Massachusetts · Private foundation
Larson 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.
- $329k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.0M
- 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 Larson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 | 13 | $314k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $389k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $370k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $360k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $655k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $547k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $620k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $521k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Full Frame Initiative Inc | $670,000 | 8 | 11% |
| On the Rise Inc | $595,000 | 8 | 7% |
| Edvestors Inc | $435,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Victory Programs Inc | $370,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Family Center Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners Inc | $70,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Full Plates Full Potential | $45,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Loon Echo Land Trust Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Full Frame Initiative Inc | $670,000 | 8 | 11% |
| On the Rise Inc | $595,000 | 8 | 7% |
| Edvestors Inc | $435,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Victory Programs Inc | $370,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Family Center Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners Inc | $70,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Full Plates Full Potential | $45,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Loon Echo Land Trust Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Julies Family Learning Program Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 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 Larson 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: Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Larson Family Foundation
- How much does Larson Family Foundation give?
- Larson Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $329,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Larson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (25%), International (18%), Housing & Shelter (16%).
- Who are Larson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Full Frame Initiative Inc ($670k), On the Rise Inc ($595k), Edvestors Inc ($435k).
- Does Larson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Larson 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 Larson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund.
- Where is Larson Family Foundation based?
- Larson Family Foundation is based in MA.
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