Massachusetts · Public charity
Bruce J Anderson Foundation
Grantmaking: To assist in the fields of environmental protection, historic preservation, the arts and mental health in Cape Ann and the Nashua River Watershed.
- $229k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $159k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $14,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 19
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations Bruce J Anderson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 | 17 | $145k | 12% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $126k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $176k | 32% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $159k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $131k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $151k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justice Resource Institute Inc | $58,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Healing Abuse Working for Change Inc | $55,500 | 5 | 1% |
| YMCA of the North Shore Inc | $54,662 | 6 | 0% |
| Cape Ann Art Haven Inc | $51,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Express Yourself Inc | $50,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Gloucester Education Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 6 | 18% |
| Backyard Growers Inc | $48,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Pathways for Childreninc | $46,277 | 5 | 0% |
| The Open Door Cape Ann Food Pantry Inc | $44,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bruce J Anderson 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: Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc · The Applied Materials Foundation · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · McCarthy Family Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · The Jebediah Foundation 7563-Xxxxxx00129 · Brace Cove Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Bruce J Anderson Foundation
- How much does Bruce J Anderson Foundation give?
- Bruce J Anderson Foundation reported 18 itemized grants totaling $159,000, out of $229,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 19 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Bruce J Anderson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (21%), Youth Development (19%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Bruce J Anderson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Justice Resource Institute Inc ($58k), Healing Abuse Working for Change Inc ($56k), YMCA of the North Shore Inc ($55k).
- Does Bruce J Anderson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bruce J Anderson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Essex County Community Foundation Inc, Boston Foundation Inc, Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Bruce J Anderson Foundation based?
- Bruce J Anderson Foundation is based in MA.
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