Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Janet Malser Humanities Trust
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.
- $193k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations The Janet Malser Humanities Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k 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 | 22 | $193k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $214k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $240k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $208k | 59% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $149k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $199k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $218k | 68% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $205k | 47% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webster Lake Association Inc | $102,900 | 7 | 14% |
| Black Tavern Historical Society Inc | $87,012 | 8 | 48% |
| Webster Museums Incorporated | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Webster Dudley Food Share Inc | $27,265 | 2 | 6% |
| Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oxford Firefighters Association Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 96% |
| Dudley Conservation Land Trust Inc | $17,768 | 3 | 14% |
| Webster-Dudley Historical Society | $16,710 | 3 | n/a |
| Blessed Backpack Brigade Inc | $16,650 | 2 | n/a |
| Nichols College | $14,714 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webster Lake Association Inc | $102,900 | 7 | 14% |
| Black Tavern Historical Society Inc | $87,012 | 8 | 48% |
| Webster Museums Incorporated | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Webster Dudley Food Share Inc | $27,265 | 2 | 6% |
| Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oxford Firefighters Association Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 96% |
| Dudley Conservation Land Trust Inc | $17,768 | 3 | 14% |
| Webster-Dudley Historical Society | $16,710 | 3 | n/a |
| Blessed Backpack Brigade Inc | $16,650 | 2 | n/a |
| Nichols College | $14,714 | 2 | 0% |
| Worcester Community Action Council Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Our Bright Future Inc | $11,250 | 1 | 4% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Webster-Dudley Inc | $10,790 | 3 | 0% |
| Reconciliation House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Anns Church | $9,125 | 1 | n/a |
| Webster Child Care Collaborative Inc | $6,808 | 2 | 1% |
| Dudley-Charlton Regional School District | $6,598 | 3 | n/a |
| Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Gladys E Kelly Public Library Inc | $4,800 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 75 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Janet Malser Humanities Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 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.
Open a dossier: Fels Family Foundation · Hometown Bank Community Foundation Inc · Webster Five Foundation Inc · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · John J and Elizabeth M Kunkel & Family Foundation Inc · United Way of South Central Massachusetts Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Janet Malser Humanities Trust
- How much does The Janet Malser Humanities Trust give?
- The Janet Malser Humanities Trust reported 22 grants totaling $192,607 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Janet Malser Humanities Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (47%), Education (16%), Religion (10%).
- Who are The Janet Malser Humanities Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Webster Lake Association Inc ($103k), Black Tavern Historical Society Inc ($87k), Webster Museums Incorporated ($40k).
- Does The Janet Malser Humanities Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Janet Malser Humanities Trust 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 Janet Malser Humanities Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fels Family Foundation, Hometown Bank Community Foundation Inc, Webster Five Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Janet Malser Humanities Trust based?
- The Janet Malser Humanities Trust is based in MA.
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