Massachusetts · Private foundation
H Eric Cushing 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.
- $220k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,046
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $175,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations H Eric Cushing Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 8 | $220k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $192k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $263k | 64% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $176k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $131k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The New England College of Optometry | $56,296 | 2 | 0% |
| Integrity First for America Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oceana Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Humane Association | $6,046 | 3 | 0% |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Wild Animal Sanctuary | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Panthera Corporation | $2,533 | 3 | 0% |
| Wildlife Sos | $2,515 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The New England College of Optometry | $56,296 | 2 | 0% |
| Integrity First for America Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oceana Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Humane Association | $6,046 | 3 | 0% |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Wild Animal Sanctuary | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Panthera Corporation | $2,533 | 3 | 0% |
| Wildlife Sos | $2,515 | 3 | 0% |
| Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($925k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget H Eric Cushing 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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About H Eric Cushing Foundation
- How much does H Eric Cushing Foundation give?
- H Eric Cushing Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $219,640 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does H Eric Cushing Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (68%), Human Services (20%), Health (6%).
- Who are H Eric Cushing Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The New England College of Optometry ($56k), Integrity First for America Inc ($10k), Globalgiving Foundation Inc ($10k).
- Does H Eric Cushing Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does H Eric Cushing 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 H Eric Cushing Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is H Eric Cushing Foundation based?
- H Eric Cushing Foundation is based in MA.
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