Massachusetts · Private foundation
Joia 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.
- $4.1M
- Granted FY2023
- 15
- Grants FY2023
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Joia Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Joia Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 13 organizations, $4M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $3,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 14
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 7
- Total assets, FY2023
- $19k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Joia Foundation Inc 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; $60k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 14 | $4.0M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $1.4M | 67% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $1.4M | 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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $5,500,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Savingteens in Crisis Collaborative Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 38% |
| Sky's the Limit Fund | $250,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Family Promise Metrowest Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Natick Service Council Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $5,500,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Savingteens in Crisis Collaborative Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 38% |
| Sky's the Limit Fund | $250,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Family Promise Metrowest Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Natick Service Council Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Bail Project Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Out Metrowest Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($90k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Joia Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Joia Foundation Inc
- How much does Joia Foundation Inc give?
- Joia Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $4,085,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 14 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Joia Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (82%), International (14%), Health (2%).
- Who are Joia Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2023: Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation ($5.5M), Children's Hospital Corporation ($300k), Savingteens in Crisis Collaborative Inc ($300k).
- Does Joia Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joia 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 Joia Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Network for Good, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Joia Foundation Inc based?
- Joia Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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