Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Jennison 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.
- $578k
- Granted FY2023
- 14
- Grants FY2023
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 85%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
52% of The Jennison Charitable Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 16 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Jennison Charitable Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $578k. 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
- $5,004
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $350,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 7
- Total assets, FY2023
- $3.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 85% of the organizations The Jennison Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $528k 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 | 13 | $573k | 85% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $72k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $99k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $239k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $173k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $173k | 45% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $127k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Libertas Academy Charter School Inc | $523,100 | 6 | 56% |
| Libertas Academy Charter School | $360,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Brewster Historical Society Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 42% |
| Fontbonne Academy | $85,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeastern University | $52,371 | 3 | 0% |
| George Mason University | $49,055 | 2 | n/a |
| Caritas Communities Inc | $46,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston College | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Elon University | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Denver | $21,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($584k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Jennison Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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: Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Yawkey Foundation II · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare The Jennison Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About The Jennison Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Jennison Charitable Foundation give?
- The Jennison Charitable Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $577,754 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Jennison Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (49%), Philanthropy (37%), Arts & Culture (6%).
- Who are The Jennison Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Friends of Libertas Academy Charter School Inc ($523k), Libertas Academy Charter School ($360k), Brewster Historical Society Inc ($200k).
- Does The Jennison Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 85% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Jennison 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 Jennison Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, Yawkey Foundation II.
- Where is The Jennison Charitable Foundation based?
- The Jennison Charitable Foundation is based in MA.
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