Massachusetts · Private foundation
Greenwald Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $733k
- Granted FY2023
- 57
- Grants FY2023
- 55
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Greenwald Family Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Greenwald Family Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 43 organizations, $733k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 55
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 12
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Greenwald Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $146k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 55 | $723k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 51 | $568k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 44 | $551k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $230k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 37 | $132k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 32 | $103k | 19% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $116k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Club Foundation | $235,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc | $216,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Givedirectly Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $195,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Boniface Haiti Foundation Inc | $175,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Ceres Inc | $98,000 | 6 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $87,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $85,000 | 6 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 53 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($388k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Greenwald Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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
About Greenwald Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Greenwald Family Foundation Inc give?
- Greenwald Family Foundation Inc reported 57 grants totaling $733,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 55 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Greenwald Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (42%), Environment (17%), International (14%).
- Who are Greenwald Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Sierra Club Foundation ($236k), Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc ($216k), Givedirectly Inc ($200k).
- Does Greenwald Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Greenwald Family 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 Greenwald Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Barr Foundation, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc.
- Where is Greenwald Family Foundation Inc based?
- Greenwald Family Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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