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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
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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.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyEducationRecreation & SportsArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving115$685k63%
FY202463$274k52%
FY202325$406k44%
FY202248$195k48%
FY202142$210k48%
FY202024$199k33%
FY201931$197k45%
FY201822$141kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$304kHousing & Shelter$296kHuman Services$171kCommunity Improvement$166kHealth$102kFood & Nutrition$59kPhilanthropy$54kYouth Development$53kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cristo Rey Boston High School Inc$258,0006n/a
Dedham Square Circle$185,000841%
Pine Street Inn Inc$80,00040%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc$80,00050%
Dedham Food Pantry Charitable Trust$75,00064%
Saint Francis House Inc$42,50080%
Clear Path for Veterans New England Inc$40,00034%
Crossroads for Kids Inc$36,50070%
The Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc$35,00020%
Pioneer Institute Inc$26,25050%
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All grantees of Norfolk & Dedham Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cristo Rey Boston High School Inc$258,0006n/a
Dedham Square Circle$185,000841%
Pine Street Inn Inc$80,00040%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc$80,00050%
Dedham Food Pantry Charitable Trust$75,00064%
Saint Francis House Inc$42,50080%
Clear Path for Veterans New England Inc$40,00034%
Crossroads for Kids Inc$36,50070%
The Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc$35,00020%
Pioneer Institute Inc$26,25050%
Ripples of Hope Inc$26,00053%
Waltham Boys & Girls Club Inc$20,00020%
In Control Family Foundation Inc$19,50041%
Insurance Library Association of Boston$17,00051%
Ursuline Academy$16,5005n/a
Tommy's Place Foundation Inc$15,50041%
Charles River Association for Retarded Citizens Inc$15,00030%
Autism Speaks Inc$15,00030%
Sargent Family Community Fund$15,00032%
Julies Family Learning Program Inc$15,00030%
League School for Autism Inc$14,00080%
Old Colony Young Men's Christian Association Inc$11,00020%
The Next Step Fund Inc$10,00011%
Needham Exchange Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Cradles to Crayons Inc$10,00040%
The New England Center for Children Inc$10,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10,00010%
Town of Dedham$10,0001n/a
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$9,00020%
Mother Brook Arts and Community Center$7,50031%
Dedham Historical Society$7,50032%
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$7,50020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$7,50030%
Animal Rescue League of Boston$7,00030%
Perkins School for the Blind$7,00040%
Matt Brown Foundation Inc$6,00051%
The Family Pantry of Cape Cod Corp$5,50040%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$5,50030%
Score Hockey Inc$5,0001n/a
Spectrum Youth and Family Services Inc$5,00010%
Ocean Reef Medical Center Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$5,0001n/a
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$5,00010%
Amegoinc$5,00010%
Katies Kids Inc$5,0001n/a
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$5,0001n/a
Citizens Inn Inc$5,00010%
Providence College$5,00010%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$5,00010%
Daniel's Table Inc$5,0001n/a
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$5,0001n/a
Elizabeth Freeman Center Inc$5,00010%
Chocorua Lake Conservancy$4,50030%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$3,50020%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$3,50010%
Samaritan Homeless Interim Program Inc$3,50020%
Michael C McHugh Memorial Fund$3,50013%
United Way of Central Shenandoah Valley Inc$3,50020%
Newbridges Immigrant Resource Center$3,50021%
Friends of Veterans$3,00011%
Medical Missions for Children Inc$3,00030%
Washington Legal Foundation$3,00030%
Westwood Community Chest$3,00031%
People Incorporated$3,00010%
Namic Mutual Insurance Foundation$3,00012%
Husson University$3,00010%
Malden Catholic High School$2,7501n/a
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Friends of Lunenburg Public Library$2,50014%
Flemington Area Food Pantry Inc$2,5001n/a
Wakefield Basketball Association$2,50011%
Lazarus House Inc$2,50010%
Apache Way Farm Rescue Inc$2,500114%
Greater Attleboro Area Council for Children Inc$2,50011%
Feeding America$2,50010%
Last Hope K9 Rescue Ltd$2,5001n/a
Hudson Community Food Pantry Inc$2,50011%
Above & Beyond English Setter Rescue$2,5001n/a
First Congregational Church$2,5001n/a
City to Saddle$2,5001n/a
Youth Enrichment Services Inc$2,50010%
Reid Landry Garrant Foundation Inc$2,5001n/a
Delta Gamma Foundation$2,50010%
Trevor Project Inc$2,50010%
Down Syndrome Society of Rhode Island Inc$2,00022%
Waterbury Area Senior Citizens Association$1,25010%
Cancer Can'T Inc$1,25010%
WGBH Educational Foundation$1,25010%
End 68 Hours of Hunger$1,25010%
Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross$1,25010%
Tabor Academy$1,03210%
Linden Ponds Inc$1,00010%
Worcester State Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Vermont Foodbank$1,00010%
Critical Role Foundation$1,00010%
FACE Inc$1,00010%
Chinmaya Mission of Boston$1,0001n/a
2life Communities Inc$1,0001n/a
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$1,00010%
Needham Community Council Inc$1,00010%
Riverdale PTO$1,0001n/a
Hingham Sports Partnership$1,00010%
Framingham High School Grid Iron Club$1,0001n/a
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc$1,00010%
New Hampshire Catholic Charities$1,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County Inc$1,00010%
Elderheart Inc$1,00010%
Signature Healthcare Corporation$1,00010%
Heifer Project International$1,00010%
Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action Inc$1,00010%
Douglas a Thom Clinic Inc$1,00010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$1,00010%
Dnaconnect Org$1,0001n/a
Colleen Clarke Bucket List Wishes Inc$1,00012%
Fitchburg Historical Society$1,00011%
One Little World Fka Petrova's Promise Incorporated$1,00011%
Fairbanks Family in America Inc$1,00010%
Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program Inc$1,00010%
The Community Kitchen Inc$1,00010%
The Clear Fund$1,00010%
New Creation Va Inc$1,00010%
Feed the Children Inc$1,00010%
The Peter Frates Family Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Cheshire Health Foundation$1,00010%
Easton Baptist Church$1,0001n/a
The Home for Little Wanderers Inc$1,00010%
Homes for Our Troops Inc$1,00010%
Duxbury Lions Charitable Foundation Inc$5001n/a
Jewish Healthcare Center Inc$50010%
Dedham Choral Society Inc$5001n/a
Duxbury Interfaith Council$50010%
Dedham Educational Partnership Inc$5001n/a
Jb's Keys to Dmd Inc$2501n/a

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.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDedham Square Circle: $185,000 over 8y, 41% of budgetPine Street Inn Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc: $80,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDedham Food Pantry Charitable Trust: $75,000 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetSaint Francis House Inc: $42,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetClear Path for Veterans New England Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetCrossroads for Kids Inc: $36,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPioneer Institute Inc: $26,250 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetRipples of Hope Inc: $26,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetWaltham Boys & Girls Club Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetIn Control Family Foundation Inc: $19,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetInsurance Library Association of Boston: $17,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTommy's Place Foundation Inc: $15,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCharles River Association for Retarded Citizens Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSargent Family Community Fund: $15,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetJulies Family Learning Program Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLeague School for Autism Inc: $14,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOld Colony Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Next Step Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe New England Center for Children Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMother Brook Arts and Community Center: $7,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetDedham Historical Society: $7,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetSt Baldrick's Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Rescue League of Boston: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPerkins School for the Blind: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMatt Brown Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetThe Family Pantry of Cape Cod Corp: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSpectrum Youth and Family Services Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOcean Reef Medical Center Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmegoinc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens Inn Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProvidence College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElizabeth Freeman Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChocorua Lake Conservancy: $4,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan Homeless Interim Program Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMichael C McHugh Memorial Fund: $3,500 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetUnited Way of Central Shenandoah Valley Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 105.

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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.

Eastern Bank FoundationMA28.2× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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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.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 204 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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