Massachusetts · Private foundation
Michele E Dufault Foundation
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.
- $115k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 15
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Michele E Dufault Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 15 | $115k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $104k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $93k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $90k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $69k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $70k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | $94,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Laboratory Safety Institute Inc | $79,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Summer Stars Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 13% |
| Noble and Greenough School | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
| North & South Rivers Watershed Association Inc | $48,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $45,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Science Club for Girls Inc | $35,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Girls Incorporated of Greater Lowell | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | $94,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Laboratory Safety Institute Inc | $79,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Summer Stars Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 13% |
| Noble and Greenough School | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
| North & South Rivers Watershed Association Inc | $48,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $45,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Science Club for Girls Inc | $35,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Girls Incorporated of Greater Lowell | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Penikese Island School Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Back on My Feet | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Society of Women Engineers | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Timberline Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Safe Passage | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Holly Hill Farm Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($21k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Michele E Dufault 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.
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How this is measured
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About Michele E Dufault Foundation
- How much does Michele E Dufault Foundation give?
- Michele E Dufault Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $115,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 15 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Michele E Dufault Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (26%), Youth Development (18%), Science & Tech (16%).
- Who are Michele E Dufault Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ($95k), The Laboratory Safety Institute Inc ($80k), Summer Stars Foundation Inc ($70k).
- Does Michele E Dufault Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Michele E Dufault 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 Michele E Dufault Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc, American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc, Ge Aerospace Foundation.
- Where is Michele E Dufault Foundation based?
- Michele E Dufault Foundation is based in MA.
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