Massachusetts · Private foundation
August Foundation Inc
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.
- $110k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 29
- Grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations August Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 28 | $107k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $67k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $49k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $46k | 4% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $59k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $66k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $48k | 37% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $43k | 52% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access Community Health Centers Inc | $50,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $37,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cambridge Health Alliance Foundation Inc | $32,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc | $19,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Elizabeth Peabody House Association | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Aldo Leopold Nature Center Inc | $14,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc | $13,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Best Buddies International Inc | $12,600 | 5 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc | $11,500 | 8 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($128k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget August Foundation Inc 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: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Cambridge Community Foundation · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Russell Colgate Fund Inc · Adelard & Valeda Roy Foundation · United Way of Dane County Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc
How this is measured
About August Foundation Inc
- How much does August Foundation Inc give?
- August Foundation Inc reported 29 grants totaling $109,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does August Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Health (26%), Food & Nutrition (17%).
- Who are August Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Access Community Health Centers Inc ($50k), Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc ($40k), Greater Boston Food Bank Inc ($37k).
- Does August Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does August Foundation Inc 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 August Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc).
- Where is August Foundation Inc based?
- August Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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