Massachusetts · Private foundation
The a & a Fund
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.
- $540k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 22
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations The a & a Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 | $530k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $510k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $490k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $380k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $400k | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dungkar Gompa Society Inc | $750,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Echoing Green Inc | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Democracy Now Productions Inc | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Spirit Awakening Foundation | $100,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Smart Beginnings Easy Preventions | $100,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Tomorrows Leaders NYC | $65,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Urban Association of Forestry and Fire Professionals Inc | $65,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Native Renewables Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Dions Chicago Dream Inc Nfp | $60,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Jewel Heart Corporation | $50,000 | 5 | n/a |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($505k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The a & a Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 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.
Open a dossier: Echoing Green Inc · California Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The a & a Fund
- How much does The a & a Fund give?
- The a & a Fund reported 21 grants totaling $540,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The a & a Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (36%), Education (13%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are The a & a Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Dungkar Gompa Society Inc ($750k), Echoing Green Inc ($105k), Democracy Now Productions Inc ($105k).
- Does The a & a Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The a & a Fund 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 The a & a Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Echoing Green Inc, California Community Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is The a & a Fund based?
- The a & a Fund is based in MA.
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