Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Barbara Epstein Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2024
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $28,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 39
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations The Barbara Epstein Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $209k 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 | 33 | $1.0M | 21% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $756k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $618k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $635k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 38 | $1.6M | 26% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $477k | 15% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $439k | 30% |
| FY2017 | 22 | $529k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Bridges Across the River Inc | $483,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Citydance Ensemble Inc | $391,000 | 6 | 4% |
| National Dance Institute | $305,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Albany Park Theater Project | $265,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Point Foundation | $255,000 | 7 | 2% |
| The Jack and Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation | $220,000 | 8 | 8% |
| Jewish Free Loan Association | $213,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Eastside College Preparatory School Inc | $200,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Hazon Inc | $190,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Mab Community Services Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 42 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Barbara Epstein Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Barbara Epstein Foundation Inc
- How much does The Barbara Epstein Foundation Inc give?
- The Barbara Epstein Foundation Inc reported 33 grants totaling $1,000,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Barbara Epstein Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (23%), Food & Nutrition (19%), Arts & Culture (17%).
- Who are The Barbara Epstein Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Building Bridges Across the River Inc ($483k), Citydance Ensemble Inc ($391k), National Dance Institute ($305k).
- Does The Barbara Epstein Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Barbara Epstein Foundation Inc 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 Barbara Epstein Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Barbara Epstein Foundation Inc based?
- The Barbara Epstein Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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