Massachusetts · Private foundation
Eastern Light Tr
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.
- $17k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $478k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Eastern Light Tr funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 7 | $17k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $4k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $3k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $10k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $3k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc | $3,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Bridges Homeward Inc | $3,500 | 6 | 0% |
| City Strings United Inc | $1,550 | 5 | 0% |
| Kataluma Inc | $1,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Axia Women Inc | $1,300 | 2 | 4% |
| Haley House Inc & Affiliates | $1,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Food for Free Committee Inc | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services Incorporated | $700 | 1 | 0% |
| Int'L Orthodox Christian Charities Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc | $3,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Bridges Homeward Inc | $3,500 | 6 | 0% |
| City Strings United Inc | $1,550 | 5 | 0% |
| Kataluma Inc | $1,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Axia Women Inc | $1,300 | 2 | 4% |
| Haley House Inc & Affiliates | $1,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Food for Free Committee Inc | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services Incorporated | $700 | 1 | 0% |
| Int'L Orthodox Christian Charities Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| De Novo Center for Justice and Healing | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rosie's Place Inc | $450 | 1 | 0% |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Eastern Light Tr 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: Eastern Bank Foundation · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Eastern Light Tr
- How much does Eastern Light Tr give?
- Eastern Light Tr reported 7 grants totaling $17,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Eastern Light Tr fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (43%), Religion (26%), Housing & Shelter (10%).
- Who are Eastern Light Tr's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc ($4k), Bridges Homeward Inc ($4k), City Strings United Inc ($2k).
- Does Eastern Light Tr fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Eastern Light Tr 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 Eastern Light Tr?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Network for Good, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Eastern Light Tr based?
- Eastern Light Tr is based in MA.
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