Massachusetts · Public charity
Spam Benevolent Fund Inc
To assist members - state troopers, sergeants, and their families - in times of need and to provide scholarships.
- $103k
- Granted FY2023
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $35k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $6,605
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $729k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations Spam Benevolent Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 81% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 5 | $35k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $17k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $37k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $28k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Hill Foundation Inc | $34,350 | 2 | 2% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $12,207 | 2 | 0% |
| Team Impact Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boston Bruins Charitable Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Guild of Saint Agnes of Worcester | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boston Firefighters Local 718 Children's Fund Inc | $6,605 | 1 | 35% |
| Ntc Foundation | $6,605 | 1 | 0% |
| Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Minnesota Chiefs of Police Foundation | $5,602 | 1 | 5% |
| The Boston Police Foundation Inc | $5,602 | 1 | 6% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Hill Foundation Inc | $34,350 | 2 | 2% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $12,207 | 2 | 0% |
| Team Impact Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boston Bruins Charitable Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Guild of Saint Agnes of Worcester | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boston Firefighters Local 718 Children's Fund Inc | $6,605 | 1 | 35% |
| Ntc Foundation | $6,605 | 1 | 0% |
| Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Minnesota Chiefs of Police Foundation | $5,602 | 1 | 5% |
| The Boston Police Foundation Inc | $5,602 | 1 | 6% |
| The Giblin Family Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Teamsters Local 25 Autism Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($11k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Spam Benevolent Fund Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 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
About Spam Benevolent Fund Inc
- How much does Spam Benevolent Fund Inc give?
- Spam Benevolent Fund Inc reported 5 itemized grants totaling $34,879, out of $102,782 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Spam Benevolent Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Human Services (27%), Education (17%), Health (16%).
- Who are Spam Benevolent Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Greg Hill Foundation Inc ($34k), Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($12k), Team Impact Inc ($10k).
- Does Spam Benevolent Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Spam Benevolent Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Spam Benevolent Fund Inc based?
- Spam Benevolent Fund Inc is based in MA.
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