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David R Grenon Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$220k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
43
Grants FY2024
33
Organizations funded FY2023
15%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
33 to 46
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$1.5M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 15% of the organizations David R Grenon Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureInternationalHealthScience & TechPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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
FY2024still arriving36$220k25%
FY202333$147k15%
FY202238$119k37%
FY202141$557k12%
FY202044$359k16%
FY201946$120k28%
FY201837$145k16%
FY201743$153kn/a
79% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.2MHealth$119kArts & Culture$93kReligion$67kHuman Services$40kHousing & Shelter$30kPhilanthropy$28kFood & Nutrition$18kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MA
PA
CT
RI
MD
AZ
KS
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Assumption University$733,75080%
Villanova University$400,00080%
Diocese of Worcester$59,0008n/a
Abby Kelley Foster House Inc$25,50031%
Umass Chan Medical School Foundation Inc$13,5004n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Inc$11,10060%
Visitation House Inc$10,50060%
Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives Inc$7,20030%
Community Harvest Project Inc$6,00060%
The Sisters of Saint Ann Inc$5,50070%
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All grantees of David R Grenon Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Assumption University$733,75080%
Villanova University$400,00080%
Diocese of Worcester$59,0008n/a
Abby Kelley Foster House Inc$25,50031%
Umass Chan Medical School Foundation Inc$13,5004n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Inc$11,10060%
Visitation House Inc$10,50060%
Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives Inc$7,20030%
Community Harvest Project Inc$6,00060%
The Sisters of Saint Ann Inc$5,50070%
Casa Project Inc$4,00070%
Old Sturbridge Inc$3,75070%
Mechanics Hall Corporation$3,60053%
Worcester County Food Bank Inc$3,00050%
St Johns High School$2,0008n/a
Family Health Center of Worcesterinc$2,00040%
Genesis House Inc$2,0002n/a
Saint Francis Community Health Care Inc$2,00021%
Veterans Inc$1,75050%
Dismas House of Massachusetts Inc$1,50010%
Preservation Worcester Inc$1,50010%
Starrett Memorial United Methodist Church$1,0001n/a
Worcester Academy$1,00010%
Worcester Natural History Society Inc$1,00010%
Faith in Practice$1,00010%
Worcester Art Museum$1,00010%
Fort Adams Trust Inc$1,00040%
Pernet Family Health Service Inc$1,00010%
Joy of Music Program Inc$1,00010%
Unbound$93220%
Worcester Historical Museum$75030%
Venerini Academy Inc$7503n/a
Justice for Detainees in Syria Inc$50014%
Be Like Brit Foundation Inc$50010%
Autism Speaks Inc$50010%
Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association$50010%
Worcester Youth Center Inc$50020%
Music Worcester Inc$45030%
National Coast Guard Museum Association Inc$25010%
Children's Hospital Corporation$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 62 recipients with no EIN on record ($506k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David R Grenon Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAssumption University: $733,750 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetVillanova University: $400,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAbby Kelley Foster House Inc: $25,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Inc: $11,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVisitation House Inc: $10,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMassachusetts Biomedical Initiatives Inc: $7,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Harvest Project Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Sisters of Saint Ann Inc: $5,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCasa Project Inc: $4,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetOld Sturbridge Inc: $3,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMechanics Hall Corporation: $3,600 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetWorcester County Food Bank Inc: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Health Center of Worcesterinc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Francis Community Health Care Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetVeterans Inc: $1,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDismas House of Massachusetts Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPreservation Worcester Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWorcester Academy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorcester Natural History Society Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFaith in Practice: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorcester Art Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFort Adams Trust Inc: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPernet Family Health Service Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJoy of Music Program Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnbound: $932 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorcester Historical Museum: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJustice for Detainees in Syria Inc: $500 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetBe Like Brit Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRhode Island Community Food Bank Association: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorcester Youth Center Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMusic Worcester Inc: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Coast Guard Museum Association Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $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 34.

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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.

The Fletcher FoundationMA43.1× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Fletcher Foundation · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · The George I Alden Trust · Stoddard Charitable Trust · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation · Schwartz Charitable Foundation · Wyman Gordon · Ruth H & Warren a Ellsworth Foundation · Coghlin Services Fund · Mildred H McEvoy Foundation · Webster Five Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation

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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About David R Grenon Family Foundation

How much does David R Grenon Family Foundation give?
David R Grenon Family Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $220,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 46 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does David R Grenon Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (66%), Health (7%), Arts & Culture (5%).
Who are David R Grenon Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Assumption University ($734k), Villanova University ($400k), Diocese of Worcester ($59k).
Does David R Grenon Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does David R Grenon Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as David R Grenon Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Fletcher Foundation, Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc, The George I Alden Trust.
Where is David R Grenon Family Foundation based?
David R Grenon Family 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 103 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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