Massachusetts · Private foundation
Bonsen 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.
- $330k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Bonsen Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 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, FY2024
- $330,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $330,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 19
- FY2019 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 100% of the organizations Bonsen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $95k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro Publica Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reporters Without Borders Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Artisan's Asylum Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Internet Archive | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Reason Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saha Global Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Educate Lanka Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Liter of Light USA Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Digital Medicine Society Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bonsen 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.
Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Bonsen Foundation
- How much does Bonsen Foundation give?
- Bonsen Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $330,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 19 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2020.
- What does Bonsen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2020, its largest causes are Education (94%), Arts & Culture (1%), International (1%).
- Who are Bonsen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2020: Pro Publica Inc ($5k), Reporters Without Borders Inc ($5k), Artisan's Asylum Inc ($5k).
- Does Bonsen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bonsen 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 Bonsen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Bonsen Foundation based?
- Bonsen Foundation is based in MA.
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