Massachusetts · Private foundation
Margaret Collins Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $138k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Margaret Collins Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 14 | $130k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $118k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $146k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $109k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $121k | 42% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $99k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lazarus House Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Bread & Roses Inc | $70,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Michael Lisnow Respite Center Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Windrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation Inc | $36,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mission of Deeds Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Kapadia Education Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 7% |
| The Joey Fournier Services Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 100% |
| Immigrant City Archives | $25,000 | 3 | 4% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lazarus House Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Bread & Roses Inc | $70,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Michael Lisnow Respite Center Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Windrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation Inc | $36,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mission of Deeds Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Kapadia Education Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 7% |
| The Joey Fournier Services Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 100% |
| Immigrant City Archives | $25,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $22,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Merrimack College | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lawrence General Hospital | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Reach Beyond Domestic Violence Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Valley Of Hope Shelter And Recovery Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Merrimack Valley Immigrant & Education Center Inc | $13,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Communities Together Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Greater Lawrence Community Action Council Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New England Center for Arts & Technology Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Neighbors in Need Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Essex Art Center Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($166k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Margaret Collins Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Margaret Collins Charitable Trust
- How much does Margaret Collins Charitable Trust give?
- Margaret Collins Charitable Trust reported 15 grants totaling $138,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Margaret Collins Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (21%), Housing & Shelter (19%), Health (17%).
- Who are Margaret Collins Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Lazarus House Inc ($90k), Bread & Roses Inc ($70k), The Michael Lisnow Respite Center Inc ($50k).
- Does Margaret Collins Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Margaret Collins Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Margaret Collins Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rogers Family Foundation, Essex County Community Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation.
- Where is Margaret Collins Charitable Trust based?
- Margaret Collins Charitable Trust is based in MA.
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