Massachusetts · Private foundation
Polynate Foundation
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.
- $6.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
93% of Polynate Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 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, FY2025
- $350,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,133,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 3
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Polynate Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $500k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $1.1M | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $47k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Math Stars | $900,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Northeastern University | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Promys Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Washington University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($397k), not named here.
About Polynate Foundation
- How much does Polynate Foundation give?
- Polynate Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $6,633,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 3 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Polynate Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (92%), Education (8%), Recreation & Sports (0%).
- Who are Polynate Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: National Math Stars ($900k), Northeastern University ($200k), Promys Inc ($150k).
- Does Polynate Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Polynate 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 Polynate Foundation based?
- Polynate Foundation is based in MA.
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