Massachusetts · Private foundation
Arthur H Cort Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $25k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Arthur H Cort Family Foundation’s FY2026 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2026 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2025, the last year Arthur H Cort Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $25k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,304
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations Arthur H Cort Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $18k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $11k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $9k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $14k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $53k | 69% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $10k | 69% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $20k | 85% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $16k | 83% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Solomon Humanitarian Foundation for Handicapped Children Inc | $19,775 | 5 | 3% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $8,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Association for Creatine Deficiencies | $5,110 | 1 | n/a |
| Courageous Sailing Center for Youth Inc | $5,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $4,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Big Sister Association of Greater Boston Inc | $2,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc | $2,498 | 7 | 0% |
| Pine Street Inn Inc | $1,734 | 4 | 0% |
| Easter Seals Massachusetts Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Webb Innovation Center for Dyslexia | $1,300 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 42 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($97k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Arthur H Cort Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Verizon Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About Arthur H Cort Family Foundation
- How much does Arthur H Cort Family Foundation give?
- Arthur H Cort Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $24,785 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Arthur H Cort Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (51%), Youth Development (13%), Health (13%).
- Who are Arthur H Cort Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: King Solomon Humanitarian Foundation for Handicapped Children Inc ($20k), Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($8k), Association for Creatine Deficiencies ($5k).
- Does Arthur H Cort Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Arthur H Cort Family 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 Arthur H Cort Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Arbella Insurance Foundation, AbbVie Foundation.
- Where is Arthur H Cort Family Foundation based?
- Arthur H Cort Family Foundation is based in MA.
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