Massachusetts · Private foundation
Ironwood Foundation
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.
- $73k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $133k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Ironwood Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $210k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $73k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $320k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $160k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $120k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $35k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trivium School Inc | $180,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Thomas Aquinas College | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Family Institute Inc | $43,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Career Collaborative Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Parents Education Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Cardinal Kung Academy Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($355k), not named here.
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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Ironwood Foundation
- How much does Ironwood Foundation give?
- Ironwood Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $72,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ironwood Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (47%), Education (32%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Ironwood Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Trivium School Inc ($180k), Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe Inc ($100k), Thomas Aquinas College ($50k).
- Does Ironwood Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ironwood 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 Ironwood Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Ironwood Foundation based?
- Ironwood Foundation is based in MA.
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