Massachusetts · Private foundation
It Kicks Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $547k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,800
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $331,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 12
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations It Kicks Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $547k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $571k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $500k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esperanza Academy Inc | $1,008,750 | 3 | 7% |
| Northeast Arc Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lawrence Communityworks Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lazarus House Inc | $51,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Aarons Presents Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy Inc | $37,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Catie's Closet Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Elevated Thought Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Marys Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Horizons for Homeless Children | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esperanza Academy Inc | $1,008,750 | 3 | 7% |
| Northeast Arc Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lawrence Communityworks Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lazarus House Inc | $51,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Aarons Presents Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy Inc | $37,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Catie's Closet Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Elevated Thought Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Marys Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Horizons for Homeless Children | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lucy's Love Bus Charitable Trust Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Harvey Girls Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($228k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget It Kicks Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
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About It Kicks Foundation Inc
- How much does It Kicks Foundation Inc give?
- It Kicks Foundation Inc reported 10 grants totaling $547,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 12 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does It Kicks Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (66%), Health (9%), Housing & Shelter (6%).
- Who are It Kicks Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Esperanza Academy Inc ($1.0M), Northeast Arc Inc ($100k), Lawrence Communityworks Inc ($60k).
- Does It Kicks Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does It Kicks Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as It Kicks Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Essex County Community Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc.
- Where is It Kicks Foundation Inc based?
- It Kicks Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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