Massachusetts · Private foundation
The George S Bissell Charitable 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.
- $769k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $22,475
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $206,666
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The George S Bissell Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $769k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $167k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $162k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $204k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $161k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $118k | 7% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $110k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $113k | 43% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Trustees of Anatolia College | $463,666 | 9 | 0% |
| Camfed USA Foundation | $271,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $219,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Hiram College | $184,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Brimmer and May School | $159,334 | 9 | 0% |
| Tenacre Country Day School Corporation | $150,834 | 9 | 0% |
| Partners In Island Education Inc | $71,475 | 9 | 6% |
| Project of Easton Inc | $55,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Noble and Greenough School | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $44,074 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Trustees of Anatolia College | $463,666 | 9 | 0% |
| Camfed USA Foundation | $271,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $219,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Hiram College | $184,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Brimmer and May School | $159,334 | 9 | 0% |
| Tenacre Country Day School Corporation | $150,834 | 9 | 0% |
| Partners In Island Education Inc | $71,475 | 9 | 6% |
| Project of Easton Inc | $55,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Noble and Greenough School | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $44,074 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Richmond | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| US Naval Academy Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Institute for Citizens and Scholars | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Blair Academy | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Summer Search | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| African Collaborative Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Onegoal | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cape Eleuthera Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports | $2,510 | 1 | 0% |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Transformative Action | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Karl Stirner Arts Trail | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($94k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The George S Bissell Charitable 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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The George S Bissell Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About The George S Bissell Charitable Foundation
- How much does The George S Bissell Charitable Foundation give?
- The George S Bissell Charitable Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $768,754 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The George S Bissell Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (62%), International (29%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are The George S Bissell Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Trustees of Anatolia College ($464k), Camfed USA Foundation ($271k), Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation ($219k).
- Does The George S Bissell Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The George S Bissell Charitable 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 George S Bissell Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The George S Bissell Charitable Foundation based?
- The George S Bissell Charitable Foundation is based in MA.
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