Massachusetts · Private foundation
James & Melinda Rabb Family 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.
- $499k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $14,552
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $241,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 42
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations James & Melinda Rabb Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 14 | $424k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $453k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $471k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $280k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $363k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 34 | $405k | 26% |
| FY2018 | 42 | $429k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of Fine Arts | $332,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Boston Ballet Inc | $302,286 | 7 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $282,900 | 6 | 0% |
| Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc | $181,700 | 5 | 0% |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | $165,040 | 7 | 0% |
| Harvard Glee Glub Alumni Inc | $90,250 | 3 | 12% |
| Trustees of Phillips Academy | $90,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Boston Lyric Opera Company | $44,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc | $37,646 | 3 | 0% |
| Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc | $23,000 | 2 | 1% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James & Melinda Rabb Family 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: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · James M Rabb & Melinda a Rabb Charitable Trust · Boston Foundation Inc · Joseph and Rae Gann Charitable Foundation · Gerald Flaxer Charitable Foundation · Justin & Genevieve Wyner Trust · The Klarman Family Foundation · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Eastern Bank Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jewish Communal Fund
How this is measured
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About James & Melinda Rabb Family Foundation
- How much does James & Melinda Rabb Family Foundation give?
- James & Melinda Rabb Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $499,202 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does James & Melinda Rabb Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (41%), Education (17%), Philanthropy (15%).
- Who are James & Melinda Rabb Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Museum of Fine Arts ($332k), Boston Ballet Inc ($302k), Trustees of Tufts College ($283k).
- Does James & Melinda Rabb Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James & Melinda Rabb Family 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 James & Melinda Rabb Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, James M Rabb & Melinda a Rabb Charitable Trust, Boston Foundation Inc.
- Where is James & Melinda Rabb Family Foundation based?
- James & Melinda Rabb Family Foundation is based in MA.
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