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Robert and Ardis James Foundation

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$54.9M
in grants paid: 316
grants: 101
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$2.5M
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2024
Paglia Family Endowed Scholarship.
$2.0M
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · Washington, DC · 2024
the Carnegie Endowment's capital campaign
$1.4M
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2024
the Class of 1974 Student Health Center.
$1.3M
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2024
The Paglia Family Post-Bac Research Fellowship.
$1.0M
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
the International Quilt Museum Endowment Fund
$685,000
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$500,000
Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$500,000
Readworks · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
to support the strategic plan
$500,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2024
support of Religion and Public Life, to be added to the Public Life Program Fund.
$400,000
Catholic Charities of Fairfield County · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
TMC Capital Campaign
$300,000
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2024
Incentivizing Faculty Interdisciplinary Exploration and Collaboration
$300,000
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2024
Carleton Alumni Annual Fund
$300,000
Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2024
the Catherine James Paglia (MBA 1976) Search Fund Fellowship
$275,000
Readworks · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$250,000
Stamford Hospital · Stamford, CT · 2024
The Campaign for Women and Babies
$250,000
Cooke School and Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Second and final installment in a capital grant
$250,000
P E F Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024
Endowment challenge
$200,000
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$200,000
St Michael the Archangel Parish · Greenwich, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$200,000
P E F Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024
to support Sikkuy-Aufoq
$200,000
Leo · Lynn, MA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$200,000
Wallin Education Partners · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
for the 2022/2023 Academic Year
$200,000
The Yankee Institute for Public Policy Studies · Wethersfield, CT · 2024
General & unrestricted
$168,300
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
research project Plant-Microbe Interactions in Soils: Big Roles for Small Molecules by Professor Darcy L. McRose.
$165,000
Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$125,000
Plummer Youth Promise · Salem, MA · 2024
to support the Facilities Project.
$125,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Emerging Leaders Program
$110,000
Helen Keller International · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$103,000
Northeast Arc · Danvers, MA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$100,000
Friends of Ngong Road · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General & unrestricted
$100,000
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$100,000
Fraxa Research Foundation · Newburyport, MA · 2024
Payment for 2023 Challenge Grant
$100,000
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2024
Class of 1974 Student Health Center Class Challenge.
$100,000
Helen Keller International · New York, NY · 2024
Philanthropic outreach
$100,000
Vmts Education · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Robert and Ardis James Foundation Quilt House Operations Fund
$100,000
Summer Search Boston · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
the Dream.See.Do campaign.
$100,000
United Way of Greenwich · Greenwich, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Concussion Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
to support the Anesthesia Initiative Fund.
$100,000
Tenacity · Boston, MA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$100,000
Riverview School · East Sandwich, MA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$75,000
Plummer Youth Promise · Salem, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$75,000
Norwalk Community College Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$75,000
The Presbyterian Church of Mt Kisco · Mt Kisco, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$75,000
New Covenant Center · Stamford, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$65,000
Platte Institute for Economic Research · Omaha, NE · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$60,000
Abilis · Greenwich, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$50,000
Id Insight · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2024
endowed support to be added to the Dean's Honorary Master's Scholarship Fund.
$50,000
Bob Woodruff Family Foundation · Long Island City, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Childrens Village · Dobbs Ferry, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Catholic Schools Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Initiative to establish the King Center for Social Justice.
$50,000
Boston Medical Center Corporation · Boston, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2024
In support of Harvard Divinity School and the Religion in Public Life Program.
$50,000
Riverview School · East Sandwich, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Salem Mission · Salem, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Squashbusters · Boston, MA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$50,000
Squashbusters · Boston, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Studio Art Quilt Assoc · Hebron, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Summer Search Boston · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Tenacity · Boston, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
The Yankee Institute for Public Policy Studies · Wethersfield, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
University of Massachusetts Foundation · Newton, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$45,000
Readworks · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Grant to support the ReadWorks/IQM partnership
$40,000
Real Clear Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$35,000
Nebraska Journalism Trust · Omaha, NE · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$30,000
Salem State University Alumni Association and Foun · Salem, MA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$30,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Judge Baker Childrens Center · Boston, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Leap for Education · Salem, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Brac USA · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Spaulding Rehab Hospital Corp · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Essex County Community Fdn · Beverly, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Fraxa Research Foundation · Newburyport, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Willa Cather Foundation · Red Cloud, NE · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2024
In support of the Harvard Graduate School of EducaTION
$25,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2024
In support of Harvard Divinity School
$25,000
Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders · Boston, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Alliance for American Quilts · Asheville, NC · 2024
The Quilt Alliance's five-year initiative Quilter's SOS - Save Our Stories.
$25,000
The Durham Museum · Omaha, NE · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Stamford Hospital · Stamford, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Navy Supply Corps Foundation Incorporated · College Park, GA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$17,500
Ord Public Schools · Ord, NE · 2024
to fund two years of travel for Ord Public School students to the Black Hills and Red Cloud for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years.
$15,000
The Educational Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$12,500
Jns Theater for Social Change · Aspen, CO · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Cancer Support Team · Purchase, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
The Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
The Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Friends of International Quilt Study Center & Muse · Lincoln, NE · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Greenwich Center for Hope & Renewal · Greenwich, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2024
In support of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
$10,000
El Porvenir · Broomfield, CO · 2024
General & Unrestricted

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.