Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Griffin Foundation 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.
- $330k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $70,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $90,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The Griffin Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k 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 | 4 | $330k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $70k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $533k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $757k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $1.5M | 21% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $800k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $1.1M | 38% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $973k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington's Disease Society of America Inc | $947,755 | 5 | 3% |
| Georgetown University | $400,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Factor H | $350,000 | 4 | 35% |
| Huntington Study Group Ltd | $305,100 | 3 | 3% |
| North Carolina Center for the Care of Huntington's Disease Inc | $220,000 | 4 | 23% |
| Help 4 HD International Inc | $170,000 | 5 | 32% |
| Archbishop Carroll High School | $72,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Multisensory Reading Centers of Pr Inc | $60,900 | 2 | 6% |
| Circle of Health International | $55,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Some Inc | $36,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington's Disease Society of America Inc | $947,755 | 5 | 3% |
| Georgetown University | $400,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Factor H | $350,000 | 4 | 35% |
| Huntington Study Group Ltd | $305,100 | 3 | 3% |
| North Carolina Center for the Care of Huntington's Disease Inc | $220,000 | 4 | 23% |
| Help 4 HD International Inc | $170,000 | 5 | 32% |
| Archbishop Carroll High School | $72,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Multisensory Reading Centers of Pr Inc | $60,900 | 2 | 6% |
| Circle of Health International | $55,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Some Inc | $36,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Salute to Military Golf Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Griffin Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
About The Griffin Foundation Inc
- How much does The Griffin Foundation Inc give?
- The Griffin Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $330,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Griffin Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (42%), Health (37%), Science & Tech (10%).
- Who are The Griffin Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Huntington's Disease Society of America Inc ($948k), Georgetown University ($400k), Factor H ($350k).
- Does The Griffin Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Griffin Foundation 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 Griffin Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Griffin Foundation Inc based?
- The Griffin Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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