Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Altamira 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.
- $444k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 34
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations The Altamira Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $287k 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 | 26 | $444k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $601k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $940k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $535k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $817k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 34 | $354k | 41% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $353k | 37% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $285k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smart From the Start Inc | $370,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Hope for Henry Foundation | $329,000 | 8 | 6% |
| The Medstar-Georgetown Medical Center Inc | $287,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Black Economic Council of Massachusetts Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Hale Education Inc | $66,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Alabama Holocaust Education Center | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Stop Ald Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| East Lake Initiative | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Heart Gallery of Alabama Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 9% |
| College Choice Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 12% |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Altamira 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 · The John and Gertrude Donovan Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Citizens Charitable Foundation · The Weezie Foundation Xxxxx0005 · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · Rockland Trust - Blue Hills Charitable Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
How this is measured
About The Altamira Foundation
- How much does The Altamira Foundation give?
- The Altamira Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $443,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 34 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Altamira Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (26%), Education (24%), Health (18%).
- Who are The Altamira Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Smart From the Start Inc ($370k), Hope for Henry Foundation ($329k), The Medstar-Georgetown Medical Center Inc ($287k).
- Does The Altamira Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Altamira 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 Altamira Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, The John and Gertrude Donovan Foundation, Eastern Bank Foundation.
- Where is The Altamira Foundation based?
- The Altamira Foundation is based in MA.
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