· Private foundation
New England Biolabs Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k91 grants · $310k
- $10k–50k24 grants · $416k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $335k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CREATIVE ACTION INSTITUTE | $234,500 |
| CULTURAL SURVIVAL | $100,000 |
| GRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL | $25,000 |
| GLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND | $25,000 |
| AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY | $25,000 |
| ECOLOGIC DEVELOPMENT FUND | $20,000 |
| ESSEX COUNTY GREENBELT ASSOCIATION | $20,000 |
| MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC (MASS AUDUBON) | $20,000 |
| IPSWICH RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION | $20,000 |
| AMAZON WATCH | $20,000 |
| GUANACASTE DRY FOREST CONSERVATION FUND | $20,000 |
| FAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL | $20,000 |
| SALEM SOUND COASTWATCH (SSCW) | $20,000 |
| GROUNDSWELL INTERNATIONAL | $20,000 |
| MADRE | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 72% of grant dollars ($5.1M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 28% that went abroad ($2.0M) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $51k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 28% of all-years giving ($2.0M)
13 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 15% of New England Biolabs Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 47% of the giving stays in MA; by stated purpose, 43%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
198 repeat relationships: 98 still active in FY2024, 100 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CACREATIVE ACTION INSTITUTE INC7× · 2018–2024 · $955k · revenue +583% · 26% of their budget
- CSCULTURAL SURVIVAL INC6× · 2019–2024 · $330k · revenue +294%
- LILand is Life Inc7× · 2018–2024 · $120k · revenue +105%
Funded once
- FFFAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA INCgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +554%
- BIBAY ISLANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2023 · $21k
- MFMASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES & PUBLIC POLICY INCone grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +18%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Nature and culture international conserves biologically diverse landscapes in latin america, in concert with local cultures, for the well-being of the planet.
Natura International conserves rainforests and other key natural ecosystems and the endangered species they contain through creation of protected areas in collaboration with local governments and communities in Latin America. In this way…
The mission of wildcoast is to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and address climate change through natural solutions. our staff is dedicated to conserving threatened and endangered coastlines and wildlife in california and mexico.…
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
Endangered Species International is strongly committed to reversing the trend of human-induced species extinction, saving endangered animals, and preserving wild places.
Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…
To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.
Our organization's mission is "conserving galpagos for nature and community," which we realize by saving imperiled species, restoring ecosystems, and building a more sustainable society in the galapagos archipelago.
Our mission is to protect vital areas of our natural world for the benefit of wildlife, habitats, and people by inspiring collaborative action. Our vision is a world where wildlife and people flourish in healthy ecosystems that sustain us…
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.
To advance the preservation of the amazon rainforest and conservation research and to disseminate knowledge regarding the impact of human development and climate change on the diversity of the ecosystem, wildlife, and plant life of the…
How this is measured
114 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 114 of the 327 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CREATIVE ACTION INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds CULTURAL SURVIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds Land is Life Inc ↗
- Who funds ECO-LOGIC DEVELOPMENT FUND ↗
- Who funds NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds American Bird Conservancy ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND ↗
- Who funds IPSWICH RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds OCEANA INC ↗
- Who funds EL PORVENIR ↗
- Who funds Amazon Watch Inc ↗
- Who funds GRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds PACHAMAMAS PATH INC ↗
- Who funds GUANACASTE DRY FOREST CONSERVATION FUND ↗
- Who funds BACKYARD GROWERS INC ↗
- Who funds MARALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds ESSEX COUNTY GREENBELT ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds PAN AFRICAN SANCTUARY ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds ANDEAN ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ↗
- Who funds OnePlanet USA Inc ↗
- Who funds Groundswell International Inc ↗
- Who funds MADRE INC ↗
- Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds RAW ART WORKS INC ↗
- Who funds INGA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ARTISTS FOR SOUP INC ↗
- Who funds GROWING HOPE GLOBALLY ↗
- Who funds INMED PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds Camino Verde Inc ↗
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: Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · Brace Cove Foundation Inc · The Applied Materials Foundation · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Globalgiving Foundation Inc · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization New England Biolabs Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from New England Biolabs Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Global Diversity Foundation Inc: 100% of income from government
- Essex National Heritage Commission Inc: 87% of income from government
- Northeast Arc Inc: 73% of income from government
- Pan African Sanctuary Alliance Inc: 68% of income from government
- Ipswich River Watershed Association: 68% of income from government
- Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy Inc: 45% of income from government
- Bike to the Sea Inc: 25% of income from government
- Salem Sound 2000 Inc: 20% of income from government
- Citizens Inn Inc: 18% of income from government
- Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
- New England Aquarium Corporation: 12% of income from government
- Lynn Shelter Association Inc: 12% of income from government
- Leap for Education Inc: 9% of income from government
- Essex County Greenbelt Association: 8% of income from government
- Raw Art Works Inc: 7% of income from government
- Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
- The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
- Beyond Walls Inc: 6% of income from government
- Manship Artist Residence and Studios Inc: 5% of income from government
- Three Sisters Garden Project Inc: 2% of income from government
- Actors Studio of Newburyport Inc: 2% of income from government
- Essex County Community Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
- Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
- Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc: 1% of income from government
- Cape Ann Art Haven Inc: 1% of income from government
- Green Beverly 107Q Inc: 1% of income from government
- Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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