Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Blossom Fund Charles R Platt Et Al Trustees
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2026
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $300,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $410,129
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 4
- Total assets, FY2026
- $649k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 33% of the organizations The Blossom Fund Charles R Platt Et Al Trustees funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 5 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2025 | 3 | $360k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $863k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $499k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $789k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $788k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $498k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $256k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences | $814,671 | 6 | 2% |
| Bennington College Corporation | $785,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Eco-Logic Development Fund | $681,500 | 8 | 22% |
| Young Men's Christian Association Boothbay Region | $450,000 | 3 | 3% |
| College of the Atlantic | $427,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Upstream | $400,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Just Zero | $350,000 | 3 | 21% |
| Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc | $334,942 | 3 | 5% |
| Essex County Greenbelt Association | $325,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Upstream Policy Institute Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 6% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($737k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Blossom Fund Charles R Platt Et Al Trustees 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 Blossom Fund Charles R Platt Et Al Trustees
- How much does The Blossom Fund Charles R Platt Et Al Trustees give?
- The Blossom Fund Charles R Platt Et Al Trustees reported 5 grants totaling $1,310,129 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Blossom Fund Charles R Platt Et Al Trustees fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Environment (33%), Education (22%), Science & Tech (14%).
- Who are The Blossom Fund Charles R Platt Et Al Trustees's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences ($815k), Bennington College Corporation ($785k), Eco-Logic Development Fund ($682k).
- Does The Blossom Fund Charles R Platt Et Al Trustees fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Blossom Fund Charles R Platt Et Al Trustees accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Blossom Fund Charles R Platt Et Al Trustees?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Maine Community Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation.
- Where is The Blossom Fund Charles R Platt Et Al Trustees based?
- The Blossom Fund Charles R Platt Et Al Trustees is based in MA.
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