Funders › DE › Robert and Ardis James Foundation Inc › 2020
Grants paid by Robert and Ardis James Foundation Inc, tax year 2020
EIN 46-3298762 · Wilmington, DE · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T20
In tax year 2020, Robert and Ardis James Foundation Inc (EIN 46-3298762) reported 92 grants paid totaling $21,054,461. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2020
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Carleton College Northfield, MN | B | $6,125,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Harvard Business School Boston, MA | U | $2,000,000 | paid | Second installment of pledge | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Washington, DC | B | $2,000,000 | paid | First installment capital pledge | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | President and Fellows of Harvard College Boston, MA | C | $2,000,000 | paid | THIRD INSTALLMENT of a pledge to ANDOVER HALL RENEWAL FUND | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Chappaqua School Foundation Inc Chappaqua, NY | B | $1,500,000 | paid | For construction of the climate controlled multizone greenhouse | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | B | $600,000 | paid | FINAL INSTALLMENT TO ESTABLISH THE ENDOWED ROBERT G. JAMES CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROFESSORSHIP FOR JUNIOR FACULTY MEMBERS IN THE MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | University of Nebraska Foundation Lincoln, NE | B | $425,000 | paid | SIXTH INSTALLMENT OF A PLEDGE | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Readworks Inc New York, NY | C | $350,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc Boston, MA | C | $350,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Cooke School and Institute New York, NY | B | $325,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Harvard Business School Boston, MA | U | $250,000 | paid | CATHERINE JAMES PAGLIA (MBA 1976) SEARCH FUND FELLOWSHIP | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Riverview School Inc East Sandwich, MA | B | $220,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | President and Fellows of Harvard College Boston, MA | C | $200,000 | paid | FINAL INSTALLMENT OF PLEDGE TO SUPPORT DEAN'S VENTURE FUND AT THE HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Harvard Univ - Radcliffe Inst for Advanced Study Cambridge, MA | U | $200,000 | paid | FIFTH INSTALLMENT OF PLEDGE TO ESTABLISH THE ARDIS BUTLER JAMES FUND FOR DIVERSITY AT THE SCHLESINGER LIBRARY | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc New York, NY | B | $200,000 | paid | For Sikkuy | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Harvard Univ Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Cambridge, MA | U | $200,000 | paid | Fifth installment of capital pledge for the James Family Dean's Fund for Professional Development | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc New York, NY | B | $200,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Carleton College Northfield, MN | B | $180,000 | paid | To support the Paglia Post-Bac Research Fellowship | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc Stamford, CT | D | $165,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Doane University Crete, NE | B | $150,000 | paid | FIFTH INSTALLMENT OF CAPITAL PLEDGE | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Tenacity Inc Boston, MA | B | $150,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | University of Nebraska Foundation - International Lincoln, NE | D | $148,500 | paid | The Whitney Project | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | B | $145,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Plummer Youth Promise Inc Salem, MA | B | $125,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Donors Trust Inc Alexandria, VA | B | $125,000 | paid | VMTS | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | President and Fellows of Harvard College Boston, MA | C | $125,000 | paid | first installment of a pledge TO HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL IN SUPPORT OF RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Helen Keller International New York, NY | C | $110,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Harvard Business School Boston, MA | U | $100,000 | paid | Annual Gift FuND | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Washington, DC | B | $100,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Summer Search Boston Jamaica Plain, MA | U | $100,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Umass Medical School Foundation Inc Shrewsbury, MA | D | $100,000 | paid | to support UMass Medical School Covid-19 Pandemic Research Fund | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Partners Healthcare System Inc - Spaulding Rehab H Cambridge, MA | U | $100,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Wallin Education Partners Minneapolis, MN | C | $100,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Trustees for Harvard University Cambridge, MA | B | $100,000 | paid | Harvard Kennedy School - Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Harvard Univ - Radcliffe Inst for Advanced Study Cambridge, MA | U | $100,000 | paid | FIFTH INSTALLMENT OF CAPITAL PLEDGE TO ESTABLISH THE ARDIS BUTLER JAMES FUND FOR SCIENCE | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | The Yankee Institute for Public Policy Studies Inc Hartford, CT | C | $90,756 | paid | Payment for challenge grant 2018-2020 | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | The Yankee Institute for Public Policy Studies Inc Hartford, CT | C | $75,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Stamford Hospital Stamford, CT | C | $75,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Platte Institute for Economic Research Inc Omaha, NE | B | $65,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | University of Nebraska Foundation - International Lincoln, NE | D | $64,500 | paid | To support the International Quilt Museum/Modern Quilt Guild project to create a Modern Quilt Guild collection | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Willa Cather Foundation Red Cloud, NE | B | $62,500 | paid | First installment of an endowment pledge | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Norwalk Community College Foundation Norwalk, CT | B | $60,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Northeast Arc Inc Danvers, MA | B | $50,000 | paid | first installment in a pledge PAYABLE 2020-2024 | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | The Presbyterian Church of Mt Kisco Mt Kisco, NY | U | $50,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Riverview School Inc East Sandwich, MA | B | $50,000 | paid | FINAL INSTALLMENT OF A PLEDGE | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Boston Foundation Inc Boston, MA | B | $50,000 | paid | First installment to King Boston for the initiative to establish the King Center for Social Justice | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Friends of Ngong Road Minneapolis, MN | B | $50,000 | paid | THIRD INSTALLMENT TO SUSTAINING PLEDGE PROGRAM | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust Inc Rangeley, ME | B | $50,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | President and Fellows of Harvard College Boston, MA | C | $50,000 | paid | Harvard Divinity School | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Cato Institute Washington, DC | B | $50,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc Stamford, CT | D | $50,000 | paid | Final installment of capital pledge | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Alliance for American Quilts Inc Asheville, NC | B | $47,083 | paid | Quilter's Save Our Stories Project | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Childrens Village Inc Dobbs Ferry, NY | U | $45,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Readworks Inc New York, NY | C | $40,000 | paid | to support the partnership between ReadWorks and International Quilt Museum | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Saint Michael Roman Catholic Church Corporation Greenwich, CT | B | $40,000 | paid | Final installment of a pledge for the "We Stand With Christ - Rebuilding Together" Capital Campaign | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Readworks Inc New York, NY | C | $25,872 | paid | pilot program partnering with the International Quilt Museum in Lincoln Nebraska | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | President and Fellows of Harvard College Boston, MA | C | $25,000 | paid | Harvard Divinity School | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Human Rights Watch Inc New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Harvard Business School Boston, MA | U | $25,000 | paid | JAMES FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP FUND | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Harvard Business School Boston, MA | U | $25,000 | paid | Robert G. James Annual Fund | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Fraxa Research Foundation Inc Newburyport, MA | B | $25,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | U | $25,000 | paid | First installment A PLEDGE TO SUPPORT THE QUILT INDEX | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Essex County Community Foundation Incorporated Danvers, MA | C | $25,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Washington, DC | B | $25,000 | paid | Strategic Impact Fund | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Harvard Medical School Boston, MA | D | $25,000 | paid | James Family ScholaRSHIP FUND | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Studio Art Quilt Assoc Inc Hebron, CT | B | $25,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | President and Fellows of Harvard College Boston, MA | C | $25,000 | paid | Harvard Divinity School for the Moses Mesoamerican Archive and Research Project led by Professor David Carasco | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | President and Fellows of Harvard College Boston, MA | C | $25,000 | paid | General Support for Harvard Graduate School of Education | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Harvard Univ Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Cambridge, MA | U | $25,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | US Friends of the International Institute for Stra Washington, DC | C | $20,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Friends of Ngong Road Minneapolis, MN | B | $20,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | The Independent Institute Oakland, CA | B | $20,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Carleton College Northfield, MN | B | $20,000 | paid | Parents Fund | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Safe Horizon Inc New York, NY | B | $15,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | El Porvenir Broomfield, CO | B | $10,000 | paid | Matching grant challenge | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | United Way of Greenwich Inc Greenwich, CT | C | $10,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Willa Cather Foundation Red Cloud, NE | B | $10,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Building One Community Corp Stamford, CT | B | $10,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Harvard Univ - Radcliffe Inst for Advanced Study Cambridge, MA | U | $10,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Global Lyme Alliance Inc Stamford, CT | C | $10,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Friends of International Quilt Study Center & Muse Lincoln, NE | U | $10,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc Stamford, CT | D | $10,000 | paid | Charitable Event | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Re Washington, DC | C | $10,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Doane University Crete, NE | B | $10,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Theater Masters Aspen, CO | C | $10,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Nebraska Wesleyan University Lincoln, NE | U | $5,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Ord Township Library Foundation Inc Ord, NE | B | $5,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | American Quilt Study Group Lincoln, NE | B | $2,000 | paid | To support the 2020 Seminar | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Alzheimer's Association - Connecticut Chapter Southington, CT | U | $1,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Stamford Hospital Stamford, CT | C | $1,000 | paid | Support Team Edgehill | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | American Quilt Study Group Lincoln, NE | B | $1,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
| 2020 | Making Headway Foundation Inc Chappaqua, NY | B | $250 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202143209349101119 |
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