Massachusetts · Private foundation
Susan a & Donald P Babson Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $299k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 68
- Grants FY2025
- 71
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $27,284
- Organizations funded a year
- 68 to 88
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations Susan a & Donald P Babson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k 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 | 64 | $292k | 16% |
| FY2024 | 71 | $286k | 28% |
| FY2023 | 68 | $257k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 88 | $300k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 79 | $240k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Fund for Emmanuel | $64,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Bagly Inc | $52,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $51,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Point Foundation | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pathway to Possible Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Meenakshi Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 23% |
| Outright International | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Nipponzan Myohoji-New England Sangha | $36,588 | 4 | n/a |
| Gift of Adoption Fund Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $29,500 | 5 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($174k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Susan a & Donald P Babson 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: Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Paul & Edith Babson Foundation 106846-000 · Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · The Irene E and George A Davis Foundation · The Beveridge Family Foundation · Tides Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · The Winky Foundation Co Wilmington Trust Co · Peoples United Community Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Susan a & Donald P Babson Foundation
- How much does Susan a & Donald P Babson Foundation give?
- Susan a & Donald P Babson Foundation reported 68 grants totaling $299,136 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 68 and 88 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Susan a & Donald P Babson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (18%), Human Services (11%), International (10%).
- Who are Susan a & Donald P Babson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: American Fund for Emmanuel ($64k), Bagly Inc ($53k), Human Rights Watch Inc ($51k).
- Does Susan a & Donald P Babson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Susan a & Donald P Babson 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 Susan a & Donald P Babson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, Paul & Edith Babson Foundation 106846-000, Boston Foundation Inc.
- Where is Susan a & Donald P Babson Foundation based?
- Susan a & Donald P Babson Foundation is based in MA.
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