Massachusetts · Private foundation
Charles River Neighborhood
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $40k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Charles River Neighborhood funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 1 | $1k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $4k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $9k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $12k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $7k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $9k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $14k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $17k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suzuki School of Newton Inc | $25,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Newton Community Farm Inc | $8,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Fig City News | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harry H Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund | $4,800 | 4 | 2% |
| New Art Center in Newton Inc (Fka) Newton Arts Center Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Spark Newton Corporation | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Newton Cultural Alliance Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chinese Progressive Association | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Waban Improvement Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Jb Line Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suzuki School of Newton Inc | $25,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Newton Community Farm Inc | $8,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Fig City News | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harry H Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund | $4,800 | 4 | 2% |
| New Art Center in Newton Inc (Fka) Newton Arts Center Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Spark Newton Corporation | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Newton Cultural Alliance Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chinese Progressive Association | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Waban Improvement Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Jb Line Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Newton Food Pantry Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($27k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Charles River Neighborhood 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: Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Pomroy Rebecca Foundation Inc (Cust) · Eastern Cambridge Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Charles River Neighborhood
- How much does Charles River Neighborhood give?
- Charles River Neighborhood reported 1 grants totaling $1,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Charles River Neighborhood fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Arts & Culture (23%), Crime & Legal (12%).
- Who are Charles River Neighborhood's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Suzuki School of Newton Inc ($25k), Newton Community Farm Inc ($9k), Fig City News ($5k).
- Does Charles River Neighborhood fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles River Neighborhood accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Charles River Neighborhood?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc, Boston Foundation Inc, Pomroy Rebecca Foundation Inc (Cust).
- Where is Charles River Neighborhood based?
- Charles River Neighborhood is based in MA.
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