Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Frances Fund Inc
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.
- $13k
- Granted FY2023
- 1
- Grants FY2023
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $12,884
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $12,884
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Frances Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 1 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $118k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $2.0M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $3.0M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $2.5M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $2.8M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $2.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solidago Foundation | $12,329,882 | 7 | 88% |
| Spirit In Action Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 16% |
| NEO Philanthropy Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ebenezer Baptist Church | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Creative Thought and Action | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Auburn Theological Seminary | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Grassroots International Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($45k), not named here.
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Frances Fund Inc
- How much does The Frances Fund Inc give?
- The Frances Fund Inc reported 1 grants totaling $12,884 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Frances Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (98%), Civil Rights (1%), Religion (0%).
- Who are The Frances Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Solidago Foundation ($12M), Spirit In Action Inc ($75k), NEO Philanthropy Inc ($30k).
- Does The Frances Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Frances Fund Inc 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 Frances Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Frances Fund Inc based?
- The Frances Fund Inc is based in MA.
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