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Robert and Iris Fanger Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$47k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
67
Grants FY2024
69
Organizations funded FY2023
25%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$250
Largest grant, FY2024
$8,000
Organizations funded a year
68 to 90
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$55k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Robert and Iris Fanger Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2024still arriving66$47k26%
FY202369$73k25%
FY202278$87k28%
FY202168$84k26%
FY202089$114k39%
FY201988$94k42%
FY201890$94kn/a
88% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Environment$143kArts & Culture$122kEducation$49kReligion$33kHuman Services$27kHealth$22kHousing & Shelter$5kRecreation & Sports$5kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc$119,20070%
Temple Israel Incorporated$31,5277n/a
The Home for Little Wanderers Inc$24,60070%
Massachusetts Historical Society$13,60070%
Sarasota Ballet of Florida Inc$11,50060%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$10,0001n/a
Boston Ballet Inc$9,50070%
Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc$7,00060%
New York City Ballet Inc$6,00060%
National Outdoor Leadership School$5,00010%
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All grantees of Robert and Iris Fanger Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc$119,20070%
Temple Israel Incorporated$31,5277n/a
The Home for Little Wanderers Inc$24,60070%
Massachusetts Historical Society$13,60070%
Sarasota Ballet of Florida Inc$11,50060%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$10,0001n/a
Boston Ballet Inc$9,50070%
Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc$7,00060%
New York City Ballet Inc$6,00060%
National Outdoor Leadership School$5,00010%
Asolo Theatre Inc$4,90040%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$4,45050%
West Falmouth Library Inc$4,20071%
New England Conservatory of Music$3,75070%
Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc$3,50060%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$3,00060%
The 300 Committee Land Trust Inc$2,80070%
Trustees of Lawrence Academy at Groton Ma Corp$2,50060%
Anti-Defamation League$2,50010%
The Lenny Zakim Fund$2,45060%
Saint Francis House Inc$1,60060%
Streb Inc$1,60030%
Trustees of Tufts College$1,55030%
Discalced Inc$1,50040%
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras Inc$1,50020%
Women Vote$1,5005n/a
Woods Hole Golf Club$1,48110%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$1,45050%
Rosie's Place Inc$1,40070%
Boston Dance Alliance Inc$1,40030%
Dorrance Dance Incorporated$1,35070%
The New Dance Complex Inc$1,25040%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$1,25050%
Speakeasy Stage Company Inc$1,25030%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$1,20050%
The President and Trustees of Colby College$1,15030%
Oyster Pond Environmental Trust Inc$1,05051%
Harvard Magazine Inc$1,05070%
Huntington Theatre Co Inc$1,00020%
Sierra Club$1,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,00010%
Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum$1,00020%
Cape Cod Healthcare Inc$1,0001n/a
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc$88040%
Children's Hospital Corporation$80040%
Northeastern University$70020%
Cambridge Public Library Foundation Inc$70060%
The Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund Inc$60030%
Appalachian Mountain Club$59550%
Paul Taylor Dance Foundation Inc$57540%
Terezin Music Foundation Inc$5001n/a
Critical Explorers Inc$5003n/a
Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc$50030%
Berklee College of Music Inc$50010%
The Soldiers Fund Inc$50011%
Project Kesher$50010%
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc$50020%
Boston Lyric Opera Company$50020%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$50010%
Hebrew Senior Life Inc$45010%
People for River Bend Park Trust$4505n/a
Revelsinc$40020%
Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc$40010%
Trustees of Boston University$40020%
Eakins Press Foundation$35040%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$30010%
Woods Hole Public Library$30030%
National Park Foundation$30020%
The Cambridge Historical Society$30020%
Falmouth Water Stewards Inc$30040%
Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris Inc$30030%
Boston Public Library Fund Inc$30030%
Company One Inc$30030%
Friends of the Topsfield Council on Aging Inc$3001n/a
Cape Cod Theatre Project Inc$30020%
Boston Latin School Association$25010%
Simmons University$25010%
2life Communities Inc$2501n/a
The Actors' Fund of America$25010%
Ripon College$25010%
St Luke's Wood River Foundation Inc$25010%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$22540%
Limmudboston Inc$22510%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$20010%
Zeitgeist Stage Company Inc$20010%
American Indian College Fund$20020%
Glen Lake Association Inc$20010%
Temple Beth El$2001n/a
Cambridge Dance Youth Program Inc$20010%
Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc$20010%
Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House Inc$20010%
Amherst College Trustees$20010%
Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans Inc$20010%
Science Club for Girls Inc$20010%
Emmanuel Music Inc$20010%
The Japan Society of Boston Inc$20010%
Wells College$20010%
National Wildlife Federation$10020%
National Audubon Society Inc$10020%
Friends of Maclay Gardens Inc$10010%
The Boston Landmarks Orchestra Inc$10010%
Northwestern University$10010%
American Classics Inc$1001n/a
Performance Garage Inc$10010%
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Inc$10010%
Robert F Kennedy Children's Action Corps Inc$10010%
Save Our Seabirds Inc$10010%
Pick Up Performance Co Inc$10010%
The Commonwealth Shakespeare Co Inc$10010%
Smithsonian Institution$10010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$7520%
The Trustees of Reservations$7010%
AARP Foundation$5020%
Project Shakespeare$501n/a
St Josephs Indian School$251n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 121 recipients with no EIN on record ($270k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWoodwell Climate Research Center Inc: $119,200 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetThe Home for Little Wanderers Inc: $24,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Historical Society: $13,600 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSarasota Ballet of Florida Inc: $11,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Ballet Inc: $9,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBallet Theatre Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNew York City Ballet Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNational Outdoor Leadership School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAsolo Theatre Inc: $4,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $4,450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWest Falmouth Library Inc: $4,200 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetNew England Conservatory of Music: $3,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Arts Academy Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe 300 Committee Land Trust Inc: $2,800 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Lawrence Academy at Groton Ma Corp: $2,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lenny Zakim Fund: $2,450 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Francis House Inc: $1,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetStreb Inc: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $1,550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDiscalced Inc: $1,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Youth Symphony Orchestras Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWoods Hole Golf Club: $1,481 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $1,450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRosie's Place Inc: $1,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Dance Alliance Inc: $1,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDorrance Dance Incorporated: $1,350 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe New Dance Complex Inc: $1,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSpeakeasy Stage Company Inc: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $1,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOyster Pond Environmental Trust Inc: $1,050 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetHarvard Magazine Inc: $1,050 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHuntington Theatre Co Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProprietors of the Boston Athenaeum: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc: $880 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNortheastern University: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCambridge Public Library Foundation Inc: $700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund Inc: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAppalachian Mountain Club: $595 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPaul Taylor Dance Foundation Inc: $575 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Symphony Orchestra Inc: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBerklee College of Music Inc: $500 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 102.

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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.

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Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · The Klarman Family Foundation · Barr Foundation · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Alchemy Foundation · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · New England Foundation for the Arts Incorporated · The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation · Stevenson Family Charitable Trust

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 Robert and Iris Fanger Family Foundation

How much does Robert and Iris Fanger Family Foundation give?
Robert and Iris Fanger Family Foundation reported 67 grants totaling $46,785 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 68 and 90 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Robert and Iris Fanger Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (23%), Arts & Culture (20%), Education (8%).
Who are Robert and Iris Fanger Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc ($119k), Temple Israel Incorporated ($32k), The Home for Little Wanderers Inc ($25k).
Does Robert and Iris Fanger Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert and Iris Fanger Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Robert and Iris Fanger Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc.
Where is Robert and Iris Fanger Family Foundation based?
Robert and Iris Fanger 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 242 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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