New York · Private foundation
The Grass 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.
- $487k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 79%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $194,863
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 25
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $26M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 79% of the organizations The Grass 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; $47k 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 | 7 | $487k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $882k | 79% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $936k | 76% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $762k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $536k | 78% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $1.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Biological Laboratory | $3,470,552 | 6 | 1% |
| Society for Neuroscience | $981,509 | 3 | 3% |
| Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of the Incarnate Word | $38,813 | 1 | 0% |
| Bowdoin College | $32,995 | 1 | 0% |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gordon Research Conferences Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Arizona Foundation | $8,520 | 1 | 0% |
| California State University Dominguez Hills Toro Auxiliary Partners | $7,319 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Biological Laboratory | $3,470,552 | 6 | 1% |
| Society for Neuroscience | $981,509 | 3 | 3% |
| Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of the Incarnate Word | $38,813 | 1 | 0% |
| Bowdoin College | $32,995 | 1 | 0% |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gordon Research Conferences Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Arizona Foundation | $8,520 | 1 | 0% |
| California State University Dominguez Hills Toro Auxiliary Partners | $7,319 | 1 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Uruguay Cultural Foundation for the Arts | $5,327 | 2 | n/a |
| Fundacion Jose a Balseiro Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alamo Colleges Foundation Inc | $3,590 | 1 | 0% |
| International Society for Neuroethology | $3,000 | 1 | 3% |
| University of California Irvine Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($608k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Grass 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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Grass Foundation
- How much does The Grass Foundation give?
- The Grass Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $486,963 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 25 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Grass Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (67%), Health (22%), Education (8%).
- Who are The Grass Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Marine Biological Laboratory ($3.5M), Society for Neuroscience ($982k), Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc ($60k).
- Does The Grass Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 79% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Grass 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 Grass Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Grass Foundation based?
- The Grass Foundation is based in NY.
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