Massachusetts · Private foundation
Impact First Fund
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.
- $140k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 5
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Impact First Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 5 | $140k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $94k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $55k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $30k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $85k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Ballet Inc | $115,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Room to Grow National Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Rar-Ma Inc | $63,542 | 3 | 2% |
| The Capital Good Fund | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bluehub Loan Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| About Fresh Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Foster Love Inc | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
About Impact First Fund
- How much does Impact First Fund give?
- Impact First Fund reported 5 grants totaling $140,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 5 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Impact First Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (31%), Human Services (28%), Community Improvement (19%).
- Who are Impact First Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Boston Ballet Inc ($115k), Room to Grow National Inc ($100k), Rar-Ma Inc ($64k).
- Does Impact First Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Impact First Fund 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.
- Where is Impact First Fund based?
- Impact First Fund is based in MA.
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