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The Cricket Foundation Jennifer L Grigg

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.8M
Granted FY2023
25
Grants FY2023
24
Organizations funded FY2023
96%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$150,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 26
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
1
Total assets, FY2023
$183k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 96% of the organizations The Cricket Foundation Jennifer L Grigg funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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
FY202324$3.6M96%
FY20221$20k0%
FY202126$207k92%
FY202024$202kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$2.4MEnvironment$853kEducation$450kAnimals$170kFood & Nutrition$156kHuman Services$155kRecreation & Sports$10kYouth Development$5kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WA
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NC
HI

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Cricket Foundation Jennifer L Grigg by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Inc$160,00025%
Boston Lyric Opera Company$150,00011%
North Bennet Street School$150,00012%
Worcester Art Museum$150,00011%
New England Conservatory of Music$150,00010%
Boston Singers Resource Inc$150,000182%
The Trustees of Reservations$150,00010%
Peabody Essex Museum Inc$150,00010%
Berklee College of Music Inc$150,00010%
Fuller Craft Museum Inc$150,00019%
Windrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation Inc$150,000111%
Cape Ann Museum Inc$150,00012%
Center for Coastal Studies Inc$150,00012%
Montserrat College Of Art Inc$150,00011%
Essex County Greenbelt Association$150,00013%
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute$150,00011%
New England Poetry Club Inc$150,000190%
Ipswich River Watershed Association$150,00018%
The Esoterics$40,000323%
Save the Bay Inc$15,00020%
Middlebury Area Land Trust$12,50014%
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc$10,00010%
Conservation Law Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Gulf of Maine Research Institute$10,00010%
New England Forestry Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Maine Writers and Publishers Allian$10,00014%
The American Chestnut Foundation$10,00010%
Otter Creek Music Festival Inc$10,00017%
Woonasquatucket River Watershed$10,00011%
Seattle Symphony Orchestra Inc$10,00010%
Ember Choral Arts Inc$10,00017%
Flying House Productions$10,00011%
Fractured Atlas Inc$10,00010%
The Lucille Lortel Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
The Vernon Chorale Inc$10,0001n/a
Urbanity Dance Inc$10,00011%
Energy Justice Network$10,0001n/a
Stowe Story Labs Inc$8,00012%
Anikaya Akhra Inc$7,50017%
Palaver Strings Inc$7,50012%
Eastport Arts Center$6,00012%
Massachusetts Horticultural Society$6,00010%
The Current Inc$5,00011%
Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra Inc$5,000114%
Center for Contemporary Art$5,00011%
Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston Inc$5,0001n/a
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc$5,00010%
Vermont Symphony Orchestra Association Inc$5,00011%
Boston Ballet Inc$5,00010%
Save the Harborsave the Bay Inc$5,00011%
Connecticut Summerfest Inc$5,00019%
Trekkers Inc$5,00010%
Kennebec Valley YMCA$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Cricket Foundation Jennifer L Grigg supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 49 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Inc: $160,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetBoston Lyric Opera Company: $150,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNorth Bennet Street School: $150,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWorcester Art Museum: $150,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNew England Conservatory of Music: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBoston Singers Resource Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 82% of budgetThe Trustees of Reservations: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPeabody Essex Museum Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBerklee College of Music Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFuller Craft Museum Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetWindrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCape Ann Museum Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCenter for Coastal Studies Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMontserrat College Of Art Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetEssex County Greenbelt Association: $150,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSterling and Francine Clark Art Institute: $150,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNew England Poetry Club Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 90% of budgetIpswich River Watershed Association: $150,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetThe Esoterics: $40,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetSave the Bay Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMiddlebury Area Land Trust: $12,500 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetMassachusetts Audubon Society Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConservation Law Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGulf of Maine Research Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew England Forestry Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMaine Writers and Publishers Allian: $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetThe American Chestnut Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOtter Creek Music Festival Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetWoonasquatucket River Watershed: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSeattle Symphony Orchestra Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmber Choral Arts Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetFlying House Productions: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUrbanity Dance Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetStowe Story Labs Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAnikaya Akhra Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetPalaver Strings Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetEastport Arts Center: $6,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMassachusetts Horticultural Society: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Current Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMassachusetts Symphony Orchestra Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetCenter for Contemporary Art: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNew York Foundation for the Arts Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVermont Symphony Orchestra Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBoston Ballet Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Harborsave the Bay Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetConnecticut Summerfest Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetTrekkers Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 49.

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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 IncMA30.1× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust · Onion Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Haven Trust · Mattina R Proctor Foundation · Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation · Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust · Davis Family Foundation

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 Cricket Foundation Jennifer L Grigg

How much does The Cricket Foundation Jennifer L Grigg give?
The Cricket Foundation Jennifer L Grigg reported 25 grants totaling $3,750,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 26 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Cricket Foundation Jennifer L Grigg fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (56%), Environment (20%), Education (11%).
Who are The Cricket Foundation Jennifer L Grigg's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Inc ($160k), Boston Lyric Opera Company ($150k), North Bennet Street School ($150k).
Does The Cricket Foundation Jennifer L Grigg fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 96% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Cricket Foundation Jennifer L Grigg 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 Cricket Foundation Jennifer L Grigg?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust, Onion Foundation.
Where is The Cricket Foundation Jennifer L Grigg based?
The Cricket Foundation Jennifer L Grigg 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 72 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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