Massachusetts · Private foundation
Phillip and Susan Ragon 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.
- $401k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
50% of Phillip and Susan Ragon Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Cambridge Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 1 organization 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, FY2024
- $200,592
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,592
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $27M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Phillip and Susan Ragon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $225k 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 | 1 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $51M | 40% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $300k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $85M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $29M | 67% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $37M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $11M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $17M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | $5,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc | $2,400,000 | 7 | 9% |
| Charles River Conservancy Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($223M), not named here.
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About Phillip and Susan Ragon Foundation
- How much does Phillip and Susan Ragon Foundation give?
- Phillip and Susan Ragon Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $400,592 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Phillip and Susan Ragon Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (81%), Education (18%), Youth Development (1%).
- Who are Phillip and Susan Ragon Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ($5.0M), Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc ($2.4M), Charles River Conservancy Inc ($100k).
- Does Phillip and Susan Ragon Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Phillip and Susan Ragon 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.
- Where is Phillip and Susan Ragon Foundation based?
- Phillip and Susan Ragon Foundation is based in MA.
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