Massachusetts · Private foundation
JMS Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $167k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations JMS Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 | 9 | $152k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $172k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $147k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $142k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $155k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $130k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $135k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $123k | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $180,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $146,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Curry College | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Home for Little Wanderers Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brookline Education Foundation | $21,000 | 6 | 1% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rosie's Place Inc | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Accion International | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Angel Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $180,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $146,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Curry College | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Home for Little Wanderers Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brookline Education Foundation | $21,000 | 6 | 1% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rosie's Place Inc | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Accion International | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Angel Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Young People's Chorus of New York City Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milton Foundation for Education Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Town of Needham | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Norwell Education Foundation | $4,000 | 3 | n/a |
| South Shore Young Men's Christian Association | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Martin W Richard Charitable Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Old Colony Hospice Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boston Higashi School Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jett Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Amy Krouse Rosenthal Foundation | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($706k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget JMS Family 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
About JMS Family Foundation Inc
- How much does JMS Family Foundation Inc give?
- JMS Family Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $167,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does JMS Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (47%), Education (14%), Food & Nutrition (13%).
- Who are JMS Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Greater Boston Food Bank Inc ($180k), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ($146k), Curry College ($55k).
- Does JMS Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does JMS Family Foundation Inc 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 JMS Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Rockland Trust - Blue Hills Charitable Foundation, The Flatley Foundation.
- Where is JMS Family Foundation Inc based?
- JMS Family Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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