The Florence Christian Home does not appear to fund operating nonprofits directly; instead its recorded giving is entirely channeled through a donor-advised vehicle (Fidelity Investments Charitable). All grants are classified as general/charitable, suggesting the foundation acts as a grantmaking or pass-through entity rather than targeting specific programmatic causes or local service providers.
Highly concentrated and singular: three grants totaling $554,000 all to the same intermediary (Fidelity Investments Charitable). No evidence of multiple beneficiary organizations, geographic targeting, or topic-specific funding — the foundation uses a single channel for its charitable distributions.
Florence Christian Home’s recorded giving is dominated by charitable transfers to Fidelity Investments Charitable, with the largest recent grant reaching $216,500 in 2025. That pattern frames the foundation as a pass-through grantmaker rather than a direct operator of programs, and its grants are recorded as charitable support rather than project-specific awards. Alongside the large intermediary grants, the recent record includes smaller gifts to New Jersey organizations such as Holland Home and Lighthouse Pregnancy Resource Cente, showing that some funding also reaches local recipients directly. The foundation’s latest filing year on file is 2025, and its annual grants total $570,000 against $2,131,213 in assets. Its grantmaking is concentrated enough that New Jersey receives the majority of its grants, while the presence of Boston-based Fidelity Investments Charitable shows that some of its giving is routed through a national financial intermediary. The overall record points to a foundation using a mix of intermediary channels and direct charitable grants within a regional pattern of giving.
A core theme in Florence Christian Home’s recent grantmaking is donor-advised philanthropy. In 2024, it gave $187,500 to Fidelity Investments Charitable for charitable purposes, and a similar transfer appears again at $150,000 in 2023. That repeated intermediary giving suggests the foundation often channels support through a single financial vehicle rather than through program-specific awards. It also gives directly to New Jersey organizations. The foundation awarded $7,500 to Holland Home in North Haledon and $5,000 to Lighthouse Pregnancy Resource Cente in Hawthorne, showing support for charitable entities in its regional footprint. Another direct grant went to NJ Family Policy Center in Trenton for $2,500, adding a policy-oriented recipient to the mix. A smaller 2023 grant of $1,000 to Renew Life Center in Paterson rounds out the recent record of direct charitable support.
Typical grant size is modest at the low end and highly skewed by a few larger awards: p25 is $3,750, median is $7,500, and p75 is $168,750. The recent record shows both recurring and one-off recipients, with Fidelity Investments Charitable appearing in multiple years as the foundation’s main grant recipient. Florence Christian Home does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. The recorded grants are classified as charitable, and the foundation’s grantmaking is highly concentrated through a donor-advised vehicle rather than a broad, open application program.
$219K
$2.1M
$228K
$290K
Most grants fall between $4K and $169K, with a median of $8K.
25th Percentile
$4K
Median
$8K
75th Percentile
$169K
About 57% of grants go to recipients in NJ.
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Notable grantees: Fidelity Investments Charitable (Fidelity Charitable)
Florence Christian Home gives most often in New Jersey, and 57% of its grants go to recipients in the HQ state. The recent record shows New Jersey recipients in North Haledon, Hawthorne, Trenton, and Paterson. Outside the state, the largest recipient is Fidelity Investments Charitable in Boston, Massachusetts. All recorded grants in the provided distribution are in the United States.
Its recorded giving is entirely classified as charitable support, with a heavy emphasis on transfers to Fidelity Investments Charitable. The pattern suggests a grantmaker that uses a donor-advised vehicle and also makes some direct gifts to New Jersey charities.
The grant-size distribution is p25 $3,750, median $7,500, and p75 $168,750. That spread shows a mix of small direct grants and much larger intermediary transfers.
New Jersey is the top state by grant count, with 57% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. Recent New Jersey recipients include organizations in North Haledon, Hawthorne, Trenton, and Paterson.
No. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments, according to the provided data.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE | BOSTON, MA | $216,500 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| NJ FAMILY POLICY CENTER | TRENTON, NJ | $2,500 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE | BOSTON, MA | $187,500 | 2024 | CHARITABLE |
| FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE | BOSTON, MA | $150,000 | 2023 | CHARITABLE |
| HOLLAND HOME | NORTH HALEDON, NJ | $7,500 | 2023 | CHARITABLE |
| LIGHTHOUSE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTE | HAWTHORNE, NJ | $5,000 | 2023 | CHARITABLE |
| RENEW LIFE CENTER | PATERSON, NJ | $1,000 | 2023 | CHARITABLE |
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE
$216,500CHARITABLE
NJ FAMILY POLICY CENTER
$2,500CHARITABLE
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE
$187,500CHARITABLE
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE
$150,000CHARITABLE
HOLLAND HOME
$7,500CHARITABLE
LIGHTHOUSE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTE
$5,000CHARITABLE
RENEW LIFE CENTER
CHARITABLE