Massachusetts · Private foundation
Fresh Sound Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 41
- Grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Fresh Sound Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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 | 30 | $975k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $750k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $528k | 26% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $569k | 32% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $855k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $538k | 16% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $534k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 29 | $561k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $510,000 | 7 | 0% |
| New Georgia Project Inc | $415,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Emerson College | $320,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Ceres Inc | $295,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Next Stage Arts Project Inc | $268,000 | 7 | 20% |
| Fair Count Inc | $220,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Wholesome Wave Inc | $215,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | $210,000 | 7 | 0% |
| American Constitution Society for Law & Policy | $205,000 | 6 | 1% |
| American Repertory Theatre Co Inc | $195,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 58 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($482k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fresh Sound 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
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About Fresh Sound Foundation Inc
- How much does Fresh Sound Foundation Inc give?
- Fresh Sound Foundation Inc reported 41 grants totaling $1,125,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Fresh Sound Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (19%), Environment (19%), Public Benefit (17%).
- Who are Fresh Sound Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc ($510k), New Georgia Project Inc ($415k), Emerson College ($320k).
- Does Fresh Sound Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fresh Sound 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 Fresh Sound Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, The John Merck Fund, The Vermont Community Foundation.
- Where is Fresh Sound Foundation Inc based?
- Fresh Sound Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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