Massachusetts · Private foundation
Curiosity 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.
- $32k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 32
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $651k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Curiosity Foundation Inc 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; $200 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 | 18 | $32k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $30k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $27k | 88% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $4k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation for Climate Restoration Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Climate Emergency Fund | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Carbon Removal | $3,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Land is Life Inc | $3,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Ocean Visions Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trees Water and People | $700 | 3 | 0% |
| Trees for the Future Inc | $700 | 4 | 0% |
| One Tree Planted Inc | $700 | 4 | 0% |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | $650 | 6 | 0% |
| National Arbor Day Foundation | $600 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation for Climate Restoration Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Climate Emergency Fund | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Carbon Removal | $3,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Land is Life Inc | $3,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Ocean Visions Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trees Water and People | $700 | 3 | 0% |
| Trees for the Future Inc | $700 | 4 | 0% |
| One Tree Planted Inc | $700 | 4 | 0% |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | $650 | 6 | 0% |
| National Arbor Day Foundation | $600 | 3 | 0% |
| Museum of Science | $575 | 6 | 0% |
| Lite Initiatives | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Stand | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Brockton Symphony Orchestra | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Boston Lyric Opera Company | $500 | 3 | 0% |
| Oceana Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| League of American Wheelman Inc | $375 | 5 | 0% |
| Greenpeace Inc | $300 | 4 | 0% |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | $300 | 4 | 0% |
| Urban Ecology Center Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Reservations | $200 | 3 | 0% |
| Boston Cyclists Union Inc | $100 | 2 | 0% |
| Global Zero | $100 | 3 | 0% |
| Green Energy Consumers Alliance Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Peace Action Inc | $100 | 2 | 0% |
| Future Earth | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $50 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($65k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Curiosity Foundation Inc 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 Curiosity Foundation Inc
- How much does Curiosity Foundation Inc give?
- Curiosity Foundation Inc reported 18 grants totaling $32,245 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 32 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Curiosity Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (86%), Arts & Culture (5%), Civil Rights (5%).
- Who are Curiosity Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Foundation for Climate Restoration Inc ($5k), Climate Emergency Fund ($5k), Center for Carbon Removal ($3k).
- Does Curiosity Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Curiosity 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 Curiosity Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Barr Foundation, Eastern Bank Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Curiosity Foundation Inc based?
- Curiosity Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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