Massachusetts · Private foundation
Sara & Damon Gadd Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $225k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Sara & Damon Gadd Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $225k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $270k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $350k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $331k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $95k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $101k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Rivers Conservancy | $366,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $330,000 | 4 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $175,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of the Warner Parks Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Core | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pbs Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity of NC Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Rivers Conservancy | $366,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $330,000 | 4 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $175,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of the Warner Parks Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Core | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pbs Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity of NC Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $20,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Malala Fund | $20,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Sister Association of Greater Boston Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Women's Lunch Place Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| YWCA USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($140k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sara & Damon Gadd 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Sara & Damon Gadd Foundation
- How much does Sara & Damon Gadd Foundation give?
- Sara & Damon Gadd Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $225,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Sara & Damon Gadd Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (30%), Health (24%), Public Safety & Disaster (13%).
- Who are Sara & Damon Gadd Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Western Rivers Conservancy ($366k), Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc ($330k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($175k).
- Does Sara & Damon Gadd Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sara & Damon Gadd 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 Sara & Damon Gadd Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Sara & Damon Gadd Foundation based?
- Sara & Damon Gadd Foundation is based in MA.
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