Massachusetts · Private foundation
Comet Foundation F/K/A the Steinert Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $525,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $25M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Comet Foundation F/K/A the Steinert Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.4M 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 | 25 | $2.7M | 92% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $3.4M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $500k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $125k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 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, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University | $525,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Steppingstone Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Nantucket Performing Arts Center Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Pingree School Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Emerson Health Care Foundation Inc | $120,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Wily Network | $73,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Gasparilla Isl Conser & Improve Assn | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Harpers Home Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University | $525,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Steppingstone Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Nantucket Performing Arts Center Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Pingree School Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Emerson Health Care Foundation Inc | $120,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Wily Network | $73,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Gasparilla Isl Conser & Improve Assn | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Harpers Home Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Concord Free Public Library Corporation | $23,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc | $20,206 | 1 | n/a |
| Hudson Valley Clubhouse Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nashoba Brooks School of Concord Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington and Lee University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Steppingstone Inc | $1,041 | 1 | 0% |
| Compassionate Care ALS Inc | $1,030 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Comet Foundation F/K/A the Steinert Family 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: Zachary and Lindsey Gund Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Comet Foundation F/K/A the Steinert Family Foundation with peer funders
About Comet Foundation F/K/A the Steinert Family Foundation
- How much does Comet Foundation F/K/A the Steinert Family Foundation give?
- Comet Foundation F/K/A the Steinert Family Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $3,205,388 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Comet Foundation F/K/A the Steinert Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (59%), Health (33%), Arts & Culture (4%).
- Who are Comet Foundation F/K/A the Steinert Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Vanderbilt University ($525k), Steppingstone Foundation Inc ($250k), Nantucket Performing Arts Center Inc ($250k).
- Does Comet Foundation F/K/A the Steinert Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Comet Foundation F/K/A the Steinert Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Comet Foundation F/K/A the Steinert Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Zachary and Lindsey Gund Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Comet Foundation F/K/A the Steinert Family Foundation based?
- Comet Foundation F/K/A the Steinert Family Foundation is based in MA.
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