Massachusetts · Private foundation
Sociological Initiatives Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $278k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $24,900
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $44,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.7M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Sociological Initiatives Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $185k 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 | 11 | $278k | 91% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $185k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $184k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $200k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $180k | 89% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $154k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $158k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $223k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson College | $39,990 | 2 | 0% |
| Tennessee Health Care Campaign Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Water Drop | $24,929 | 1 | 9% |
| Chicago Torture Justice Center | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Struggle for Miamis Affordable and Sustainable Housing Incorporated | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Reentry Campus Program | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Northeastern University | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Safety Valve Project Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Center for Justice and Equity | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Equity and Transformation | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 50 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($731k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Sociological Initiatives Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Sociological Initiatives Foundation Inc
- How much does Sociological Initiatives Foundation Inc give?
- Sociological Initiatives Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $277,602 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sociological Initiatives Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (29%), Crime & Legal (12%), Civil Rights (9%).
- Who are Sociological Initiatives Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Emerson College ($40k), Tennessee Health Care Campaign Inc ($25k), Water Drop ($25k).
- Does Sociological Initiatives Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sociological Initiatives Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sociological Initiatives Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, Borealis Philanthropy, New Venture Fund.
- Where is Sociological Initiatives Foundation Inc based?
- Sociological Initiatives Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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