Delaware · Private foundation
Break New Ground Charitable Fund
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.
- $228k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $34,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Break New Ground Charitable Fund 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $194k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $103k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 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, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northeastern University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Essex County Greenbelt Association | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sena Institute of Technology Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Sigma XI the Scientific Research Honor Society Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Conservation Law Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reforest the Tropics Incorporated | $18,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Boston Globe Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northeastern University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Essex County Greenbelt Association | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sena Institute of Technology Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Sigma XI the Scientific Research Honor Society Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Conservation Law Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reforest the Tropics Incorporated | $18,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Boston Globe Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Campaign Legal Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Arms Control and | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Break New Ground Charitable Fund 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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Break New Ground Charitable Fund
- How much does Break New Ground Charitable Fund give?
- Break New Ground Charitable Fund reported 15 grants totaling $228,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Break New Ground Charitable Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (47%), International (15%), Education (12%).
- Who are Break New Ground Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Maine Coast Heritage Trust ($55k), Northeastern University ($50k), Essex County Greenbelt Association ($40k).
- Does Break New Ground Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Break New Ground Charitable Fund 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 Break New Ground Charitable Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Break New Ground Charitable Fund based?
- Break New Ground Charitable Fund is based in DE.
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