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Fresh Pond Tr

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.

$92k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
10
Grants FY2024
11
Organizations funded FY2023
27%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 67
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$229k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Fresh Pond Tr funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsOther
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
FY2024still arriving10$92k20%
FY202311$80k27%
FY202223$42k43%
FY202167$49k22%
FY202061$46kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$110kInternational$60kHousing & Shelter$34kAnimals$33kEducation$19kFood & Nutrition$13kArts & Culture$10kHealth$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Fresh Pond Tr by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Botetourt Resource Center Inc$45,000418%
New Freedom Farm Inc$11,00032%
Tunefoolery Music Inc$10,00024%
The Mary C Schanz Foundation$9,50050%
The Primavera Foundation Inc$7,50030%
Food for Free Committee Inc$5,00030%
The Bridge House Inc$4,00030%
Solutions at Work Inc$3,70030%
On the Rise Inc$3,50030%
Saint Francis House Inc$2,50030%
Youth on Their Own$2,50030%
Good Shepherd Food Bank$2,00020%
Plymouth Area Community Closet$1,50020%
Phillips Brooks House Association Inc$1,50010%
Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc$1,20020%
American Friends Service Committee$1,2002n/a
Community Health Programs Incorporated$1,20020%
De Novo Center for Justice and Healing$1,20020%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$1,20020%
Family Services of the Merrimack Valley Inc$1,00020%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,00020%
Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services Incorporated$1,00020%
High Country News$1,00020%
Caspar Inc$1,00020%
Animal Rescue League of Boston$1,00020%
The Carter Center Inc$1,00020%
The Childrens Room Center for Grieving Children$1,00020%
Oxfam-America Inc$1,00020%
United States Association for UNHCR$1,00020%
Haley House Inc & Affiliates$1,00020%
Blue Ridge Abortion Fund Inc$1,00010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,00020%
Rescue Missions Ministries Inc$1,00010%
Northampton Survival Center Inc$1,00020%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$70020%
Pennsylvania Prison Society$70020%
The City Rescue Mission Inc$70020%
Heading Home Inc$70020%
Homeless Empowerment Project Inc$5001n/a
Familyaid Boston Inc$50020%
Pine Street Inn Inc$50020%
Boston Rescue Mission Inc$50020%
The Wish Project$35010%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$35010%
Island Institute$35010%
Best Friends Animal Society$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($172k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fresh Pond Tr supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBotetourt Resource Center Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetNew Freedom Farm Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetTunefoolery Music Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetThe Mary C Schanz Foundation: $9,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Primavera Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFood for Free Committee Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bridge House Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSolutions at Work Inc: $3,700 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOn the Rise Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSaint Francis House Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYouth on Their Own: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPlymouth Area Community Closet: $1,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPhillips Brooks House Association Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBridge Over Troubled Waters Inc: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Health Programs Incorporated: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDe Novo Center for Justice and Healing: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Services of the Merrimack Valley Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSomerville-Cambridge Elder Services Incorporated: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHigh Country News: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCaspar Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Rescue League of Boston: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Carter Center Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Childrens Room Center for Grieving Children: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOxfam-America Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHaley House Inc & Affiliates: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBlue Ridge Abortion Fund Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRescue Missions Ministries Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthampton Survival Center Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPennsylvania Prison Society: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe City Rescue Mission Inc: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHeading Home Inc: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFamilyaid Boston Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPine Street Inn Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Rescue Mission Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wish Project: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmnesty International of the USA Inc: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsland Institute: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 44.

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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.

Eastern Bank FoundationMA21.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Cambridge Community Foundation · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Cambridge Foundation · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Alchemy Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America

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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About Fresh Pond Tr

How much does Fresh Pond Tr give?
Fresh Pond Tr reported 10 grants totaling $92,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 67 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Fresh Pond Tr fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (36%), International (19%), Housing & Shelter (11%).
Who are Fresh Pond Tr's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Botetourt Resource Center Inc ($45k), New Freedom Farm Inc ($11k), Tunefoolery Music Inc ($10k).
Does Fresh Pond Tr fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Fresh Pond 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 Fresh Pond Tr?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Cambridge Community Foundation, Arbella Insurance Foundation.
Where is Fresh Pond Tr based?
Fresh Pond Tr 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 91 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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