Massachusetts · Private foundation
Allison Family Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $72k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $37,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations Allison Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $72k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $170k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $126k | 28% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $82k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $213k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $84k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $136k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $60k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New England Wildlife Center Inc | $361,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Debate It Forward | $77,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Town of Belmont | $39,525 | 2 | n/a |
| Pioneer Institute Inc | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Davidson College | $25,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Handel and Haydn Society | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Council on Foreign Relations Inc | $7,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Association of Marshall Scholars Inc | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mount Auburn Hospital | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pets Are Loving Support Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New England Wildlife Center Inc | $361,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Debate It Forward | $77,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Town of Belmont | $39,525 | 2 | n/a |
| Pioneer Institute Inc | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Davidson College | $25,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Handel and Haydn Society | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Council on Foreign Relations Inc | $7,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Association of Marshall Scholars Inc | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mount Auburn Hospital | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pets Are Loving Support Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Belmont Day School Inc | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Trilateral Commission (North America) | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Marshall Fund 7522-Xxxxxx00227 | $3,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Americans for Oxford Inc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Food for Free Committee Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Monks of New Skete | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Paros Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New Skete Monasteries Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dana-Farber Inc | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Animal Rescue League of Boston | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Gardner Museum Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| American Forests | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($354k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Allison Family Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Allison Family Charitable Foundation
- How much does Allison Family Charitable Foundation give?
- Allison Family Charitable Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $72,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Allison Family Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (45%), Public Benefit (18%), Public Safety & Disaster (11%).
- Who are Allison Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: New England Wildlife Center Inc ($361k), Debate It Forward ($78k), Town of Belmont ($40k).
- Does Allison Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Allison Family Charitable 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 Allison Family Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, The Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Charitable Trust-I, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is Allison Family Charitable Foundation based?
- Allison Family Charitable Foundation is based in MA.
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