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Maurice & Carol Feinberg Family Foundation

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.

$12M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2024
34
Organizations funded FY2023
18%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$5,902,524
Organizations funded a year
28 to 34
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Maurice & Carol Feinberg Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionArts & CultureEmploymentAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving34$11M24%
FY202334$692k18%
FY202232$558k9%
FY202133$578k55%
FY202028$976kn/a
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$12MEducation$1.3MArts & Culture$799kHealth$255kReligion$209kInternational$130kHousing & Shelter$95kCivil Rights$73kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
UT
CO
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mary McDowell Friends School$566,1005n/a
The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc$441,54241%
Connecticut College$300,00010%
The Groundtruth Project Inc$250,00041%
Central Synagogue$79,7004n/a
Tanzania Education Corporation$70,00057%
International Medical Corps$50,00050%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$50,00050%
Pine Street Inn Inc$40,00050%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$40,00040%
Show all 32 grantees
All grantees of Maurice & Carol Feinberg Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mary McDowell Friends School$566,1005n/a
The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc$441,54241%
Connecticut College$300,00010%
The Groundtruth Project Inc$250,00041%
Central Synagogue$79,7004n/a
Tanzania Education Corporation$70,00057%
International Medical Corps$50,00050%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$50,00050%
Pine Street Inn Inc$40,00050%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$40,00040%
Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc$30,00050%
The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc$27,50050%
Temple Israel Incorporated$25,0001n/a
Citizens Committee for Children of New York Inc$25,00011%
World Central Kitchen Inc$25,00030%
The Calhoun School Inc$20,00020%
Gould Academy$20,00040%
True Colors United Inc$15,00020%
Anti-Defamation League$15,00010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$15,00020%
The Innocence Project Inc$15,00030%
Feeding America$15,00020%
City Harvest Inc$15,00030%
Citizen Schools Inc$12,00031%
Congregation Adath Israel Temple Israel$10,0001n/a
Team Rubicon Inc$10,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10,00010%
National Ability Center$8,00010%
Belmont Hill School Inc$5,50040%
Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office$5,00010%
Congregation Adath Israel$4,7501n/a
Brookline Teen Center$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($12M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Maurice & Carol Feinberg Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Institute of Contemporary Art Inc: $441,542 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetConnecticut College: $300,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Groundtruth Project Inc: $250,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTanzania Education Corporation: $70,000 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetInternational Medical Corps: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFacing History & Ourselves Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPine Street Inn Inc: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBridge Over Troubled Waters Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc: $27,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens Committee for Children of New York Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Calhoun School Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGould Academy: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTrue Colors United Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Innocence Project Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCitizen Schools Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Ability Center: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBelmont Hill School Inc: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrookline Teen Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 27.

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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.

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN13× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Maurice & Carol Feinberg Family Foundation

How much does Maurice & Carol Feinberg Family Foundation give?
Maurice & Carol Feinberg Family Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $12,439,802 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 34 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Maurice & Carol Feinberg Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (73%), Education (8%), Arts & Culture (5%).
Who are Maurice & Carol Feinberg Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Mary McDowell Friends School ($566k), The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc ($442k), Connecticut College ($300k).
Does Maurice & Carol Feinberg Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Maurice & Carol Feinberg Family 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 Maurice & Carol Feinberg Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, American Endowment Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is Maurice & Carol Feinberg Family Foundation based?
Maurice & Carol Feinberg Family Foundation is based in MA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 64 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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