Massachusetts · Private foundation
Norfolk & Dedham 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.
- $695k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 134
- Grants FY2025
- 63
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 63
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 16
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 52% of the organizations Norfolk & Dedham Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k 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 | 115 | $685k | 63% |
| FY2024 | 63 | $274k | 52% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $406k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 48 | $195k | 48% |
| FY2021 | 42 | $210k | 48% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $199k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $197k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $141k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cristo Rey Boston High School Inc | $258,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Dedham Square Circle | $185,000 | 8 | 41% |
| Pine Street Inn Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Dedham Food Pantry Charitable Trust | $75,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Saint Francis House Inc | $42,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Clear Path for Veterans New England Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Crossroads for Kids Inc | $36,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pioneer Institute Inc | $26,250 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 133 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 70 recipients with no EIN on record ($908k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Norfolk & Dedham Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 105 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Dedham Institution for Savings Foundation · Rockland Trust - Blue Hills Charitable Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · The Carney Family Charitable Foundation · Joy In Childhood Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc
How this is measured
About Norfolk & Dedham Foundation Inc
- How much does Norfolk & Dedham Foundation Inc give?
- Norfolk & Dedham Foundation Inc reported 134 grants totaling $694,532 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 63 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Norfolk & Dedham Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (19%), Housing & Shelter (18%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are Norfolk & Dedham Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Cristo Rey Boston High School Inc ($258k), Dedham Square Circle ($185k), Pine Street Inn Inc ($80k).
- Does Norfolk & Dedham Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Norfolk & Dedham 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Norfolk & Dedham Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, Arbella Insurance Foundation.
- Where is Norfolk & Dedham Foundation Inc based?
- Norfolk & Dedham Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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