Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Anderson Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $115k
- Granted FY2020
- 7
- Grants FY2020
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $10,168
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $56,635
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 29% of the organizations The Anderson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 7 | $115k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $18k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $30k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $33k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grymes Memorial School Inc | $74,881 | 4 | 2% |
| The Doctor Yum Project | $23,814 | 4 | 11% |
| Daniel Webster School PTO Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bridgewater-Raynham Music Boosters Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($94k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About The Anderson Foundation
- How much does The Anderson Foundation give?
- The Anderson Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $114,873 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does The Anderson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Education (52%), Food & Nutrition (28%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are The Anderson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Grymes Memorial School Inc ($75k), The Doctor Yum Project ($24k), Daniel Webster School PTO Inc ($2k).
- Does The Anderson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Anderson 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 Anderson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Anderson Foundation based?
- The Anderson Foundation is based in MA.
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