Massachusetts · Private foundation
Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $8.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 77
- Grants FY2024
- 72
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,800,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 52 to 99
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $179M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $432k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 75 | $7.7M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 72 | $9.0M | 28% |
| FY2022 | 72 | $8.9M | 40% |
| FY2021 | 52 | $4.2M | 27% |
| FY2020 | 99 | $4.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The People's Park Foundation Inc | $4,350,000 | 4 | 100% |
| One Family Inc | $3,692,000 | 5 | 52% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $3,070,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Brockton Hospital Inc | $3,000,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Liberty Science Center | $1,400,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Ron Burton Training Village Inc | $1,250,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $1,050,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston | $900,000 | 2 | 2% |
| American Junior Golf Association Inc | $825,300 | 3 | 3% |
| Pga Tour First Tee Foundation Inc | $800,000 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 147 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 123 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Boston Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Suffolk Cares Charitable Foundation Inc · The Klarman Family Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation
- How much does Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation give?
- Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation reported 77 grants totaling $8,057,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 52 and 99 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (19%), Health (19%), Recreation & Sports (18%).
- Who are Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The People's Park Foundation Inc ($4.3M), One Family Inc ($3.7M), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ($3.1M).
- Does Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable 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 Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation.
- Where is Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation based?
- Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation is based in MA.
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