Massachusetts · Private foundation
Copeland Family Foundation 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.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2022
- 97
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 93
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2022
- $851k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 102
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 2
- Total assets, FY2022
- $44M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 4% of the organizations Copeland Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 93 | $851k | 4% |
| FY2021 | 102 | $901k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $1.3M | n/a |
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 FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Library Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Neads Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Perkins School for the Blind | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gavin Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Milton Art Center Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Interfaith Social Services Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Milton National Little League Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Milton Animal League Inc | $20,500 | 2 | 7% |
| Cardinal Cushing Centers Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boys' & Girls' Club of Taunton Incorporated | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 55 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 52 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Copeland Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 51 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Copeland Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Copeland Family Foundation Inc give?
- Copeland Family Foundation Inc reported 97 itemized grants totaling $851,000, out of $1,054,025 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 102 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Copeland Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (2%), Human Services (2%), Health (2%).
- Who are Copeland Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Milton Library Foundation Inc ($50k), Neads Inc ($50k), Perkins School for the Blind ($40k).
- Does Copeland Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Copeland Family Foundation 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 Copeland Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, South Shore Bank Charitable Foundation Inc, Arbella Insurance Foundation.
- Where is Copeland Family Foundation Inc based?
- Copeland Family Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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