New Hampshire · Private foundation
Polaris Foundation Inc
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $310k
- Granted FY2021
- 25
- Grants FY2021
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 92%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 25
- FY2019 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 12
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 92% of the organizations Polaris Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $285k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 25 | $310k | 92% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $11k | 55% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2021.
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, FY2019 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States Fund for Unicef | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Animal Welfare Institute | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Guardians of Rescue Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Last Chance for Animals | $20,050 | 2 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feed the Children Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Paws With A Cause | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 29 grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($64k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Polaris Foundation Inc 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
About Polaris Foundation Inc
- How much does Polaris Foundation Inc give?
- Polaris Foundation Inc reported 25 grants totaling $310,150 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 25 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2021.
- What does Polaris Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2021, its largest causes are Animals (42%), International (23%), Food & Nutrition (15%).
- Who are Polaris Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2021: United States Fund for Unicef ($40k), Food for the Poor Inc ($30k), Animal Welfare Institute ($25k).
- Does Polaris Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 92% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Polaris 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 Polaris Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, The Pfizer Foundation Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is Polaris Foundation Inc based?
- Polaris Foundation Inc is based in NH.
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