Massachusetts · Private foundation
Rockinghorse Trail 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.
- $99k
- Granted FY2021
- 14
- Grants FY2021
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Rockinghorse Trail Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Bank Of America Charitable Gift Fd, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Rockinghorse Trail Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $99k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Total assets, FY2021
- $10k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 29% of the organizations Rockinghorse Trail Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 14 | $99k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $147k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $76k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $32k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $32k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $103,775 | 5 | n/a |
| Boston Ballet Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Vineyard House Inc | $18,500 | 5 | 2% |
| The Pike School Inc | $10,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Waterorg | $10,125 | 2 | 0% |
| The Loomis Institute D/B/A the Loomis Chaffee School | $8,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Sheriff's Meadow Foundation | $7,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Martha's Vineyard Museum Inc | $6,525 | 4 | 0% |
| Imagine Tolerance Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $103,775 | 5 | n/a |
| Boston Ballet Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Vineyard House Inc | $18,500 | 5 | 2% |
| The Pike School Inc | $10,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Waterorg | $10,125 | 2 | 0% |
| The Loomis Institute D/B/A the Loomis Chaffee School | $8,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Sheriff's Meadow Foundation | $7,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Martha's Vineyard Museum Inc | $6,525 | 4 | 0% |
| Imagine Tolerance Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Featherstone Center for the Arts Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospice of Martha's Vineyard Inc Dba Hospice and Palliative Care of Martha's | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Martha's Vineyard Playhouse Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sail Martha's Vineyard Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Edible Schoolyard Project dba The Alice Waters Institute | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Martha's Vineyard Film Society Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hellenic Women's Club Inc | $425 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Chilmark Public Library | $425 | 2 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Beyond Soccer Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($149k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rockinghorse Trail 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: Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · If Hummingbird Foundation Inc · Richard and Bette Saltzman Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Rockinghorse Trail Foundation
- How much does Rockinghorse Trail Foundation give?
- Rockinghorse Trail Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $98,750 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Rockinghorse Trail Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (74%), Health (16%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are Rockinghorse Trail Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($104k), Boston Ballet Inc ($50k), Vineyard House Inc ($19k).
- Does Rockinghorse Trail Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rockinghorse Trail 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 Rockinghorse Trail Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc, If Hummingbird Foundation Inc, Richard and Bette Saltzman Foundation.
- Where is Rockinghorse Trail Foundation based?
- Rockinghorse Trail Foundation is based in MA.
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