Massachusetts · Private foundation
Michael T Sherman Foundation #95-602840
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $475k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,125
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $32,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations Michael T Sherman Foundation #95-602840 funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 26 | $475k | 4% |
| FY2024 | 26 | $454k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $300k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $276k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $243k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $250k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $192k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $106k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perkins School for the Blind | $155,317 | 9 | 0% |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc | $137,145 | 9 | 0% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $137,145 | 9 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $114,750 | 7 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $109,520 | 9 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $108,420 | 9 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | $92,720 | 6 | 0% |
| Neads Inc | $89,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Compass Working Capital Inc | $79,040 | 6 | 0% |
| Teach for America Inc | $77,540 | 9 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($523k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Michael T Sherman Foundation #95-602840 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: Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust · Eastern Bank Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Michael T Sherman Foundation #95-602840
- How much does Michael T Sherman Foundation #95-602840 give?
- Michael T Sherman Foundation #95-602840 reported 26 grants totaling $475,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Michael T Sherman Foundation #95-602840 fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (15%), Health (14%), Environment (11%).
- Who are Michael T Sherman Foundation #95-602840's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Perkins School for the Blind ($155k), Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc ($137k), Sierra Club Foundation ($137k).
- Does Michael T Sherman Foundation #95-602840 fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Michael T Sherman Foundation #95-602840 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 Michael T Sherman Foundation #95-602840?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc, Boston Foundation Inc, The Cabot Family Charitable Trust.
- Where is Michael T Sherman Foundation #95-602840 based?
- Michael T Sherman Foundation #95-602840 is based in MA.
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