Massachusetts · Private foundation
Scherr 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.
- $37k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $441k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Scherr Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $35k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $9k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $24k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $17k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $10k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $36k | 57% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $16k | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston | $76,643 | 6 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $29,050 | 5 | 0% |
| Ceres Inc | $16,550 | 7 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $4,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Shalom Learning Inc | $2,440 | 2 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Newton Food Pantry Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Eye Research and Education Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| 2life Communities Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston | $76,643 | 6 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $29,050 | 5 | 0% |
| Ceres Inc | $16,550 | 7 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $4,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Shalom Learning Inc | $2,440 | 2 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Newton Food Pantry Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Eye Research and Education Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| 2life Communities Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hebrew Senior Life Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| The Impossible Dream Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wildflower Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Pine Street Inn Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Scherr 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: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Scherr Family Foundation
- How much does Scherr Family Foundation give?
- Scherr Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $36,520 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Scherr Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (51%), Health (25%), Environment (11%).
- Who are Scherr Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston ($77k), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ($29k), Ceres Inc ($17k).
- Does Scherr Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Scherr 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 Scherr Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Network for Good.
- Where is Scherr Family Foundation based?
- Scherr Family Foundation is based in MA.
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