Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Elsie Procter Van Buren Foundation
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.
- $298k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 62
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Elsie Procter Van Buren Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $288k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $160k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $95k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $4.4M | 32% |
| FY2021 | 42 | $665k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 62 | $1.6M | 63% |
| FY2019 | 40 | $332k | 63% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $280k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feeding America | $300,000 | 6 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $155,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $155,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Opportunity Finance Network | $140,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $135,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association | $130,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services | $115,000 | 5 | 0% |
| National Redistricting Foundation | $115,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ground Game Fund | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 94 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Elsie Procter Van Buren Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Jewish Communal Fund · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Greater Washington Community Foundation · New Venture Fund · Tides Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Elsie Procter Van Buren Foundation with peer funders
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About The Elsie Procter Van Buren Foundation
- How much does The Elsie Procter Van Buren Foundation give?
- The Elsie Procter Van Buren Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $297,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 62 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Elsie Procter Van Buren Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (47%), Food & Nutrition (13%), Civil Rights (6%).
- Who are The Elsie Procter Van Buren Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Feeding America ($300k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($155k), Greater Boston Food Bank Inc ($155k).
- Does The Elsie Procter Van Buren Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Elsie Procter Van Buren 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 Elsie Procter Van Buren Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Elsie Procter Van Buren Foundation based?
- The Elsie Procter Van Buren Foundation is based in MA.
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