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Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$323k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2025
48
Organizations funded FY2024
44%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$7,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
38 to 51
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$6.6M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 44% of the organizations Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $143k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther
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$323k19%
FY202448$322k44%
FY202338$252k42%
FY202244$255k9%
FY202151$269kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$789kEducation$236kYouth Development$203kEmployment$50kPublic Safety & Disaster$45kRecreation & Sports$45kHealth$10kScience & Tech$8kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 68 grantees
All grantees of Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Wang Center for the Performing Arts Inc$37,50050%
Cambridge Camping Association Inc$35,00051%
Artists for Humanity Inc$35,00050%
Project STEP Inc$35,00051%
Summer Search$32,50040%
Arts for Learning Massachusetts Inc$32,50051%
South Shore Conservatory of Music Inc$32,50040%
Company One Inc$32,50041%
Raw Art Works Inc$30,00040%
826 Boston Inc$30,00040%
Berklee College of Music Inc$30,00040%
Cristo Rey Boston High School Inc$27,5004n/a
Handel and Haydn Society$27,50040%
Community Music Center of Boston Inc$25,00030%
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre$25,00030%
Merrimack Repertory Theatre Inc$25,00040%
The Celebrity Series of Boston Inc$22,50030%
Literations Corp$22,50031%
Huntington Theatre Co Inc$22,50040%
Boston Children's Chorus Inc$20,00040%
The Hyde Square Task Force Inc$17,50020%
Making Music Matters Inc$17,500231%
Zumix Inc$17,50021%
Musiconnects Inc$17,50032%
The Theater Offensive Inc$17,50021%
Worcester Chamber Music Society Inc$17,50031%
Sociedad Latina Inc$17,50030%
Masspoetry Inc$17,50022%
Actors' Shakespeare Project$17,50021%
Worcester Youth Center Inc$17,50020%
Cantata Singers Inc$15,50031%
Conservatory Lab Foundation Inc$15,00011%
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras Inc$15,00020%
Science From Scientists Inc$15,00020%
Partners for Youth With Disabilities Inc$15,00020%
Cabot Performing Arts Center Inc$15,00030%
Urbanity Dance Inc$15,00041%
Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School Inc$15,00020%
Codman Academy Foundation Inc$15,00021%
Groton Hill Music Inc$15,00020%
Boston Music Project Inc$15,00020%
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc$12,50020%
Concord Conservatory of Music Inc$12,15030%
WriteBoston Inc$10,00010%
Enroot Inc$10,00011%
Kipp Massachusetts Inc$10,00020%
Theatrezone Inc$10,00022%
Dedham Country Day School$10,00020%
Discovery Museum Inc$10,00020%
The Epiphany School Inc$10,00020%
Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc$10,00020%
Performing Arts Center of Metrowest Inc$10,00032%
Playworks Education Energized$10,00020%
South Shore Childrens Chorus Corp$8,00012%
SafeBae Org Inc$7,5001n/a
Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School Inc$7,50010%
Arlington Center for the Arts Inc Tom Formicola Exec Director$7,50011%
Lawrence Communityworks Inc$7,50010%
Rehearsal for Life Inc$7,50020%
Hopkinton Center for the Arts$5,00020%
Read to a Child Inc$5,00010%
Learn to Lead Foundation of Lowell Inc$5,00011%
Paul Revere Memorial Association$5,00010%
Steps to Success Inc$5,00010%
Plugged in Band Program Inc$5,00021%
Cultural Alliance of Medfield Dba Bellforge Arts Center$2,50010%
Museum of Fine Arts$55010%
Friends of St Stephen's Youth Programs Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($296k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 66 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Wang Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $37,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCambridge Camping Association Inc: $35,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetArtists for Humanity Inc: $35,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetProject STEP Inc: $35,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSummer Search: $32,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetArts for Learning Massachusetts Inc: $32,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSouth Shore Conservatory of Music Inc: $32,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCompany One Inc: $32,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetRaw Art Works Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budget826 Boston Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBerklee College of Music Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHandel and Haydn Society: $27,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Music Center of Boston Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMerrimack Repertory Theatre Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Celebrity Series of Boston Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLiterations Corp: $22,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHuntington Theatre Co Inc: $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Children's Chorus Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Hyde Square Task Force Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMaking Music Matters Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 31% of budgetZumix Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMusiconnects Inc: $17,500 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetThe Theater Offensive Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWorcester Chamber Music Society Inc: $17,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSociedad Latina Inc: $17,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMasspoetry Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetActors' Shakespeare Project: $17,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWorcester Youth Center Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCantata Singers Inc: $15,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetConservatory Lab Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBoston Youth Symphony Orchestras Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetScience From Scientists Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPartners for Youth With Disabilities Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCabot Performing Arts Center Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUrbanity Dance Inc: $15,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNotre Dame Cristo Rey High School Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCodman Academy Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetGroton Hill Music Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Music Project Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetConcord Conservatory of Music Inc: $12,150 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWriteBoston Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEnroot Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKipp Massachusetts Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTheatrezone Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetDedham Country Day School: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDiscovery Museum Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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 66.

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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 IncMA66.6× affinity43 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · William E Schrafft and Bertha E Schrafft Charitable Trust · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · Edvestors Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · The Klarman Family Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Adelard & Valeda Roy Foundation · Yawkey Foundation II

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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How do I get to Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation

How much does Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation give?
Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $322,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 51 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (47%), Education (14%), Youth Development (12%).
Who are Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The Wang Center for the Performing Arts Inc ($38k), Cambridge Camping Association Inc ($35k), Artists for Humanity Inc ($35k).
Does Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc.
Where is Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation based?
Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation is based in DE.

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 99 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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