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Fred Fatzler Foundation

Accepts applications Morristown, New Jersey · EIN 226042694

Fred Fatzler Foundation is a private foundation in Morristown, New Jersey. In tax year 2025 it gave $89,739 in 16 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $15,739. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was down from $94,166 the year before.

6% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$75,60017$1.7 million
2024$94,16618$1.9 million
2025$89,73916$1.9 million

How to apply

ContactRoderick McRae
230 Madison Avenue, Morristown, NJ 07960
Phone or email(973) 387-1080
What to submitIn writing, anytime, notifications of approval only
DeadlinesSeptember 10, 2022

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Fred Fatzler Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its US grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to New Jersey. It also paid $4,000 in 1 grant to recipients outside the US.

StateGrantsAmount
New Jersey13$65,000
New York1$15,739
Pennsylvania1$5,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 16 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Hobart & William Smith College
Geneva, NY
General$15,739
Wilson College
Chambersburg, PA
General$5,000
Overlook Hospital
Summit, NJ
General$5,000
St Huberts Animal Welfare Center
Madison, NJ
General$5,000
Cheshire Home
Florham Park, NJ
General$5,000
The Arc of Union County Inc
Springfield, NJ
General$5,000
Midland Adult Services Inc - Residential Communities
North Branch, NJ
General$5,000
Foundation for Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, NJ
General$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Newark, NJ
General$5,000
Newark Street Squash
Newark, NJ
General$5,000
Great Swamp Watershed Association
New Vernon, NJ
General$5,000
Njsga Caddy Scholarship Foundation
Kenilworth, NJ
General$5,000
Interfaith Food Pantry
Morristown, NJ
General$5,000
Church of the Little Flower - Kindness Team
Berkeley Heights, NJ
General$5,000
Linc Program Inc
New Providence, NJ
General$5,000
Old Road Fund IncGeneral$4,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Fred Fatzler Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: September 10, 2022.

How much does Fred Fatzler Foundation give?

$89,739 in tax year 2025, across 16 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Fred Fatzler Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Roderick McCrae (President/Trustee), Roderick McCrae III (Treasurer/Trustee), Kevin McRae (Trustee) and Peter McRae (Vice President/Secretary) among 7 officers and trustees.

What does Fred Fatzler Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and health.

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