Skip to content

Massachusetts · Private foundation

Press Family 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.

$42k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
40
Grants FY2025
27
Organizations funded FY2024
30%
First-time grantees FY2024
Read the full brief
Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$3,000
Organizations funded a year
20 to 32
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$629k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Press Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureReligionEducationInternationalEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving37$40k27%
FY202427$40k30%
FY202321$33k14%
FY202220$34k25%
FY202129$42k52%
FY202032$44k53%
FY201923$33k48%
FY201825$48k64%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$77kArts & Culture$71kReligion$41kHealth$32kYouth Development$19kHuman Services$17kRecreation & Sports$15kPhilanthropy$14kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
CO
MD
TN
DC
AL
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra Inc$39,00071%
Jewish Family Service of Metrowest Inc$19,40080%
Martha's Vineyard Cerebral Palsy Camp Inc$15,50070%
Congregation Sha Aray Shalom$12,6442n/a
Temple Beth Shalom$12,0006n/a
Metrowest Jewish Day School Inc Attn F David Rothkopf$9,50080%
Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc$6,81060%
Friends of Yad Sarah Inc$6,50060%
Vassar College$5,00020%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$5,00050%
Show all 47 grantees
All grantees of Press Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra Inc$39,00071%
Jewish Family Service of Metrowest Inc$19,40080%
Martha's Vineyard Cerebral Palsy Camp Inc$15,50070%
Congregation Sha Aray Shalom$12,6442n/a
Temple Beth Shalom$12,0006n/a
Metrowest Jewish Day School Inc Attn F David Rothkopf$9,50080%
Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc$6,81060%
Friends of Yad Sarah Inc$6,50060%
Vassar College$5,00020%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$5,00050%
Ohio State University Foundation$4,50030%
Israel Emergency Alliance$4,00040%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$4,00040%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$4,00040%
National Yiddish Book Center Inc$3,50040%
American Friends of Rabin Medical Center$3,00010%
Keren or Inc$3,00030%
Boys & Girls Club of Plymouth$3,00020%
Northeastern University$3,00020%
Yeshiva University$2,50010%
American Pennies for Hunger$2,50035%
Als One Inc$2,5001n/a
Cure Childhood Cancer Inc$2,03720%
National Park Foundation$2,00030%
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc$2,00020%
Health Imperatives Inc$2,00020%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$1,50020%
B Nai B Rith$1,50020%
Greater Boston Legal Services Inc$1,50020%
The Harvard Krokodiloes Inc$1,20010%
Chabad on Campus at Osu$1,0081n/a
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$1,00020%
WGBH Educational Foundation$1,00010%
American Society for Yad Vashem Inc$1,00010%
Israel Lacrosse Association Inc$1,00010%
Haiti Projects Inc$1,00010%
World Jewish Congress (American Section) Inc$1,00010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$1,00010%
National Jewish Health$1,00010%
The Trustees of Reservations$60010%
Ocean Conservancy$50010%
Haiti180 Inc$5001n/a
St Pauls Parish$5001n/a
North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry Inc$5001n/a
National Audubon Society Inc$50010%
Sadd Inc$25010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 59 recipients with no EIN on record ($154k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Press Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPlymouth Philharmonic Orchestra Inc: $39,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetJewish Family Service of Metrowest Inc: $19,400 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMartha's Vineyard Cerebral Palsy Camp Inc: $15,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetMetrowest Jewish Day School Inc Attn F David Rothkopf: $9,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetHillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc: $6,810 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Yad Sarah Inc: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVassar College: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOhio State University Foundation: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Yiddish Book Center Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Rabin Medical Center: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKeren or Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Plymouth: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNortheastern University: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYeshiva University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Pennies for Hunger: $2,500 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetCure Childhood Cancer Inc: $2,037 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHealth Imperatives Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetB Nai B Rith: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Boston Legal Services Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Harvard Krokodiloes Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Society for Yad Vashem Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Lacrosse Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHaiti Projects Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Jewish Congress (American Section) Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Jewish Health: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Reservations: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSadd Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncMA22.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Compare Press Family Foundation with peer funders

About Press Family Foundation

How much does Press Family Foundation give?
Press Family Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $41,987 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Press Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (23%), Arts & Culture (21%), Religion (12%).
Who are Press Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra Inc ($39k), Jewish Family Service of Metrowest Inc ($19k), Martha's Vineyard Cerebral Palsy Camp Inc ($16k).
Does Press Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Press Family 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 Press Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, Arbella Insurance Foundation, Eastern Bank Foundation.
Where is Press Family Foundation based?
Press Family Foundation is based in MA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 110 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Press Family’s filings →

More from the funding graph