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Aegis Foundation Inc

Historical Funder

Jersey City, New Jersey · EIN 26-4187654 · Private foundation

Grants paid (2025)$53K
Organizations funded30
Typical grant$500
Total assets$27K

Half of its grants to organizations were between $206 and $2,000.

From the return

How to apply

The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2025):

ContactAEGIS Foundation Inc
Address30 Hudson Street 8th Floor, Jersey City NJ 07302
Phone2015082668
Form and materialsAEGIS employees may request matching contributions from the Foundation to 501 (c)charities by including with their contribution to the grantee the completed AEGIS Matching Gift Program form.
DeadlinesReasonable timeframe
RestrictionsDonations of $25 or more, made by eligible AEGIS employees, will be matched dollar - for- dollar by the AEGIS Foundation up to a combined total of $2,000 per donor in any one calendar year.The AEGIS Foundation Matching Gift Program will not match employee contributions for the following:BequestsGifts made by employee's family membersThe payment of insurance premiumsPayments in lieu of tuitionAmounts payable as subscription fees to publicationsDues or gifts payable to national or local groups that are not distributed to the affiliated institutionsPayments to satisfy any legal obligationsGifts to oragnizations where admission or participation is unlawfully restrictedGifts pledged but not yet paid Payments, such as tithes, that are a condition of membership in a religious organization.Non-cash items of value, including property, art, cars, clothing or furniture.

Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.

What it funds

Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.

  • Education4
  • Health3
  • Human Services2
  • Animal Welfare1
  • Arts & Culture1
  • Children & Youth1

Where it gives

73% of grants went outside New Jersey.

Grants paid in tax year 2025

RecipientLocationPurposeAmount
Americares Foundation IncStamford, CTEmployee Match$5,580
Freedom Service Dogs IncEnglewood, COEmployee Match$4,060
Providence CollegeProvidence, RIEmployee Match$4,000
Oratory Prep SchoolSummit, NJEmployee Match$3,000
Camp Sunshine Snowflake IncWayne, NJEmployee Match$2,362
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NYEmployee Match$2,000
The Green Flag Committee A NJ NPCMillville, NJEmployee Match$2,000
Paine Castle Foundation IncTroy, NYEmployee Match$2,000
City HarvestBrooklyn, NYEmployee Match$2,000
The Salvation ArmyUnion, NJEmployee Match$1,750
Pilots to the Rescue IncBrooklyn, NYEmployee Match$1,093
The Pennington SchoolPennington, NJEmployee Match$1,000
Holy Child School at RosemontRosemont, PAEmployee Match$1,000
St Rose of Lima Catholic ChurchMassapequa, NYEmployee Match$800
The Jewish Center - Chabad of HobokHoboken, NJEmployee Match$500
USMMA Alumni AssociationFoundationIKings Point, NYEmployee Match$500
Alliance Defending FreedomScottsdale, AZEmployee Match$400
Diocese of TrentonTrenton, NJEmployee Match$350
Maui United WayWailuku, HIEmployee Match$292
Doctors Without Borders USA IncNew York, NYEmployee Match$288
The Amarillo College Foundation IncAmarillo, TXEmployee Match$257
Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NYEmployee Match$250
American Heart AssociationDallas, TXEmployee Match$206
Windber Hospital Palliative Care FdWindber, PAEmployee Match$200
Marywood UniversityScranton, PAEmployee Match$100
Pasadena Humane Society SPCAPasadena, CAEmployee Match$100
The Headstrong FoundationWoodlyn, PAEmployee Match$75
St Edmund's Retreat IncMystic, CTEmployee Match$50
The Arthritis Foundation IncAtlanta, GAEmployee Match$25
Oceans Harbor House IncToms River, NJEmployee Match$25

The return also lists 11 grants to individuals ($17,152). We do not publish the names of individual recipients.

Grants approved for future payment

RecipientLocationPurposeAmount
Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NYEmployee Match$250
West Orange Scholarship FundWest Orange, NJEmployee Match$100

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidGrant lines
2025$53,41544
2024$48,28145
2023$19,18439

Sources

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