Massachusetts · Private foundation
Foster Family 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.
- $105k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Foster Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 | 14 | $105k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $100k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $104k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $120k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $106k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $103k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee | $77,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Animal Cancer Foundation | $71,000 | 6 | 4% |
| The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc | $52,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bat World Sanctuary | $47,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Inc | $42,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Stanford Fire Company No 1 Inc | $21,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Morris Animal Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mountain Lion Foundation | $18,000 | 3 | 1% |
| International Snow Leopard Trust | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($67k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Foster Family Foundation 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: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Verizon Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About Foster Family Foundation
- How much does Foster Family Foundation give?
- Foster Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $105,318 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Foster Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (77%), Health (12%), Public Safety & Disaster (5%).
- Who are Foster Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee ($77k), Animal Cancer Foundation ($71k), The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc ($52k).
- Does Foster Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Foster Family 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 Foster Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Network for Good, Verizon Foundation.
- Where is Foster Family Foundation based?
- Foster Family Foundation is based in MA.
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