Massachusetts · Private foundation
Plum Bush 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.
- $430k
- Granted FY2023
- 14
- Grants FY2023
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
60% of Plum Bush Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Yellowstone Club Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Plum Bush Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $430k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $144,444
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 14
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 6
- Total assets, FY2023
- $16M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 86% of the organizations Plum Bush Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 95% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 14 | $430k | 86% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $40k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew Senior Life Inc | $144,444 | 1 | 1% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Codepathorg | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Beaver Country Day School Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Share Winter Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boston Medical Center Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $16,880 | 1 | 0% |
| Third Option Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| GivenGain Foundation USA | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Meet International Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew Senior Life Inc | $144,444 | 1 | 1% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Codepathorg | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Beaver Country Day School Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Share Winter Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boston Medical Center Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $16,880 | 1 | 0% |
| Third Option Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| GivenGain Foundation USA | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Meet International Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gavin Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($123k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Plum Bush Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Plum Bush Foundation
- How much does Plum Bush Foundation give?
- Plum Bush Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $429,544 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 14 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Plum Bush Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (82%), Education (5%), Health (4%).
- Who are Plum Bush Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Hebrew Senior Life Inc ($144k), Anti-Defamation League ($50k), Codepathorg ($50k).
- Does Plum Bush Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Plum Bush 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 Plum Bush Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc.
- Where is Plum Bush Foundation based?
- Plum Bush Foundation is based in MA.
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