Massachusetts · Private foundation
Fitts Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $47k
- Granted FY2020
- 41
- Grants FY2020
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 46
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 11
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 24% of the organizations Fitts Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 41 | $47k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 46 | $55k | 28% |
| FY2018 | 43 | $45k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $34k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
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, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Int'L Center for Journalists Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Violence Policy Center | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Metrowest Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Futures Without Violence | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Common Cause Education Fund | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 45 grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($44k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fitts Family 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
About Fitts Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Fitts Family Foundation Inc give?
- Fitts Family Foundation Inc reported 41 grants totaling $47,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 46 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Fitts Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are International (25%), Civil Rights (17%), Health (15%).
- Who are Fitts Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($18k), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc ($18k), Southern Poverty Law Center Inc ($10k).
- Does Fitts Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fitts Family 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 Fitts Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ge Aerospace Foundation, Eastern Bank Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is Fitts Family Foundation Inc based?
- Fitts Family Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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