Massachusetts · Private foundation
Association for the Relief of Aged Women of New Bedford
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.
- $715k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $463,368
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 12
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $21M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Association for the Relief of Aged Women of New Bedford funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 20 | $715k | 35% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $632k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $641k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $536k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $516k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Coastal Counties Legal Services Inc | $154,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Town of Westport | $107,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Art Museum New Bedford Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 4% |
| South Coast Lgbtq Network Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Coastal Neighbors Network Inc | $50,320 | 3 | 16% |
| New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Developmental Evaluation and Adjustment Facilities Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Old Dartmouth Historical Society | $11,070 | 2 | 0% |
| Buzzards Bay Coalition | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Coastal Counties Legal Services Inc | $154,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Town of Westport | $107,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Art Museum New Bedford Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 4% |
| South Coast Lgbtq Network Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Coastal Neighbors Network Inc | $50,320 | 3 | 16% |
| New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Developmental Evaluation and Adjustment Facilities Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Old Dartmouth Historical Society | $11,070 | 2 | 0% |
| Buzzards Bay Coalition | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Coastal Foodshed | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Womens Fund Southcoast Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Young Men's Christian Association Southcoast Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Nurse Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Association for the Relief of Aged Women of New Bedford 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.
Open a dossier: Southcoast Community Foundation Inc · Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Island Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Alvord Family Foundation · The Carney Family Charitable Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Southcoast Hospitals Group Inc · First Citizens Charitable Foundation Inc · William E Schrafft and Bertha E Schrafft Charitable Trust · Coastline Elderly Services Inc
How this is measured
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About Association for the Relief of Aged Women of New Bedford
- How much does Association for the Relief of Aged Women of New Bedford give?
- Association for the Relief of Aged Women of New Bedford reported 20 grants totaling $715,368 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 12 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Association for the Relief of Aged Women of New Bedford fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (82%), Crime & Legal (5%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are Association for the Relief of Aged Women of New Bedford's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: South Coastal Counties Legal Services Inc ($154k), Town of Westport ($108k), Art Museum New Bedford Inc ($75k).
- Does Association for the Relief of Aged Women of New Bedford fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Association for the Relief of Aged Women of New Bedford 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 Association for the Relief of Aged Women of New Bedford?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Southcoast Community Foundation Inc, Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc, Island Foundation Inc.
- Where is Association for the Relief of Aged Women of New Bedford based?
- Association for the Relief of Aged Women of New Bedford is based in MA.
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