Texas · Private foundation
Gifford 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.
- $245k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Gifford Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 6 | $245k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $40k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $70k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $465k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| David Ortiz Children's Fund | $95,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Sweet Paws Rescue Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nourish Nantucket Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Youth Villages Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spoonfuls | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Horizons for Homeless Children | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| David Ortiz Children's Fund | $95,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Sweet Paws Rescue Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nourish Nantucket Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Youth Villages Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spoonfuls | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Horizons for Homeless Children | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pathways for Childreninc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Elevate Youth Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Paul's School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Touch Health Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bowdoin College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mab Community Services Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($455k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gifford 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: Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Gifford Family Foundation
- How much does Gifford Family Foundation give?
- Gifford Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $245,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Gifford Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (21%), International (10%), Youth Development (10%).
- Who are Gifford Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc ($100k), David Ortiz Children's Fund ($95k), Sweet Paws Rescue Inc ($80k).
- Does Gifford Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gifford 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 Gifford Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is Gifford Family Foundation based?
- Gifford Family Foundation is based in TX.
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