Massachusetts · Private foundation
Susanna E Bedell Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $62k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $907k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations Susanna E Bedell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% 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 | 20 | $50k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $48k | 28% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $47k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $45k | 54% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $36k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn Mawr College | $49,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Concord Carlisle Foundation Inc | $42,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American Folk Art Museum | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Cultivating Community | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Concord Chorus Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Gaining Ground Inc | $4,900 | 4 | 0% |
| Concord Antiquarian Society D/B/A Concord Museum | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Concord Free Public Library Inc | $3,500 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn Mawr College | $49,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Concord Carlisle Foundation Inc | $42,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American Folk Art Museum | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Cultivating Community | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Concord Chorus Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Gaining Ground Inc | $4,900 | 4 | 0% |
| Concord Antiquarian Society D/B/A Concord Museum | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Concord Free Public Library Inc | $3,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Concord Independent Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tree Street Youth Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Discovery Museum Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spc Preservation Fund | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | $800 | 1 | 0% |
| National Jewish Health | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Maine Museum of Innovation Learning and Labor | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Curepsp Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Merrymeeting Arts Center | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($51k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Susanna E Bedell Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Boston Foundation Inc · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Quimby Family Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust · Good Shepherd Food Bank · Onion Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Susanna E Bedell Foundation
- How much does Susanna E Bedell Foundation give?
- Susanna E Bedell Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $61,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Susanna E Bedell Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (20%), Health (19%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are Susanna E Bedell Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Bryn Mawr College ($49k), Concord Carlisle Foundation Inc ($42k), Equal Justice Initiative ($24k).
- Does Susanna E Bedell Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Susanna E Bedell 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 Susanna E Bedell Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Elmina B Sewall Foundation, Maine Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Susanna E Bedell Foundation based?
- Susanna E Bedell Foundation is based in MA.
Play a game based on Susanna E Bedell’s filings →