Eagan Family Foundation

OVERVIEW: The Eagan Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to the arts, health, education, youth, human services and the environment.

IP TAKE: The foundation lacks transparency, which limits information available on its grantmaking priorities and activities. Grantmaking is particularly necessary here.

PROFILE: The Eagan Family Foundation was founded in 2001. It is steered by lawyer J. Christopher Eagan, senior counsel at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, and his family of Brooklyn, New York. The foundation does not maintain a website, which restricts further information on its priority areas and grantmaking strategies. Tax filings suggest that the Eagan Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to the arts, health, education, youth, human services, and the environment.

Grants for Arts and Culture, Public Health and Access, Early Childhood Education, Community Development, and Environment

J. Christopher Eagan received his J.D. from Fordham University, which the family supports via their foundation. Eagan’s daughter Kristy also attended Fordham. The family’s education grantmaking includes support of early childhood education. The foundation also appears to be interested in causes like community health and cancer, arts education, veterans and wildlife. While the foundation does not give away overwhelming sums annually, it spreads its money widely to quite a range of organizations.

Past grantees include Ice Theater of New York (Eagan’s wife Violet serves on the board), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Covenant House, Weill Cornell Medical College, Wounded Warrior Project, Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City and Prospect Park Alliance.

Important Grant Details

Grants range from $500 to $16,000. In a recent fiscal year, the foundation gave away around $260,000. The foundation keeps a low profile and does not accept unsolicited proposals.

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CONTACT:

Eagan Family Foundation
c/o Monarch Wealth & Business Mgmt
209 East 31st Street
New York, NY 10016