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Crawford Foundation

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.

$287k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
41
Grants FY2025
39
Organizations funded FY2024
5%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$120,000
Organizations funded a year
31 to 39
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$6.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 5% of the organizations Crawford Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEnvironmentRecreation & SportsAnimalsEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving41$287k10%
FY202439$266k5%
FY202339$250k18%
FY202236$240k28%
FY202131$211k19%
FY202031$205kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$889kArts & Culture$304kHealth$97kEnvironment$59kRecreation & Sports$41kHuman Services$28kAnimals$13kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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NH
NY
MA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
VA
DC
HI
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Learning Project Inc$425,25043%
Boston Baroque Inc$163,50064%
Sarah Lawrence College$118,00062%
Yale University$55,0006n/a
Runway for Recovery Inc$50,00062%
WGBH Educational Foundation$40,00040%
Garden Club of the Back Bay Inc$33,00066%
Friends of the Public Garden Inc$30,00060%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$30,00040%
Pitzer College$30,00060%
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All grantees of Crawford Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Learning Project Inc$425,25043%
Boston Baroque Inc$163,50064%
Sarah Lawrence College$118,00062%
Yale University$55,0006n/a
Runway for Recovery Inc$50,00062%
WGBH Educational Foundation$40,00040%
Garden Club of the Back Bay Inc$33,00066%
Friends of the Public Garden Inc$30,00060%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$30,00040%
Pitzer College$30,00060%
St Botolph Club Foundation$28,00063%
Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum$26,00063%
Musical Creators Institute Inc$25,000236%
World Central Kitchen Inc$10,0001n/a
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School$9,00060%
Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc$7,50050%
Native Plant Trust Inc$7,50060%
Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association$7,50050%
Valley Regional Hospital Inc$7,50030%
Glimmerglass Opera Theatre Inc$6,00040%
Bring on the Music Inc$5,00010%
Westerly Area Rest Meals (Warm) Inc$5,00010%
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$5,00060%
Hollywood Food Coalition$5,00010%
Friends of Griffith Park$4,50051%
Friends of Los Feliz Library$4,5003n/a
Friends of the Los Angeles River$4,00040%
Ojai Valley School$3,00060%
Montclair Kimberley Academy Foundation$2,75060%
Art Jewelry Forum$2,25050%
Cambridge Camping Association Inc$2,25060%
The James Beard Foundation Inc$2,00040%
Museum of Art Ogunquit D/B/A Ogunquit Museum of Art$2,00040%
Worcester Art Museum$2,00010%
The David K Johnson Foundation Inc$1,750616%
The Gibson Society Inc$1,75060%
Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay Inc$1,75060%
Wellesley College$1,50060%
Los Angeles Garden Club Inc$1,5003n/a
Los Feliz Improvement Association$1,25051%
Lyric Stage Company of Boston Inc$1,00010%
The Boston Committee of the Garden Club of America Inc$1,00023%
The Garden Conservancy Inc$1,00020%
Plimoth Patuxet Museums Inc$50010%
New England Philharmonic Inc$25010%
Parkinson Voice Project Inc$25010%
Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc$25010%
Animal Welfare Society Inc$25010%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$25010%
Sherrill House Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($287k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Crawford Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Learning Project Inc: $425,250 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetBoston Baroque Inc: $163,500 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetSarah Lawrence College: $118,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetRunway for Recovery Inc: $50,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGarden Club of the Back Bay Inc: $33,000 over 6y, 6.2% of budgetFriends of the Public Garden Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCedars-Sinai Medical Center: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPitzer College: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSt Botolph Club Foundation: $28,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetAlexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum: $26,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetMusical Creators Institute Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 36% of budgetBuckingham Browne & Nichols School: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEmerald Necklace Conservancy Inc: $7,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNative Plant Trust Inc: $7,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Los Angeles Zoological Association: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetValley Regional Hospital Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGlimmerglass Opera Theatre Inc: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBring on the Music Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWesterly Area Rest Meals (Warm) Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMassachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHollywood Food Coalition: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Griffith Park: $4,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetFriends of the Los Angeles River: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOjai Valley School: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMontclair Kimberley Academy Foundation: $2,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetArt Jewelry Forum: $2,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCambridge Camping Association Inc: $2,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe James Beard Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Art Ogunquit D/B/A Ogunquit Museum of Art: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWorcester Art Museum: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe David K Johnson Foundation Inc: $1,750 over 6y, 16% of budgetThe Gibson Society Inc: $1,750 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetNeighborhood Association of the Back Bay Inc: $1,750 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWellesley College: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLos Feliz Improvement Association: $1,250 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetLyric Stage Company of Boston Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Boston Committee of the Garden Club of America Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetThe Garden Conservancy Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPlimoth Patuxet Museums Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew England Philharmonic Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetParkinson Voice Project Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBroadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Welfare Society Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSherrill House Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 46.

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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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Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · William L Murphy & Claire M Corcoran Family Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Ibm International Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Crawford Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Crawford Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Crawford Foundation

How much does Crawford Foundation give?
Crawford Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $287,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 39 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Crawford Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (61%), Arts & Culture (21%), Health (7%).
Who are Crawford Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Learning Project Inc ($425k), Boston Baroque Inc ($164k), Sarah Lawrence College ($118k).
Does Crawford Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Crawford Foundation 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 Crawford Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, William L Murphy & Claire M Corcoran Family Foundation, Eastern Bank Foundation.
Where is Crawford Foundation based?
Crawford Foundation is based in MA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 60 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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