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Robert and Ardis James Foundation Inc: 110 grants to organizations, $18.2 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Robert and Ardis James Foundation Inc, a private foundation in Wilmington, DE, paid 110 grants to organizations totaling $18,194,400 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $2,500,000 to Carleton College in Northfield, MN for paglia family endowed scholarship..
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- EIN
- 463298762
- Based in
- Wilmington, DE
- Assets
- $223,189,182
- Grants paid
- $18,194,400
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202533219349107213. It reported $18,194,400 in grants paid; 110 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carleton College | Northfield, MN | Paglia Family Endowed Scholarship. | Education | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Washington, DC | the Carnegie Endowment's capital campaign | International, foreign affairs and national security | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carleton College | Northfield, MN | the Class of 1974 Student Health Center. | Education | $1,375,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carleton College | Northfield, MN | The Paglia Family Post-Bac Research Fellowship. | Education | $1,250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Lincoln, NE | the International Quilt Museum Endowment Fund | Education | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carleton College | Northfield, MN | General & Unrestricted | Education | $685,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harvard Business School | Boston, MA | General & unrestricted | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Boston, MA | support of Religion and Public Life, to be added to the Public Life Program Fund. | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Readworks Inc | Brooklyn, NY | to support the strategic plan | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc | Bridgeport, CT | TMC Capital Campaign | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Carleton College | Northfield, MN | Carleton Alumni Annual Fund | Education | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carleton College | Northfield, MN | Incentivizing Faculty Interdisciplinary Exploration and Collaboration | Education | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harvard Business School | Boston, MA | the Catherine James Paglia (MBA 1976) Search Fund Fellowship | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Readworks Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General & Unrestricted | $275,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cooke School and Institute | New York, NY | Second and final installment in a capital grant | Human services | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | Endowment challenge | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stamford Hospital | Stamford, CT | The Campaign for Women and Babies | Health care | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Washington, DC | General & Unrestricted | International, foreign affairs and national security | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Leo Inc | Lynn, MA | General & unrestricted | Human services | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | to support Sikkuy-Aufoq | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St Michael the Archangel Parish | Greenwich, CT | General & Unrestricted | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Yankee Institute for Public Policy Studies Inc | Wethersfield, CT | General & unrestricted | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wallin Education Partners | Saint Paul, MN | for the 2022/2023 Academic Year | Education | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | research project Plant-Microbe Interactions in Soils: Big Roles for Small Molecules by Professor Darcy L. McRose. | Education | $168,300 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harvard Business School | Boston, MA | General & Unrestricted | $165,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Plummer Youth Promise Inc | Salem, MA | to support the Facilities Project. | Human services | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | Emerging Leaders Program | Education | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Helen Keller International | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | International, foreign affairs and national security | $110,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northeast Arc Inc | Danvers, MA | General & unrestricted | $103,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Carleton College | Northfield, MN | Class of 1974 Student Health Center Class Challenge. | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Concussion Alliance | Seattle, WA | General & Unrestricted | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fraxa Research Foundation Inc | Newburyport, MA | Payment for 2023 Challenge Grant | Medical research | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Ngong Road | Minneapolis, MN | General & unrestricted | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harvard Business School | Boston, MA | General & unrestricted | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Helen Keller International | New York, NY | Philanthropic outreach | International, foreign affairs and national security | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Public and societal benefit | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | to support the Anesthesia Initiative Fund. | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Riverview School Inc | East Sandwich, MA | General & unrestricted | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Summer Search Boston | Jamaica Plain, MA | the Dream.See.Do campaign. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tenacity Inc | Boston, MA | General & unrestricted | Recreation and sports | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| United Way of Greenwich Inc | Greenwich, CT | General & Unrestricted | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Lincoln, NE | Robert and Ardis James Foundation Quilt House Operations Fund | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| VMTS Education Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Covenant Center | Stamford, CT | General & Unrestricted | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Norwalk Community College Foundation | Norwalk, CT | General & Unrestricted | Education | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Plummer Youth Promise Inc | Salem, MA | General & Unrestricted | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Presbyterian Church of Mt Kisco | Mt Kisco, NY | General & Unrestricted | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Platte Institute for Economic Research Inc | Omaha, NE | General & Unrestricted | Social science | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Abilis Inc | Greenwich, CT | General & Unrestricted | Mental health and crisis intervention | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc | Long Island City, NY | General & Unrestricted | Health care | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boston Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | Initiative to establish the King Center for Social Justice. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boston Medical Center Corporation | Boston, MA | General & Unrestricted | Health care | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Catholic Schools Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | General & Unrestricted | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Childrens Village Inc | Dobbs Ferry, NY | General & Unrestricted | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Id Insight Inc | Princeton, NJ | General & Unrestricted | International, foreign affairs and national security | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | General & Unrestricted | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Boston, MA | endowed support to be added to the Dean's Honorary Master's Scholarship Fund. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Boston, MA | In support of Harvard Divinity School and the Religion in Public Life Program. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Riverview School Inc | East Sandwich, MA | General & Unrestricted | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Salem Mission Inc | Salem, MA | General & Unrestricted | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Squashbusters Inc | Boston, MA | General & unrestricted | Youth development | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Squashbusters Inc | Boston, MA | General & Unrestricted | Youth development | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Studio Art Quilt Assoc Inc | Hebron, CT | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Summer Search Boston | Jamaica Plain, MA | General & Unrestricted | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tenacity Inc | Boston, MA | General & Unrestricted | Recreation and sports | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Yankee Institute for Public Policy Studies Inc | Wethersfield, CT | General & Unrestricted | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc | Newton, MA | General & Unrestricted | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Year Up Inc | Boston, MA | General & unrestricted | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Readworks Inc | Brooklyn, NY | Grant to support the ReadWorks/IQM partnership | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Real Clear Foundation | Northbrook, IL | General & Unrestricted | Education | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nebraska Journalism Trust | Omaha, NE | General & Unrestricted | Public and societal benefit | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cato Institute | Washington, DC | General & Unrestricted | Public and societal benefit | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Salem State University Alumni Association and Foun | Salem, MA | General & unrestricted | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alliance for American Quilts Inc | Asheville, NC | The Quilt Alliance's five-year initiative Quilter's SOS - Save Our Stories. | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brac USA Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | International, foreign affairs and national security | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Essex County Community FDN Inc | Beverly, MA | General & Unrestricted | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fraxa Research Foundation Inc | Newburyport, MA | General & Unrestricted | Medical research | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc | Boston, MA | General & Unrestricted | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Judge Baker Childrens Center | Boston, MA | General & Unrestricted | Human services | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Leap for Education Inc | Salem, MA | General & Unrestricted | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Boston, MA | In support of Harvard Divinity School | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | General & Unrestricted | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Boston, MA | In support of the Harvard Graduate School of EducaTION | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Spaulding Rehab Hospital Corp | Cambridge, MA | General & Unrestricted | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stamford Hospital | Stamford, CT | General & Unrestricted | Health care | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Durham Museum | Omaha, NE | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Uc Santa Barbara Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | General & Unrestricted | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Willa Cather Foundation | Red Cloud, NE | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Year Up Inc | Boston, MA | General & Unrestricted | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Navy Supply Corps Foundation Incorporated | College Park, GA | General & Unrestricted | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ord Public Schools | Ord, NE | 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. | $17,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Educational Alliance Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| JNS Theater for Social Change Inc | Aspen, CO | General & Unrestricted | Education | $12,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Aceing Autism Inc | Los Angeles, CA | General & Unrestricted | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Building One Community Corp | Stamford, CT | General & Unrestricted | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cancer Support Team Inc | Purchase, NY | General & Unrestricted | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Doane University | Crete, NE | General & Unrestricted | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| El Porvenir | Broomfield, CO | General & Unrestricted | International, foreign affairs and national security | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of International Quilt Study Center & Muse | Lincoln, NE | General & Unrestricted | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Greenwich Center for Hope & Renewal Inc | Greenwich, CT | General & Unrestricted | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northeast Arc Inc | Danvers, MA | General & Unrestricted | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Boston, MA | In support of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | Boston, MA | General & Unrestricted | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Independent Institute | Oakland, CA | General & Unrestricted | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | General & Unrestricted | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carleton College | Northfield, MN | Alumni Annual Fund | Education | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harvard Business School | Boston, MA | General & unrestricted | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ord Township Library Foundation Inc | Ord, NE | General & Unrestricted | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sam Cullen Memorial Foundation | Plainview, NY | General & Unrestricted | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Quilt Study Group | Lincoln, NE | Mary Fonz Paper Presentation Sponsorship | Education | $2,600 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $8,830,900 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $2,495,000 |
| Human services | $795,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $533,000 |
| Health care | $375,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $225,000 |
| Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $220,000 |
| Public and societal benefit | $165,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Minnesota | $6,817,500 |
| Massachusetts | $3,876,300 |
| District of Columbia | $2,230,000 |
| New York | $2,158,000 |
| Connecticut | $1,505,000 |
| Nebraska | $1,295,100 |
| Washington | $100,000 |
| New Jersey | $50,000 |
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Updated November 17, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.