Massachusetts · Private foundation
Harry & Maggie Van Sciver 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.
- $20k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,050
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $183k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Harry & Maggie Van Sciver Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 94% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $209k 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 | $20k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $222k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $24k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $25k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $24k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $22k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotuit Center for the Arts Inc | $31,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Temple Sinai Inc | $7,220 | 3 | n/a |
| Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc | $5,039 | 3 | 0% |
| Cape Cod Academy | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Heritage Museums and Gardens Inc | $2,780 | 5 | 0% |
| Independence House Inc | $2,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Solomon's Temple Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ian's Friends Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod Inc | $1,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Cape Cod Speaker Series Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotuit Center for the Arts Inc | $31,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Temple Sinai Inc | $7,220 | 3 | n/a |
| Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc | $5,039 | 3 | 0% |
| Cape Cod Academy | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Heritage Museums and Gardens Inc | $2,780 | 5 | 0% |
| Independence House Inc | $2,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Solomon's Temple Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ian's Friends Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod Inc | $1,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Cape Cod Speaker Series Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cape Cod Museum of Art Inc | $370 | 1 | 0% |
| The People's Light & Theatre Company | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Philanthropy Partners of Cape and Islands Inc | $55 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($278k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Harry & Maggie Van Sciver 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: Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Donald C McGraw Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Bilezikian Family Foundation Inc · Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust · Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc · The Sigel Family Foundation · Cape & Coast Bank Foundation · Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc · Horizon Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About Harry & Maggie Van Sciver Foundation
- How much does Harry & Maggie Van Sciver Foundation give?
- Harry & Maggie Van Sciver Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $19,777 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Harry & Maggie Van Sciver Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (49%), Education (16%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are Harry & Maggie Van Sciver Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Cotuit Center for the Arts Inc ($32k), Temple Sinai Inc ($7k), Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc ($5k).
- Does Harry & Maggie Van Sciver Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Harry & Maggie Van Sciver 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 Harry & Maggie Van Sciver Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cape Cod Foundation Inc, Donald C McGraw Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation.
- Where is Harry & Maggie Van Sciver Foundation based?
- Harry & Maggie Van Sciver Foundation is based in MA.
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