Massachusetts · Private foundation
Aequa Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $318k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Aequa Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Boston Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $317,820
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $317,820
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 100% of the organizations Aequa Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 1 | $2k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $7k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $44k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $31k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folk Arts Center of New England Inc | $17,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Stone Trust Inc | $17,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Boston Early Music Festival Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pinewoods Camp Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| New England Folk Festival Association Inc | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Assn for the Study of Language in Prehistory Inc | $2,291 | 1 | 99% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Aequa Foundation
- How much does Aequa Foundation give?
- Aequa Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $317,820 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Aequa Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (94%), Arts & Culture (3%), International (2%).
- Who are Aequa Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Folk Arts Center of New England Inc ($17k), The Stone Trust Inc ($17k), Boston Early Music Festival Inc ($11k).
- Does Aequa Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Aequa Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Aequa Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Aequa Foundation based?
- Aequa Foundation is based in MA.
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