Massachusetts · Private foundation
Roberts Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,080
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,347,534
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $54M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations Roberts Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $2.5M | 56% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $2.9M | 57% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $2.3M | 29% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $2.5M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $1.8M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $2.6M | 40% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $1.9M | 43% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Municipality of Princeton | $3,181,302 | 5 | n/a |
| The Fessenden School | $1,300,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $186,333 | 3 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston College | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Noble and Greenough School | $86,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | $79,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Steppingstone Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Create Good Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 28 grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($13M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Roberts Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good
How this is measured
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About Roberts Family Foundation
- How much does Roberts Family Foundation give?
- Roberts Family Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $2,516,336 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Roberts Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Social Science (39%), Science & Tech (29%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are Roberts Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Municipality of Princeton ($3.2M), The Fessenden School ($1.3M), Children's Hospital Corporation ($186k).
- Does Roberts Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Roberts 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 Roberts Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Ge Aerospace Foundation, American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc.
- Where is Roberts Family Foundation based?
- Roberts Family Foundation is based in MA.
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