Massachusetts · Private foundation
Moderna Charitable Foundation Inc
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.
- $4.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
96% of Moderna Charitable Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to American Online Giving Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,645,586
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 10
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $27M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Moderna Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $195k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $807k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $5.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Rescue Committee INC | $2,500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Heading Home Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Year Up Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Life Science Cares Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 6% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $300,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boston Medical Center Corporation | $153,194 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc | $103,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Medical Corps | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($864k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Moderna Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Moderna Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does Moderna Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- Moderna Charitable Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $4,890,230 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 10 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Moderna Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (74%), International (13%), Housing & Shelter (5%).
- Who are Moderna Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: International Rescue Committee INC ($2.5M), Heading Home Inc ($1.0M), Year Up Inc ($500k).
- Does Moderna Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Moderna Charitable Foundation Inc 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.
- Where is Moderna Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- Moderna Charitable Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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