Massachusetts · Private foundation
Elizabeth T Fessenden Charitable Fdn
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.
- $155k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 29
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations Elizabeth T Fessenden Charitable Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | $155k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $660k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $615k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $665k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $580k | 4% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $560k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $560k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $456k | 4% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | $310,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $295,000 | 9 | n/a |
| The Trustees of Reservations | $290,000 | 9 | 0% |
| 152 Commonwealth Foundation Inc | $210,000 | 8 | 40% |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States | $200,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc | $200,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc | $185,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc | $170,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Museum of Fine Arts | $165,000 | 9 | 0% |
| North Bennet Street School | $150,000 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Elizabeth T Fessenden Charitable Fdn supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 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 Elizabeth T Fessenden Charitable Fdn
- How much does Elizabeth T Fessenden Charitable Fdn give?
- Elizabeth T Fessenden Charitable Fdn reported 18 grants totaling $155,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Elizabeth T Fessenden Charitable Fdn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (30%), Arts & Culture (26%), Environment (18%).
- Who are Elizabeth T Fessenden Charitable Fdn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc ($310k), Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($295k), The Trustees of Reservations ($290k).
- Does Elizabeth T Fessenden Charitable Fdn fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Elizabeth T Fessenden Charitable Fdn 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 Elizabeth T Fessenden Charitable Fdn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Middlecott Foundation, Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc.
- Where is Elizabeth T Fessenden Charitable Fdn based?
- Elizabeth T Fessenden Charitable Fdn is based in MA.
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