Massachusetts · Private foundation
Howell Family Charitable 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.
- $370k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $350,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $993k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Howell Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 50% 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 | 3 | $370k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $5k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $160k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $146k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $119k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $110k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $83k | 39% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $79k | 18% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Norman Bird Sanctuary Trust | $69,250 | 6 | 2% |
| Tunefoolery Music Inc | $67,000 | 7 | 8% |
| Aquidneck Island Land Trust | $40,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Roxbury Stone House Inc | $38,000 | 6 | 0% |
| First Literacy Inc | $37,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Mindful Philanthropy Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| This is My Brave Inc | $28,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Bottom Line Inc | $23,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Fountain House Inc | $22,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $21,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($617k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Howell Family Charitable 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: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc · Newportfed Charitable Foundation · Gruben Charitable Foundation · Ejmp Fund for Philanthropy · Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Benzak Foundation · Thomas a Rodgers Jr Family Foundation · Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust · Boston Foundation Inc · North Family Trust Robert Cummings Margaret Hogan
How this is measured
Compare Howell Family Charitable Foundation with peer funders
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About Howell Family Charitable Foundation
- How much does Howell Family Charitable Foundation give?
- Howell Family Charitable Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $370,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Howell Family Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (22%), Health (13%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Howell Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Norman Bird Sanctuary Trust ($69k), Tunefoolery Music Inc ($67k), Aquidneck Island Land Trust ($40k).
- Does Howell Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Howell Family Charitable 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 Howell Family Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc, Newportfed Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Howell Family Charitable Foundation based?
- Howell Family Charitable Foundation is based in MA.
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