Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Episode 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.
- $127k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $62,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 43
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $317k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations The Episode Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 9 | $127k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $122k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $146k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 43 | $216k | 28% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $74k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $50k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $40k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $36k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc | $219,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Artists for Humanity Inc | $106,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Nahant Historical Society | $60,100 | 6 | 15% |
| Grub Street Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Boston Ballet Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $20,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Esplanade Association Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Museum of Fine Arts | $19,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Boston Art Review Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Brimmer and May School | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 39 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($112k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Episode Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Barr Foundation · Eastern Cambridge Foundation · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Fidelity Foundation · Lawrence & Lillian Solomon Foundation Inc · Oristaglio Family Foundation · Lovett-Woodsum Foundation Inc · The Beker Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Episode Foundation
- How much does The Episode Foundation give?
- The Episode Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $127,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Episode Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (50%), Youth Development (13%), Education (9%).
- Who are The Episode Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc ($219k), Artists for Humanity Inc ($106k), Nahant Historical Society ($60k).
- Does The Episode Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Episode 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 Episode Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Barr Foundation.
- Where is The Episode Foundation based?
- The Episode Foundation is based in MA.
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