Massachusetts · Private foundation
Learning by Giving Foundation Inc
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $123k
- Granted FY2023
- 26
- Grants FY2023
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 69%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $10,947
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 62
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 10
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 69% of the organizations Learning by Giving Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $79k 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 | 26 | $123k | 69% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $183k | 52% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $185k | 66% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $263k | 42% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $231k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 62 | $542k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $212k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Forty Niners Foundation | $158,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundation of the State University of New York at Binghamton Inc | $62,000 | 6 | 0% |
| James Madison University | $42,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Red Sox Foundation Inc | $36,144 | 1 | 0% |
| Northeastern University | $36,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The George Washington University | $30,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Providence College | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $27,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Innercity Weightlifting Inc | $27,372 | 1 | 1% |
| Hampden-Sydney College | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 96 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($780k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Learning by Giving 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.
Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · William E Schrafft and Bertha E Schrafft Charitable Trust · The Klarman Family Foundation · Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc · Paul & Edith Babson Foundation 106846-000
How this is measured
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About Learning by Giving Foundation Inc
- How much does Learning by Giving Foundation Inc give?
- Learning by Giving Foundation Inc reported 26 grants totaling $122,547 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 62 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Learning by Giving Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (61%), Human Services (13%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are Learning by Giving Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: San Francisco Forty Niners Foundation ($158k), Foundation of the State University of New York at Binghamton Inc ($62k), James Madison University ($42k).
- Does Learning by Giving Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 69% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Learning by Giving 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 Learning by Giving Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc).
- Where is Learning by Giving Foundation Inc based?
- Learning by Giving Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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