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The Arons Family 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.

$63k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
94
Grants FY2024
90
Organizations funded FY2023
16%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$500
Largest grant, FY2024
$3,741
Organizations funded a year
67 to 93
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$689k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 16% of the organizations The Arons Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalHealthEnvironmentArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving89$61k9%
FY202390$61k16%
FY202293$64k24%
FY202183$62k17%
FY202078$66k18%
FY201967$37k7%
FY201876$41k25%
FY201770$45kn/a
89% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$100kArts & Culture$63kHuman Services$40kReligion$35kEducation$34kPhilanthropy$27kInternational$26kEnvironment$18kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
MD
AR
NC
DC
LA
AL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Arons Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Breast Cancer Action$19,55071%
Museum of Fine Arts$16,00080%
Jewish Older Adult Services of Atlantic County$13,00080%
Wellfleet Preservation Hall Inc$9,50080%
Hias Inc$7,00030%
Pine Street Inn Inc$6,20080%
Rosie's Place Inc$6,00070%
Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater Inc$6,00070%
Pine Psychoanalytic Society of New England Inc$6,00063%
De Novo Center for Justice and Healing$5,00040%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$5,00080%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$4,95040%
Lucy's Love Bus Charitable Trust Inc$4,50050%
Silent Spring Institute Inc$4,10080%
Milton Academy$4,00080%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$3,50050%
American Repertory Theatre Co Inc$3,50070%
Center for Coastal Studies Inc$3,50080%
Terezin Music Foundation Inc$3,30070%
Children's Day School Inc$3,00030%
Wellfleet Historical Society Inc$3,00081%
Wellfleet Conservation Trust$2,90080%
Fuller Craft Museum Inc$2,80080%
Cambridge Public Library Foundation Inc$2,70080%
Women's Lunch Place Inc$2,60080%
Dana-Farber Inc$2,50020%
Union Theological Seminary$2,50030%
The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc$2,30080%
Charles River Conservancy Inc$2,20080%
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc$2,10080%
Hebrew Home for Aged Disabled$2,00020%
Skate Like a Girl$2,00020%
Cape Cod Modern House Trust$2,00070%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,00030%
Fresh Air Fund$1,80050%
New England Quilt Museum Inc$1,75070%
Wellfleet Police Relief Association$1,60072%
Human Rights Campaign Inc$1,60080%
Hope for Ukraine Inc$1,50030%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$1,5003n/a
Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc$1,50080%
Museum of Modern Art$1,36060%
Association to Preserve Cape Cod Inc$1,30080%
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation$1,20030%
New Jewish Narrative Inc$1,10040%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$1,00020%
Community Land Trust Association of West Marin$1,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$1,00020%
Point Reyes Bird Observatory$1,00020%
Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge$1,00010%
San Francisco Food Bank$1,00010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,00010%
American Craft Council$1,00050%
Smithsonian Institution$1,00040%
Harvard Square Homeless Shelter Corporation$80041%
Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services Incorporated$80040%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$80050%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$75020%
Wellfleet Food Pantry$70030%
Fleet Fund Inc$70021%
Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc$70020%
Cape Cod Bird Club Inc$6003n/a
The Second Step Inc$60020%
Rainforest Foundation Inc$50010%
Khan Academy Inc$50010%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$50010%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$50010%
Climate Emergency Fund$50010%
Tonis Kitty Rescue$50010%
Ipas$50010%
Reproductive Freedom for All$50010%
San Francisco Women's Centers$50010%
Harvard Magazine Inc$40040%
Sierra Club$40020%
Boston Women's Fund Inc$40020%
Gay Sons and Mothers Inc$3001n/a
The Broad Institute Inc$30010%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$25010%
Boston Jewish Film Inc$20010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$20010%
The Lily House Inc$20010%
Minds Matter of Boston Inc$20010%
League of Women Voters Education Fund$20010%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$20010%
Ort America Inc$10010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$10010%
Sheffield Chamber Players Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 79 recipients with no EIN on record ($229k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Arons Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBreast Cancer Action: $19,550 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetMuseum of Fine Arts: $16,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Older Adult Services of Atlantic County: $13,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetWellfleet Preservation Hall Inc: $9,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetHias Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPine Street Inn Inc: $6,200 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRosie's Place Inc: $6,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWellfleet Harbor Actors Theater Inc: $6,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPine Psychoanalytic Society of New England Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetDe Novo Center for Justice and Healing: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $5,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $4,950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLucy's Love Bus Charitable Trust Inc: $4,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSilent Spring Institute Inc: $4,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMilton Academy: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Repertory Theatre Co Inc: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Coastal Studies Inc: $3,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTerezin Music Foundation Inc: $3,300 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Day School Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWellfleet Historical Society Inc: $3,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetWellfleet Conservation Trust: $2,900 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFuller Craft Museum Inc: $2,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCambridge Public Library Foundation Inc: $2,700 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWomen's Lunch Place Inc: $2,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnion Theological Seminary: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Institute of Contemporary Art Inc: $2,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCharles River Conservancy Inc: $2,200 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: $2,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHebrew Home for Aged Disabled: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSkate Like a Girl: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCape Cod Modern House Trust: $2,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFresh Air Fund: $1,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNew England Quilt Museum Inc: $1,750 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWellfleet Police Relief Association: $1,600 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetHuman Rights Campaign Inc: $1,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Ukraine Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetProject Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc: $1,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $1,360 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAssociation to Preserve Cape Cod Inc: $1,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetReproductive Freedom for All Foundation: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew Jewish Narrative Inc: $1,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Land Trust Association of West Marin: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease Research Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPoint Reyes Bird Observatory: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 84.

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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.

Boston Foundation IncMA26.2× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Conroy Family Foundation · Nancy & Maurice Lazarus Fund · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Running Deer Foundation · Tern Foundation · Seamens Long Point Charitable Foundation Inc · Anthony-Maymudes Family Foundation · Joseph and Rae Gann Charitable Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Impactassetsinc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Arons Family Foundation

How much does The Arons Family Foundation give?
The Arons Family Foundation reported 94 grants totaling $63,341 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 67 and 93 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Arons Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (22%), Arts & Culture (14%), Human Services (9%).
Who are The Arons Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Breast Cancer Action ($20k), Museum of Fine Arts ($16k), Jewish Older Adult Services of Atlantic County ($13k).
Does The Arons Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Arons Family 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 Arons Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Conroy Family Foundation.
Where is The Arons Family Foundation based?
The Arons Family Foundation is based in MA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 172 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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