Georgia · Private foundation
Lobster Cove Foundation
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.
- $250k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $669k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations Lobster Cove Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $86k 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 | 16 | $250k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $126k | 71% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $70k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $55k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $41k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $54k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cast Inc | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cast Inc | $95,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Spoonfuls | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wild Earth Allies Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Wilderness Society | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wellspring House Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cast Inc | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cast Inc | $95,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Spoonfuls | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wild Earth Allies Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Wilderness Society | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wellspring House Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| On Being Project | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Park Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sounds True Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cape Ann Museum Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Trustees of Reservations | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rockport Music Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Old Friends Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Storycorps Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Haiti Projects Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gloucester Writers Center Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Cure International Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($150k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lobster Cove 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: The Jebediah Foundation 7563-Xxxxxx00129 · Boston Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Lobster Cove Foundation
- How much does Lobster Cove Foundation give?
- Lobster Cove Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $250,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lobster Cove Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (14%), Environment (14%), International (13%).
- Who are Lobster Cove Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cast Inc ($100k), Cast Inc ($95k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($80k).
- Does Lobster Cove Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lobster Cove 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 Lobster Cove Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Jebediah Foundation 7563-Xxxxxx00129, Boston Foundation Inc, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is Lobster Cove Foundation based?
- Lobster Cove Foundation is based in GA.
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