Massachusetts · Private foundation
George P Bishop Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $840k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 35
- Grants FY2024
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 35
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations George P Bishop Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $210k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 35 | $840k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $700k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $695k | 16% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $783k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $850k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Door Cape Ann Food Pantry Inc | $300,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Our Neighbors' Table Inc | $270,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Lazarus House Inc | $250,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Pettengill House Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Community Service of Newburyport Inc | $180,000 | 5 | 23% |
| Ipswich Caring Inc | $120,000 | 5 | 20% |
| Plummer Youth Promise Inc | $110,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Opportunity Works Inc | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lawrence Boys & Girls Club Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 1% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget George P Bishop 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 George P Bishop Foundation Inc
- How much does George P Bishop Foundation Inc give?
- George P Bishop Foundation Inc reported 35 grants totaling $840,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 35 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does George P Bishop Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (32%), Human Services (22%), Housing & Shelter (17%).
- Who are George P Bishop Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Open Door Cape Ann Food Pantry Inc ($300k), Our Neighbors' Table Inc ($270k), Lazarus House Inc ($250k).
- Does George P Bishop Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does George P Bishop Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as George P Bishop Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc), Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation.
- Where is George P Bishop Foundation Inc based?
- George P Bishop Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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