New Hampshire · Private foundation
Salem Community Benefit Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $18k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2026
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $94k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 33% of the organizations Salem Community Benefit Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 5 | $18k | 20% |
| FY2025 | 9 | $58k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $110k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $105k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $110k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $58k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $95k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $118k | 63% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lazarus House Inc | $142,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Bread & Roses Inc | $55,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Upper Room a Family Resource Center | $51,084 | 5 | 2% |
| Merrimack Valley Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem Inc | $43,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Family Promise of Southern New Hampshire | $31,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Brigid's House of Hope | $30,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Merrimac Heights Academy Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Derry Friendship Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Northern Essex Community College Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lazarus House Inc | $142,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Bread & Roses Inc | $55,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Upper Room a Family Resource Center | $51,084 | 5 | 2% |
| Merrimack Valley Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem Inc | $43,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Family Promise of Southern New Hampshire | $31,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Brigid's House of Hope | $30,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Merrimac Heights Academy Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Derry Friendship Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Northern Essex Community College Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Merrimack Valley Immigrant & Education Center Inc | $22,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Lawrence Communityworks Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| German Old Folks Home Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Lawrence Boys & Girls Club Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Merrimack Valley Dream Center Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Emmaus Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Salem Historical Society | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Salem Family Resources Success by 6 | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Si Se Puede Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Neighbors in Need Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Nh Drug Courts | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($253k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Salem Community Benefit Inc 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: Eastern Bank Foundation · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · The Saab Family Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Josephine G Russell Trust · Rogers Family Foundation · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · The Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · Artemas W Stearns Trust · Pentucket Bank Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Salem Community Benefit Inc
- How much does Salem Community Benefit Inc give?
- Salem Community Benefit Inc reported 5 grants totaling $18,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Salem Community Benefit Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (29%), Housing & Shelter (29%), Human Services (19%).
- Who are Salem Community Benefit Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Lazarus House Inc ($142k), Bread & Roses Inc ($55k), The Upper Room a Family Resource Center ($51k).
- Does Salem Community Benefit Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Salem Community Benefit Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Salem Community Benefit Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Essex County Community Foundation Inc, The Saab Family Foundation.
- Where is Salem Community Benefit Inc based?
- Salem Community Benefit Inc is based in NH.
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