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Fletcher Family Charitable Foundation

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.

$254k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2025
27
Organizations funded FY2024
19%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$56,676
Organizations funded a year
12 to 34
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$112k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 19% of the organizations Fletcher Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentInternationalHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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
FY2025still arriving30$254k23%
FY202427$228k19%
FY202329$342k28%
FY202221$144k29%
FY202126$221k27%
FY202024$272k54%
FY201934$376k82%
FY201812$213k92%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$613kArts & Culture$567kInternational$309kReligion$196kHuman Services$125kEnvironment$74kHealth$63kYouth Development$36kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
RI
CA
CO
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of Fletcher Family Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Maranyundo Initiative Inc$404,676715%
Gardens for Health International$160,000218%
St Boniface Haiti Foundation Inc$130,00080%
Uncornered Inc$125,02081%
Ogunquit Playhouse Foundation$115,00061%
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc$100,00010%
Sarasota Opera Association Inc$68,00070%
Bowdoin College$60,00040%
Young Voices$35,00062%
Boston Ballet Inc$35,00060%
Sarasota Ballet of Florida Inc$33,00050%
Marginal Way Preservation Fund$32,50041%
Museum of Fine Arts$30,00040%
San Miguel Education Center$20,00030%
St Cecilia Parish Inc$20,0002n/a
Boston Dance Alliance Inc$20,00041%
Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust Inc$20,00040%
Library Foundation for Sarasota County Inc$16,40032%
Refugepoint Inc$15,00030%
The Paraclete Foundation Inc$11,500343%
Ogunquit Memorial Library$10,00023%
Simmons University$10,00010%
Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc$8,50030%
Share Our Strength$7,50020%
ThirdPath Institute$7,00022%
Primary Source Inc$6,00030%
Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc$5,00020%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$5,00010%
Quahog Bay Conservation$5,00011%
Levey Day School$5,00011%
Terezin Music Foundation Inc$3,00031%
Great Works Regional Land Trust$2,50020%
York Land Trust$2,50010%
The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc$2,50010%
Island Institute$2,25030%
Women for Women International$2,00010%
A More Balanced World Inc$2,0001n/a
Trustees of Boston University$1,50010%
American Indian College Fund$1,00010%
Sarasota Concert Association Inc$1,00010%
New England Conservatory of Music$1,00010%
Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum$1,00010%
Ear Research Foundation Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($560k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Fletcher Family Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Maranyundo Initiative Inc: $404,676 over 7y, 15% of budgetGardens for Health International: $160,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetSt Boniface Haiti Foundation Inc: $130,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetUncornered Inc: $125,020 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetOgunquit Playhouse Foundation: $115,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSarasota Opera Association Inc: $68,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBowdoin College: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Voices: $35,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetBoston Ballet Inc: $35,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSarasota Ballet of Florida Inc: $33,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMarginal Way Preservation Fund: $32,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetMuseum of Fine Arts: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSan Miguel Education Center: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBoston Dance Alliance Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetBrunswick-Topsham Land Trust Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLibrary Foundation for Sarasota County Inc: $16,400 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetRefugepoint Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Paraclete Foundation Inc: $11,500 over 3y, 43% of budgetOgunquit Memorial Library: $10,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetSimmons University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Arts Academy Foundation Inc: $8,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetShare Our Strength: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThirdPath Institute: $7,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetPrimary Source Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEmerald Necklace Conservancy Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQuahog Bay Conservation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLevey Day School: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTerezin Music Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetGreat Works Regional Land Trust: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYork Land Trust: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsland Institute: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWomen for Women International: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Indian College Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSarasota Concert Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew England Conservatory of Music: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProprietors of the Boston Athenaeum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEar Research Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 41.

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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.

Boston Foundation IncMA19.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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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Find your warmest path to Fletcher Family Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Fletcher Family Charitable Foundation

How much does Fletcher Family Charitable Foundation give?
Fletcher Family Charitable Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $253,676 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Fletcher Family Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (29%), Arts & Culture (27%), International (15%).
Who are Fletcher Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Maranyundo Initiative Inc ($405k), Gardens for Health International ($160k), St Boniface Haiti Foundation Inc ($130k).
Does Fletcher Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Fletcher Family Charitable Foundation 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 Fletcher Family Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Maine Community Foundation Inc, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc.
Where is Fletcher Family Charitable Foundation based?
Fletcher Family Charitable 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 88 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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