Massachusetts · Private foundation
Longfield Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $143k
- Granted FY2021
- 17
- Grants FY2021
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Longfield Family Foundation Inc’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Boston Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Longfield Family Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $143k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 37
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations Longfield Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 17 | $143k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $137k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $529k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 37 | $311k | 22% |
| FY2017 | 37 | $328k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50can Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Boston Schools Fund | $100,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Education Reform Now Inc | $85,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Teach for America Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Educators for Excellence Inc | $27,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Mountain Top Music Center | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Uaspire Inc | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Empower Schools Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Education Pioneers | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50can Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Boston Schools Fund | $100,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Education Reform Now Inc | $85,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Teach for America Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Educators for Excellence Inc | $27,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Mountain Top Music Center | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Uaspire Inc | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Empower Schools Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Education Pioneers | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shady Hill School | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Codman Academy Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mount Auburn Hospital | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Toxics Action Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Council on Teacher Quality Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pioneer Institute Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Alliance for Public Charter Schools | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Match Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Citizen Schools Inc | $600 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Resources for Justice Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($761k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Longfield 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.
Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Barr Foundation · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · The Lynch Foundation · George H & Jane a Mifflin Memorial Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gates Foundation · The Sidney a Swensrud Foundation · Wellington Management Foundation · City Fund · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Longfield Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Longfield Family Foundation Inc give?
- Longfield Family Foundation Inc reported 17 grants totaling $142,500 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Longfield Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Education (48%), Philanthropy (37%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are Longfield Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: 50can Inc ($250k), Boston Schools Fund ($100k), Education Reform Now Inc ($85k).
- Does Longfield Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Longfield 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 Longfield Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Barr Foundation, Walton Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Longfield Family Foundation Inc based?
- Longfield Family Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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