Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Katharine Bradford 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.
- $395k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations The Katharine Bradford Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $263k 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 | 10 | $395k | 70% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $423k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $300k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $306k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $155k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $30k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $34k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $29k | 31% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $175,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society Inc | $105,400 | 6 | 5% |
| Puppies Behind Bars Inc | $103,000 | 1 | 2% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $86,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Buddy Dog Humane Society Inc | $82,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Homes for Our Troops Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc | $60,500 | 2 | 10% |
| Bastion Community of Resilience | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Foundation for Norfolk Living Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Open Table Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 29 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($747k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Katharine Bradford 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: American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Network for Good · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
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About The Katharine Bradford Foundation
- How much does The Katharine Bradford Foundation give?
- The Katharine Bradford Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $395,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Katharine Bradford Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (46%), Philanthropy (10%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are The Katharine Bradford Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($175k), Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society Inc ($105k), Puppies Behind Bars Inc ($103k).
- Does The Katharine Bradford Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Katharine Bradford 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 Katharine Bradford Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc, Boston Foundation Inc, Ge Aerospace Foundation.
- Where is The Katharine Bradford Foundation based?
- The Katharine Bradford Foundation is based in MA.
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