Massachusetts · Public charity
The Fab Foundation
THE FAB FOUNDATION was formed february 6, 2009 to facilitate and support the growth of the international fab lab network. THE FAB FOUNDATION is a us non-profit 501(c)(3) organization emerging from the massachusetts institute of technology's center for bits & atoms' (cba) international fab lab outreach program. Our mission is to provide…
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 70%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $96k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $46,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 70% of the organizations The Fab Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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 | 3 | $96k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $223k | 70% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $35k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $350k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $1.2M | 67% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $258k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $263k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shift 7 LLC | $1,049,477 | 7 | n/a |
| Masks on Corporation | $1,007,223 | 1 | n/a |
| The STEM Connection | $90,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Mantles and Makers Inc | $80,252 | 3 | 48% |
| Donorschooseorg | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jackson County School District | $25,130 | 2 | n/a |
| Fab Focus Inc Dba Fab Lab DC | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Odessa College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| BakerRipley | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California State University Bakersfield Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shift 7 LLC | $1,049,477 | 7 | n/a |
| Masks on Corporation | $1,007,223 | 1 | n/a |
| The STEM Connection | $90,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Mantles and Makers Inc | $80,252 | 3 | 48% |
| Donorschooseorg | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jackson County School District | $25,130 | 2 | n/a |
| Fab Focus Inc Dba Fab Lab DC | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Odessa College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| BakerRipley | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California State University Bakersfield Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Silicon Valley Education Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fab-Hood Network | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wccusd-West Contra Costa United School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About The Fab Foundation
- How much does The Fab Foundation give?
- The Fab Foundation reported 3 itemized grants totaling $96,250, out of $1,475,392 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Fab Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (42%), Civil Rights (21%), International (17%).
- Who are The Fab Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Shift 7 LLC ($1.0M), Masks on Corporation ($1.0M), The STEM Connection ($90k).
- Does The Fab Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 70% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Fab Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Fab Foundation based?
- The Fab Foundation is based in MA.
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