025 tax year
- Uncommon Thread · To further advance the organizations charitable purpose$500,0002025 tax year
- Summit Speech School · To further advance the organizations charitable purpose$500,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Kevin J O'Donnell — Co-Trustee
- Michael T Hanifin — Co-Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $8,518,368 | $6,830,000 | $138,099,558 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $8,796,476 | $6,905,000 | $152,106,412 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $11,444,981 | $9,462,500 | $164,457,688 | Filing for 2025 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
Other sources
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- (973) 822-2905
- Florham Park, NJ
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Contact
- (973) 822-2905
- Florham Park, NJ