Massachusetts · Private foundation
MacPherson Fund Inc
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.
- $56k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $935k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations MacPherson Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 32 | $56k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $53k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $51k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $51k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $51k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $54k | 12% |
| FY2018 | 36 | $60k | 11% |
| FY2017 | 38 | $61k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $136,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Franconia Ski Club | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| High Spirit Community Farm Inc | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Church of the Redeemer | $16,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Reach Inc | $15,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Kenyon College | $9,966 | 8 | 0% |
| Mystic Seaport Museum Inc | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Santa's Magic Inc | $8,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Cause Fund Inc | $8,000 | 4 | 21% |
| Peabody Essex Museum Inc | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 59 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($49k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget MacPherson Fund 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: Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Pamela Steele White Family Foundation · Grandin Family Foundation · The Andover Companies Charitable Foundation · Boston Bruins Charitable Foundation Inc · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
About MacPherson Fund Inc
- How much does MacPherson Fund Inc give?
- MacPherson Fund Inc reported 32 grants totaling $55,961 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does MacPherson Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (53%), Education (11%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are MacPherson Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Children's Hospital Corporation ($136k), Franconia Ski Club ($16k), High Spirit Community Farm Inc ($16k).
- Does MacPherson Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does MacPherson Fund 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 MacPherson Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, Citizens Charitable Foundation.
- Where is MacPherson Fund Inc based?
- MacPherson Fund Inc is based in MA.
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