Massachusetts · Private foundation
Cahn Fund for Social Change 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.
- $184k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,140
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $52,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $423k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Cahn Fund for Social Change Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% 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 | 22 | $184k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $80k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $84k | 58% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $85k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $86k | 39% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $73k | 39% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $84k | 41% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $75k | 44% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rideshare 2 Vote Aware | $79,250 | 3 | 8% |
| Children's Trust Inc | $49,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Our Sisters School | $48,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Student Union | $46,500 | 5 | 3% |
| Kind Inc | $45,850 | 4 | 0% |
| T'Ruah | $41,300 | 5 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Cooks Inc | $25,500 | 7 | 1% |
| State Voices | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 46 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($149k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cahn Fund for Social Change 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.
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How this is measured
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About Cahn Fund for Social Change Inc
- How much does Cahn Fund for Social Change Inc give?
- Cahn Fund for Social Change Inc reported 22 grants totaling $183,920 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Cahn Fund for Social Change Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (18%), Civil Rights (13%), Crime & Legal (10%).
- Who are Cahn Fund for Social Change Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rideshare 2 Vote Aware ($79k), Children's Trust Inc ($49k), Our Sisters School ($48k).
- Does Cahn Fund for Social Change Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cahn Fund for Social Change 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 Cahn Fund for Social Change Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc), Boston Foundation Inc, American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc.
- Where is Cahn Fund for Social Change Inc based?
- Cahn Fund for Social Change Inc is based in MA.
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