Delaware · Private foundation
Metta Charitable 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.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 78%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $538,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $28M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 78% of the organizations Metta Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $806k | 46% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $606k | 78% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $90k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kearsarge Food Hub Inc | $430,000 | 3 | 20% |
| Environmental League of Massachusetts Inc | $204,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ubuntu Global Connections | $50,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Civic Action Project Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Suffield Academy | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trustees of Lawrence Academy at Groton Ma Corp | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Edvestors Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Fay School Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alliance for Middle East Peace Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kearsarge Food Hub Inc | $430,000 | 3 | 20% |
| Environmental League of Massachusetts Inc | $204,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ubuntu Global Connections | $50,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Civic Action Project Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Suffield Academy | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trustees of Lawrence Academy at Groton Ma Corp | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Edvestors Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Fay School Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alliance for Middle East Peace Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Shelterbox USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sciboston Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cady Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Metrowest Women's Fund Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($520k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Metta Charitable 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: Boston Foundation Inc · Barr Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Metta Charitable Foundation
- How much does Metta Charitable Foundation give?
- Metta Charitable Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $1,464,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Metta Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (55%), Philanthropy (18%), Food & Nutrition (13%).
- Who are Metta Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Kearsarge Food Hub Inc ($430k), Environmental League of Massachusetts Inc ($204k), Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology ($125k).
- Does Metta Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Metta Charitable 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 Metta Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Barr Foundation, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc.
- Where is Metta Charitable Foundation based?
- Metta Charitable Foundation is based in DE.
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