The Fidelis Center for Law & Policy concentrates its funding on legal and political advocacy, with heavy, repeat support for a single legal advocacy partner. Grants indicate an interest in criminal-justice-related legal work and civic/political information or advocacy, with occasional small community-level donations. The foundation gives strategically and selectively rather than broadly across many causes.
Highly concentrated giving: the vast majority of funds go to one primary legal advocacy grantee through multiple large disbursements; a few much smaller grants go to political-advocacy and community organizations.
Fidelis Center for Law & Policy’s recent giving is anchored by sustained, large-scale support for Harold J Cassidy and Associates, a Shrewsbury, New Jersey legal advocacy practice that received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That three-year sequence, each at seven-figure scale, is the clearest sign of how this foundation funds: selectively, through large awards, and with a strong preference for legal advocacy work. The portfolio also shows a narrower set of related interests. Alongside legal advocacy, the foundation has made grants tied to political advocacy and to organizations working in civic or public-interest settings. Its grants are all to U.S. recipients, and the foundation is structured as a public charity. The recent record suggests a grantmaker that concentrates its resources in a small number of organizations rather than distributing many smaller awards across a broad field. The foundation’s largest recent grant was $1,503,092 in 2025, and its 2024 and 2023 awards to the same legal advocacy grantee were $1,434,138 and $1,308,147. Those repeated awards provide the strongest picture of its funding pattern and the role of long-term organizational support in its grantmaking.
Legal advocacy is the foundation’s clearest funding area. In 2025, Fidelis Center for Law & Policy gave $1,503,092 to Harold J Cassidy and Associates for legal advocacy, following similarly large awards in the prior two years. The foundation also supports political advocacy. In 2025 it awarded $380,000 to Community News Foundation for political advocacy, showing that its grantmaking extends beyond direct legal services into civic and public-affairs-oriented work. A smaller 2025 grant went to And Then There Were None, which received $56,200 for legal advocacy. The foundation has also made at least one general operating grant, including $5,000 to Dream Factory Kansas City in 2023. Taken together, the grants point to a mix of advocacy funding and occasional support for broader organizational needs.
Fidelis Center for Law & Policy gives at a high dollar level: the typical grant size sits at $656,574 at the 25th percentile, $1,308,147 at the median, and $1,371,142 at the 75th percentile. The pattern is unusually concentrated, with one grantee receiving repeated seven-figure awards across 2023, 2024, and 2025. That repeated support suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-off gifts. The foundation is a public charity and does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. No application process is indicated in the provided data.
$1.9M
$3.2M
$6.6M
$5.3M
Most grants fall between $657K and $1.4M, with a median of $1.3M.
25th Percentile
$657K
Median
$1.3M
75th Percentile
$1.4M
About 0% of grants go to recipients in NJ.
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Notable grantees: Harold J Cassidy and Associates, Community News Foundation, And Then There Were None, Dream Factory Kansas City
Grantmaking is regional and entirely U.S.-based. New Jersey receives the most grants, reflecting a strong concentration there, with Shrewsbury appearing repeatedly among the recent recipients. Other recipient locations include Harrisonville, Montana; Round Rock, Texas; and Overland Park, Kansas. Although the foundation is headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, none of the listed grants went to Indiana recipients.
The recent grants point to legal advocacy and political advocacy. A three-year sequence of grants went to Harold J Cassidy and Associates for legal advocacy, while Community News Foundation received a 2025 grant for political advocacy. The foundation also made a general operating grant to Dream Factory Kansas City.
The grant size distribution is high: p25 is $656,574, median is $1,308,147, and p75 is $1,371,142. Recent awards include several seven-figure grants, which shows a preference for large individual grants rather than many small ones.
Yes. Harold J Cassidy and Associates received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025, each for more than $1.3 million. That repeated pattern indicates ongoing support rather than a one-time award.
The top state by grant count is New Jersey. Recent recipients also appear in Montana, Texas, and Kansas, and the grant record is entirely U.S.-based.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAROLD J CASSIDY AND ASSOCIATES | SHREWSBURY, NJ | $1,503,092 | 2025 | LEGAL ADVOCACY |
| COMMUNITY NEWS FOUNDATION | HARRISONVILLE, MT | $380,000 | 2025 | POLITICAL ADVOCACY |
| AND THEN THERE WERE NONE | ROUND ROCK, TX | $56,200 | 2025 | LEGAL ADVOCACY |
| HAROLD J CASSIDY AND ASSOCIATES | SHREWSBURY, NJ | $1,434,138 | 2024 | LEGAL ADVOCACY |
| HAROLD J CASSIDY AND ASSOCIATES | SHREWSBURY, NJ | $1,308,147 | 2023 | LEGAL ADVOCACY |
| DREAM FACTORY KANSAS CITY | OVERLAND PARK, KS | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATING GRANT |
HAROLD J CASSIDY AND ASSOCIATES
$1,503,092LEGAL ADVOCACY
COMMUNITY NEWS FOUNDATION
$380,000POLITICAL ADVOCACY
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
$56,200LEGAL ADVOCACY
HAROLD J CASSIDY AND ASSOCIATES
$1,434,138LEGAL ADVOCACY
HAROLD J CASSIDY AND ASSOCIATES
$1,308,147LEGAL ADVOCACY
DREAM FACTORY KANSAS CITY
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT