Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Ajana 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.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 72
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $33M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 32% of the organizations The Ajana Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $320k 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 | 17 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $1.7M | 32% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $1.0M | 58% |
| FY2021 | 72 | $850k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 54 | $265k | 59% |
| FY2019 | 42 | $361k | 48% |
| FY2018 | 41 | $85k | 63% |
| FY2017 | 34 | $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.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Refed Inc | $600,000 | 5 | 3% |
| The Bhutan Foundation | $590,625 | 8 | 3% |
| The Urban Farming Institute of Bostoninc | $540,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Spoonfuls | $463,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Commonwealth Kitchen Inc | $352,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Boston Area Gleaners Inc | $280,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The Food Project Inc | $245,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Haley House Inc & Affiliates | $225,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Green City Force Inc | $210,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Urban Food Initiative Inc | $140,000 | 4 | 2% |
Show all 149 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ajana 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: Boston Foundation Inc · Patagoniaorg · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust · Impactassetsinc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · The Lazard Charitable Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The 1434 Foundation Inc · Merck Family Fund
How this is measured
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About The Ajana Foundation
- How much does The Ajana Foundation give?
- The Ajana Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $1,630,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 72 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Ajana Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (58%), International (10%), Community Improvement (8%).
- Who are The Ajana Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Refed Inc ($600k), The Bhutan Foundation ($591k), The Urban Farming Institute of Bostoninc ($540k).
- Does The Ajana Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ajana 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 The Ajana Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Patagoniaorg, Eastern Bank Foundation.
- Where is The Ajana Foundation based?
- The Ajana Foundation is based in MA.
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