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Sensata Technologies Foundation Inc

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$1.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
116
Grants FY2025
51
Organizations funded FY2024
31%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 51
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$228k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 31% of the organizations Sensata Technologies Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionArts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving77$1.2M45%
FY202451$366k31%
FY202339$359k28%
FY202245$335k73%
FY202120$234k45%
FY202011$136k9%
FY201911$189kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Human Services$725kEducation$587kYouth Development$546kFood & Nutrition$348kHousing & Shelter$105kEmployment$104kScience & Tech$98kArts & Culture$91kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
ID
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
RI
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
AL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Sensata Technologies Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Robbins Childrens Programs Inc$182,19071%
The Literacy Center Inc$160,00065%
Stembassadors$133,000714%
Old Colony Young Men's Christian Association Inc$113,50070%
New Hope Inc$107,00070%
Our Sisters School$91,03171%
Preparatory Rehabilitation for Individual Development & Employment Inc$88,51770%
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan$65,00050%
The Works$63,00051%
Hockomock Young Men's Christian Association Inc$58,00040%
Crossroads Rhode Island$57,00030%
Attleboro Young Mens Christian Association$52,50030%
Boys' & Girls' Club of Taunton Incorporated$48,5003n/a
Idaho Foodbank Warehouse$46,00050%
High Tech Kids$39,00035%
VEAP Inc$37,00030%
West End Community Center Inc$35,50041%
Franklin Food Pantry Inc$33,50031%
Girls Incorporated of Taunton$33,00034%
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc$33,00030%
Pine Street Inn Inc$30,00040%
Books Are Wings$30,00037%
Attleboro Area Council of Churches Inc$30,0004n/a
Downcity Design$28,50023%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Pawtucket$28,50020%
Boys & Girls Club of Camarillo$27,50021%
Fall River Deaconess Home$27,00020%
Sojourner House Inc$26,00720%
Tech Goes Home Incorporated$25,00020%
Breakthrough New York Inc$24,50030%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Conejo Valley Inc$22,50020%
Children's Friend and Service$22,50020%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$22,50030%
Good Neighbors Inc$19,30012%
Forgotten Harvest Inc$17,00040%
Amenity Aid$16,0001n/a
World Central Kitchen Inc$15,00020%
Wade Institute for Science Education Inc$15,00021%
Minnesota Diversified Industries Inc$14,5001n/a
Accelerate4KIDS Foundation$12,8001n/a
Vermont Foodbank$12,00020%
Community Servings Inc$11,00010%
Attleboro Area Industrial Museum Inc$10,50024%
New York Hall of Science$10,00010%
Kennedy-Donovan Center Inc$10,00010%
McAuley Corporation$8,75010%
Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association$7,50010%
Crossroads for Kids Inc$7,50010%
Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School Inc$7,50010%
Michigan Youth Empowerment Foundation$7,00017%
Greater Attleboro Area Council for Children Inc$7,00012%
Fallbrook Senior Citizens Service Club$6,50013%
Hebron Food Pantry Inc$6,00022%
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation$5,00010%
Timothy Smith Network$5,00010%
Montrose Foundation Inc$4,75010%
Lawrence Technological University$4,16010%
Attleboro Museum Inc$4,00030%
Associates for Human Services Inc$3,00010%
Trevor Project Inc$3,00020%
Clean Ocean Access Inc$3,00010%
Food for Others Inc$2,50010%
Vermonts Camp Ta-Kum-Ta$2,50010%
Make Steam Inc$2,5001n/a
Times2 Inc$2,00010%
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc$2,00020%
Pave Your Path Inc$1,00011%
Idaho Diaper Bank Inc$1,00010%
Neads Inc$1,00010%
La Colaborativa Inc$1,00010%
Children's Hospital Corporation$1,00010%
Relentless Academy$50010%
Northeastern University$50010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$50010%
The Nemasket Group Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($681k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sensata Technologies Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRobbins Childrens Programs Inc: $182,190 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetThe Literacy Center Inc: $160,000 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetStembassadors: $133,000 over 7y, 14% of budgetOld Colony Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $113,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNew Hope Inc: $107,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetOur Sisters School: $91,031 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetPreparatory Rehabilitation for Individual Development & Employment Inc: $88,517 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetGleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan: $65,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Works: $63,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetHockomock Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $58,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCrossroads Rhode Island: $57,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAttleboro Young Mens Christian Association: $52,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetIdaho Foodbank Warehouse: $46,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHigh Tech Kids: $39,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetVEAP Inc: $37,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWest End Community Center Inc: $35,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetFranklin Food Pantry Inc: $33,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Taunton: $33,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetMassachusetts Audubon Society Inc: $33,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPine Street Inn Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBooks Are Wings: $30,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetDowncity Design: $28,500 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Pawtucket: $28,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Camarillo: $27,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFall River Deaconess Home: $27,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSojourner House Inc: $26,007 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTech Goes Home Incorporated: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBreakthrough New York Inc: $24,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Greater Conejo Valley Inc: $22,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Friend and Service: $22,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGood Neighbors Inc: $19,300 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetForgotten Harvest Inc: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWade Institute for Science Education Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetVermont Foodbank: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Servings Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAttleboro Area Industrial Museum Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetNew York Hall of Science: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKennedy-Donovan Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMcAuley Corporation: $8,750 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRhode Island Community Food Bank Association: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrossroads for Kids Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMichigan Youth Empowerment Foundation: $7,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetGreater Attleboro Area Council for Children Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFallbrook Senior Citizens Service Club: $6,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetHebron Food Pantry Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 69.

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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.

Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation IncMA58× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Health Systems Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · The Harborone Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · United Way of Greater Attleborotaunton Inc · Mansfield Community Charitable Foundation Inc · Southcoast Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Bluestone Bank Charitable Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Sensata Technologies Foundation Inc

How much does Sensata Technologies Foundation Inc give?
Sensata Technologies Foundation Inc reported 116 grants totaling $1,161,133 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 51 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Sensata Technologies Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Education (21%), Youth Development (20%).
Who are Sensata Technologies Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Robbins Childrens Programs Inc ($182k), The Literacy Center Inc ($160k), Stembassadors ($133k).
Does Sensata Technologies Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sensata Technologies Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Sensata Technologies Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc, Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc, Community Health Systems Inc.
Where is Sensata Technologies Foundation Inc based?
Sensata Technologies Foundation Inc is based in MA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 118 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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