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Robert and Ardis James Foundation

Name: Robert and Ardis James Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

316
grants reported: $54.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Carleton College17 grants · $12.5M
President and Fellows of Harvard College24 grants · $6.8M
Harvard Business School17 grants · $6.4M
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace6 grants · $6.4M
University of Nebraska Foundation6 grants · $3.3M
Readworks8 grants · $2.0M
University of Massachusetts Foundation3 grants · $1.3M
P E F Israel Endowment Funds5 grants · $1.1M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology8 grants · $1.1M
The Yankee Institute for Public Policy Studies7 grants · $900,000

Giving over time

$19.2M

2022

$17.5M

2023

$18.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 316 grants.

$2.5M
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2024
Paglia Family Endowed Scholarship.
$2.5M
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2023
Second installment of Paglia Family Endowed Scholarship
$2.5M
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2.0M
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · Washington, DC · 2024
the Carnegie Endowment's capital campaign
$2.0M
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · Washington, DC · 2023
Fourth installment of $10,000,000 pledge in support of the Carnegie Endowment's capital campaign
$2.0M
Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2023
Final payment of pledge dated 5/7/2019. Designation HBS Endowment Holding Fund for New Gifts.
$2.0M
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · Washington, DC · 2022
Third installment of $10,000,000 pledge in support of the Carnegie Endowment's capital campaign
$2.0M
Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2022
HBS Endowment Holding Fund for Gifts
$2.0M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2022
The fifth and final installment of the Gift Agreement between the President and Fellows of Harvard College on behalf of Harvard Divinity School and the Robert and Ardis James Foundation signed by Cathy James Paglia on J… read allThe fifth and final installment of the Gift Agreement between the President and Fellows of Harvard College on behalf of Harvard Divinity School and the Robert and Ardis James Foundation signed by Cathy James Paglia on June 14, 2018 for $10,000,000 of current use support to be added to the Andover Hall Renewal Fund less
$2.0M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2022
for Harvard Graduate School of Education Online Master's Degree Support Fund
$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
$1.0M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2023
Final payment of pledge dated 6/14/21 to the Harvard Graduate School of Education to support the Online Master's Degree Support Fund.
$1.0M
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Second installment of a four-year pledge agreement dated 1/4/2022 payable to the International Quilt Museum Endowment Fund.
$1.0M
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022
First installment of $4 million pledge pursuant to pledge agreement dated January 4, 2022.
$685,000
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$650,000
University of Massachusetts Foundation · Newton, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$550,000
University of Massachusetts Foundation · Newton, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$500,000
Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$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.
$500,000
Readworks · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
to support the strategic plan
$500,000
Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2023
First payment in a November 2022 four-year pledge, with payments beginning in 2023.
$500,000
Readworks · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
First installment of a two-year pledge to support the strategic plan
$500,000
Readworks · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$400,000
Catholic Charities of Fairfield County · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
TMC Capital Campaign
$386,500
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2023
The final installment in the pledge for The Paglia Family Post-Bac Research Fellowship
$372,500
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2022
To fund the Paglia Post-Bac Research Fellowship
$305,866
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Grant to support the Des Marais Lab at MIT.
$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
$300,000
Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2023
First installment of a five-year pledge dated 7/25/2023 to be directed to the Catherine James Paglia (MBA 1976) Search Fund Fellowship.
$275,000
Readworks · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$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
$250,000
Stamford Hospital · Stamford, CT · 2024
The Campaign for Women and Babies
$250,000
Cooke School and Institute · New York, NY · 2023
First of two installments in a $500,000 capital grant.
$250,000
P E F Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2023
First installment of a four-year endowment challenge grant pledge dated 2022 for Sikkuy-Aufoq.
$250,000
Stamford Hospital · Stamford, CT · 2023
Second installment of $1,000,000 grant to The Campaign for Women and Babies.
$250,000
Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2022
for the Catherine James Paglia (MBA 1976) Search Fund Fellowship
$250,000
Stamford Hospital · Stamford, CT · 2022
First installment of $1,000,000 grant to The Campaign for Women and Babies.
$225,000
Riverview School · East Sandwich, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$225,000
University of Nebraska Foundation - International · Lincoln, NE · 2022
First installment of $525,000 pledge dated December 2, 2021 for Robert and Ardis James Foundation Quilt House Operations Fund
$220,000
Friends of Ngong Road · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$200,000
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$200,000
Leo · Lynn, MA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$200,000
P E F Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024
to support Sikkuy-Aufoq
$200,000
St Michael the Archangel Parish · Greenwich, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$200,000
The Yankee Institute for Public Policy Studies · Wethersfield, CT · 2024
General & unrestricted
$200,000
Wallin Education Partners · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
for the 2022/2023 Academic Year
$200,000
Leo · Lynn, MA · 2023
Second installment of a five year pledge dated May 25, 2022.
$200,000
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$200,000
P E F Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2023
to fund Sikkuy-Aufoq
$200,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2023
$80,000 to the HGSE Dean's Priorities Fund and $120,000 to the Centennial Scholars Fund.
$200,000
St Peters Lutheran Church of Manhattan · New York, NY · 2023
The Conservation Endowment for the Nevelson Chapel
$200,000
The Yankee Institute for Public Policy Studies · Hartford, CT · 2023
Second installment of challenge grant
$200,000
Vmts Education · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$200,000
Wallin Education Partners · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Second installment of a five year pledge of $1,000,000 for the 2022/2023 Academic Year.
$200,000
Leo · Lynn, MA · 2022
First installment of a five year pledge dated May 25, 2022 for general support
$200,000
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$200,000
P E F Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2022
Sikkuy-Aufoq Support
$200,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College - Harvard · Boston, MA · 2022
$80,000 to the HGSE Dean's Priorities Fund and $120,000 to the Centennial Scholars Fund
$200,000
The Yankee Institute for Public Policy Studies · Hartford, CT · 2022
First installment of challenge grant.
$200,000
Wallin Education Partners · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
First installment of a five year pledge of $1,000,000 for the 2022/2023 Academic Year
$190,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Grant to support the Chisholm Lab to study Prochlorococcus as a keystone organism in marine microbial communities.
$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.
$168,300
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
First installment of a two year grant to MIT to support the 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
$150,000
Doane University · Crete, NE · 2023
Second and final installment of pledge dated December 20th, 2021 to fund Robert and Ardis James Foundation Incubator
$150,000
The Yankee Institute for Public Policy Studies · Hartford, CT · 2023
General support grant to help launch the CT Center for Educational Fairness
$150,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Second installment of $525,000 pledge dated December 2, 2021 for Robert and Ardis James Foundation Quilt House Operations Fund
$150,000
Doane University · Crete, NE · 2022
First installment of pledge dated December 20th, 2021 to fund Robert and Ardis James Foundation Incubator Fund
$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
$125,000
Plummer Youth Promise · Salem, MA · 2023
Second installment of a four year $500,000 pledge dated 12/7/2021 to support the Facilities Project.
$125,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2023
Fourth and final installment of a $500,000 pledge to be payable 2020-2023 to Harvard Divinity School in support of Religion and Public Life.
$125,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
First installment of a $250,000 grant in support of the Emerging Leaders Program, payable in 2023 and 2024.
$125,000
Plummer Youth Promise · Salem, MA · 2022
First installment of a four year $500,000 pledge dated 12/7/2021 to support the Facilities Project
$125,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2022
Third installment of a $500,000 pledge to be payable 2020-2023 to Harvard Divinity School in support of Religion and Public Life
$110,000
Helen Keller International · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$110,000
Helen Keller International · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$110,000
Fraxa Research Foundation · Newburyport, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$110,000
Helen Keller International · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$103,000
Northeast Arc · Danvers, MA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$103,000
Northeast Arc · Danvers, MA · 2023
Fourth installment in a $615,000 pledge payable 2020-2026.
$103,000
Northeast Arc · Danvers, MA · 2022
Third installment in a $615,000 pledge payable 2020-2026
$100,000
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2024
Class of 1974 Student Health Center Class Challenge.
$100,000
Concussion Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Fraxa Research Foundation · Newburyport, MA · 2024
Payment for 2023 Challenge Grant
$100,000
Friends of Ngong Road · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General & unrestricted
$100,000
Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$100,000
Helen Keller International · New York, NY · 2024
Philanthropic outreach
$100,000
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
to support the Anesthesia Initiative Fund.
$100,000
Riverview School · East Sandwich, MA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$100,000
Summer Search Boston · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
the Dream.See.Do campaign.
$100,000
Tenacity · Boston, MA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$100,000
United Way of Greenwich · Greenwich, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Robert and Ardis James Foundation Quilt House Operations Fund

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