Massachusetts · Private foundation
Summer Star Foundation for Nature Art and Humanity Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $87k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $42,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $933k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Summer Star Foundation for Nature Art and Humanity Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 13 | $87k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $119k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $110k | 46% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $133k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $147k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $186k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $343k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $117k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University Foundation | $404,086 | 5 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $211,750 | 7 | 0% |
| Lowell Public Schools | $42,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Bloomington | $41,720 | 5 | n/a |
| Rockport Music Inc | $24,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Sudbury Valley Trustees Inc | $17,170 | 6 | 0% |
| The Links Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association Inc | $4,200 | 2 | 1% |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University Foundation | $404,086 | 5 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $211,750 | 7 | 0% |
| Lowell Public Schools | $42,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Bloomington | $41,720 | 5 | n/a |
| Rockport Music Inc | $24,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Sudbury Valley Trustees Inc | $17,170 | 6 | 0% |
| The Links Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association Inc | $4,200 | 2 | 1% |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Student Conservation Association Inc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mongabay Org Corp | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Built Environment Plus | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Seniorcare Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Reservations | $465 | 3 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Club | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Boylston Police Union | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($473k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Summer Star Foundation for Nature Art and Humanity Inc 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.
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How this is measured
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About Summer Star Foundation for Nature Art and Humanity Inc
- How much does Summer Star Foundation for Nature Art and Humanity Inc give?
- Summer Star Foundation for Nature Art and Humanity Inc reported 13 grants totaling $86,630 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Summer Star Foundation for Nature Art and Humanity Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (71%), Environment (8%), Youth Development (5%).
- Who are Summer Star Foundation for Nature Art and Humanity Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Indiana University Foundation ($404k), Trustees of Tufts College ($212k), Lowell Public Schools ($42k).
- Does Summer Star Foundation for Nature Art and Humanity Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Summer Star Foundation for Nature Art and Humanity Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Summer Star Foundation for Nature Art and Humanity Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Summer Star Foundation for Nature Art and Humanity Inc based?
- Summer Star Foundation for Nature Art and Humanity Inc is based in MA.
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