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Rabe Family Foundation Inc

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.

$186k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$36,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 38
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$9.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Rabe Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsInternationalEducationFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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 arriving22$161k5%
FY202424$154k0%
FY202322$582k9%
FY202229$695k21%
FY202138$563k13%
FY202038$204k42%
FY201929$83k93%
FY20175$12kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.4MAnimals$615kHealth$236kInternational$79kArts & Culture$52kFood & Nutrition$38kEnvironment$33kHousing & Shelter$31kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
CT
RI
CA
UT
KY
TN
DC
GA

Top grantees

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

Show all 40 grantees
All grantees of Rabe Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Beaver Country Day School Inc$1,185,00062%
Animal Rescue League of Boston$540,50063%
Walker Inc$105,00080%
Museum of Science$76,00060%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$61,50070%
United States Fund for Unicef$52,59560%
Dana-Farber Inc$50,00040%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$21,50030%
Earthjustice$17,50070%
Best Friends Animal Society$17,50070%
The Chestnut Hill School$15,07540%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$15,02040%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$15,00060%
Rosie's Place Inc$14,00050%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$13,80060%
Newton Food Pantry Inc$13,50070%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$13,50060%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$11,50030%
Pine Street Inn Inc$11,00060%
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$9,50070%
Mercy for Animals Inc$9,00060%
Centre Street Food Pantry Inc$8,00050%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$7,50030%
Samaritans Inc$6,40620%
Northeast Animal Shelter Inc$3,50030%
Oxfam-America Inc$3,00030%
American Cancer Society Inc$3,00030%
Humane World for Animals Inc$2,5001n/a
World Central Kitchen Inc$2,50010%
Family Reach Foundation$2,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$2,00020%
Resilient Coders Inc$2,00020%
Rodman For Kids Inc$1,50030%
The Marfan Foundation Inc$1,50020%
My Dog Eats First Inc$1,04312%
Three Squares New England Inc$51610%
School on Wheels of Massachusetts Inc$51510%
Squashbusters Inc$50010%
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma$50010%
Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc$26310%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($136k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Beaver Country Day School Inc: $1,185,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetAnimal Rescue League of Boston: $540,500 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetWalker Inc: $105,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Science: $76,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $61,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $52,595 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $21,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chestnut Hill School: $15,075 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $15,020 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRosie's Place Inc: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $13,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNewton Food Pantry Inc: $13,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBoston Medical Center Corporation: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $11,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPine Street Inn Inc: $11,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $9,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMercy for Animals Inc: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCentre Street Food Pantry Inc: $8,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritans Inc: $6,406 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNortheast Animal Shelter Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOxfam-America Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Reach Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetResilient Coders Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRodman For Kids Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Marfan Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMy Dog Eats First Inc: $1,043 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetThree Squares New England Inc: $516 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSchool on Wheels of Massachusetts Inc: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSquashbusters Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamilies of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc: $263 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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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.

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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.

Boston Foundation IncMA18.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About Rabe Family Foundation Inc

How much does Rabe Family Foundation Inc give?
Rabe Family Foundation Inc reported 23 grants totaling $185,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Rabe Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (55%), Animals (24%), Health (9%).
Who are Rabe Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Beaver Country Day School Inc ($1.2M), Animal Rescue League of Boston ($541k), Walker Inc ($105k).
Does Rabe Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Rabe Family 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 Rabe Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
Where is Rabe Family Foundation Inc based?
Rabe Family Foundation Inc 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 63 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.

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