Mccloskey Family Charitable Trust
The organization is a private foundation focused on supporting various charitable causes, particularly in education and health. Its mission includes funding educational initiatives, such as the production of historical educational films, and providing assistance to children in need, including medical care for those with clefts and educational support for underprivileged youth. The foundation serves a diverse range of nonprofit organizations, contributing to both local and national efforts. It demonstrates a commitment to historical preservation and educational advancement, reflecting its values of community support and educational enrichment.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A mid-sized education or children's health organization (often producing educational content or historical films) with capacity to manage mid-size grants and a pathway to introduce the organization to the trustees or existing grantees.
Good Fit
- • Work producing historical educational films or other educational content.
- • Programs serving children’s education or child health initiatives.
- • Ability to manage grants in the roughly $25K–$120K range.
- • Existing relationships or introductions from organizations the foundation has funded.
Geography
In the latest year grants went to recipients in four states (including a strong Washington, DC concentration), showing a multi-state footprint with a clear DC-heavy concentration.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded seven distinct organizations in 2023 and added six new recipients that year, indicating a moderately diverse recipient set for a small private foundation despite dollar concentration among the top five.
New Applicants
Direct evidence shows the funder adds new grantees (six new recipients in 2023), but it explicitly restricts funding to pre-selected applicants and provides no public website or contact route; therefore an unfamiliar applicant without introductions is unlikely to access funding.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
