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Cullen Family Foundation

Accepts applications Stone Harbor, New Jersey · EIN 542015021

Cullen Family Foundation is a private foundation in Stone Harbor, New Jersey. In tax year 2025 it gave $117,000 in 14 grants; the typical grant was $2,750 and the largest $40,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $63,500 the year before.

50% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$73,0009$1.5 million
2024$63,5008$1.6 million
2025$117,00014$1.7 million

How to apply

ContactJames Cullen
9815 First Ave, Stone Harbor, NJ 08724
Phone or email(908) 709-3703
What to submitNo special form.
DeadlinesApplications accepted any time.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Cullen Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 7 states, the most to New Jersey.

StateGrantsAmount
New Jersey4$53,500
Ohio3$25,000
California2$20,000
New York2$11,500
Vermont1$3,000
Maryland1$2,500
Connecticut1$1,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 14 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
NJ
General operating fund$40,000
Beaumont School
Cleveland, OH
General operating fund$20,000
Desert Community Foundation
Palm Desert, CA
General operating fund$10,000
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
General operating fund$10,000
Navy Seal Museum
West Sayville, NY
General operating fund$10,000
St Brendan the Navigator
Avalon, NJ
General operating fund$10,000
Woodstock Community Trust
Woodstock, VT
General operating fund$3,000
Benedictine High School
Paterson, NJ
Academic scholarship$2,500
Ent Community Partners
Columbia, MD
General operating fund$2,500
Oroc
Bay Village, OH
General operating fund$2,500
Cleveland Family Center for Childre
Cleveland, OH
General operating fund$2,500
Near and Far Aid
Southport, CT
General operating fund$1,500
St Martin de Porres High School
Poughkeepsie, NY
General operating fund$1,500
Individual
NJ
General operating fund$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Cullen Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Applications accepted any time..

How much does Cullen Family Foundation give?

$117,000 in tax year 2025, across 14 grants, with a typical grant of $2,750.

Who runs Cullen Family Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists James G Cullen (President), Lisa M McConnell (Vice President), Aimee Reali (Secretary) and James T Cullen (Treasurer).

What does Cullen Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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