Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Henderson Family 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.
- $228k
- Granted FY2023
- 46
- Grants FY2023
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
62% of The Henderson Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 8 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Henderson Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 30 organizations, $228k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 42
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 12
- Total assets, FY2023
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Henderson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k 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 | 42 | $206k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $149k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $151k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $152k | 26% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $150k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $140k | 17% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $122k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vero Beach Museum of Art Inc | $109,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Steppingstone Foundation Inc | $101,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing Inc | $81,750 | 6 | 4% |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | $71,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Research Institute for Learning & Develo Development Inc | $57,500 | 6 | 2% |
| The Trustees of the Smith College | $50,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Orca Conservancy | $49,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation | $33,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Indian River Hospital Foundation Inc | $32,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Noble and Greenough School | $31,250 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 46 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($350k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Henderson Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Boston Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Schooner Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · The Robert and Judith Sturgis Family Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Henderson Family Foundation
- How much does The Henderson Family Foundation give?
- The Henderson Family Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $228,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Henderson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Arts & Culture (17%), Philanthropy (14%).
- Who are The Henderson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Vero Beach Museum of Art Inc ($110k), Steppingstone Foundation Inc ($102k), Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing Inc ($82k).
- Does The Henderson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Henderson Family 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 Henderson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Henderson Family Foundation based?
- The Henderson Family Foundation is based in MA.
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