Massachusetts · Private foundation
Carlson Family Trust
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.
- $210k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $90,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Carlson Family Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 | 23 | $210k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $166k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $113k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $203k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $142k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $127k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $142k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $152k | 11% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thacher & Straitsmouth Islands Association | $180,000 | 9 | 24% |
| Peabody Essex Museum Inc | $173,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Familyaid Boston Inc | $172,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Brewster Academy | $155,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Camp O-AT-KA Inc | $75,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The Hundred Club of Mass Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 1% |
| YMCA of the North Shore Inc | $40,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Joslin Diabetes Center Inc | $31,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute Incorporated | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Rockport Art Association | $15,000 | 9 | 1% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thacher & Straitsmouth Islands Association | $180,000 | 9 | 24% |
| Peabody Essex Museum Inc | $173,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Familyaid Boston Inc | $172,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Brewster Academy | $155,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Camp O-AT-KA Inc | $75,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The Hundred Club of Mass Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 1% |
| YMCA of the North Shore Inc | $40,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Joslin Diabetes Center Inc | $31,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute Incorporated | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Rockport Art Association | $15,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Sealaska Heritage Institute | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pathways for Childreninc | $10,000 | 8 | 0% |
| 22 Mohawks Corp | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of Boston University | $9,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wellspring House Inc | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Endicott College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Open Door Cape Ann Food Pantry Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gloucester Celebration Corporation Co Robert J Gillis Jr | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Shore Arts Association of Gloucester Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($409k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Carlson Family Trust 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 Carlson Family Trust
- How much does Carlson Family Trust give?
- Carlson Family Trust reported 23 grants totaling $209,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Carlson Family Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (41%), Education (20%), Housing & Shelter (12%).
- Who are Carlson Family Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Thacher & Straitsmouth Islands Association ($180k), Peabody Essex Museum Inc ($173k), Familyaid Boston Inc ($172k).
- Does Carlson Family Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Carlson Family Trust 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 Carlson Family Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc, Essex County Community Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation.
- Where is Carlson Family Trust based?
- Carlson Family Trust is based in MA.
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