Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Lookout Fund Inc
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.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $22M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Lookout Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k 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 | 5 | $1.0M | 100% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $200k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $127k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $127k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $124k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $103k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $104k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $124k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 300 Committee Land Trust Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Parrhasian Heritage Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Adirondack Explorer Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Farming Falmouth Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Health Imperatives Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Native Land Conservancy Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Adirondack Council Inc | $53,600 | 6 | 2% |
| The Beaver Country Day School Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 300 Committee Land Trust Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Parrhasian Heritage Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Adirondack Explorer Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Farming Falmouth Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Health Imperatives Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Native Land Conservancy Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Adirondack Council Inc | $53,600 | 6 | 2% |
| The Beaver Country Day School Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Adirondack Land Trust Inc | $3,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $3,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Princeton Healthcare System Foundation Inc | $2,700 | 6 | 0% |
| Keene Valley Library Association | $2,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Keene Valley Congregational Ucc | $2,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Keene Valley Neighborhood Services Inc | $600 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($991k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Lookout Fund Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 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
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About The Lookout Fund Inc
- How much does The Lookout Fund Inc give?
- The Lookout Fund Inc reported 5 grants totaling $1,000,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Lookout Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Arts & Culture (30%), Environment (14%).
- Who are The Lookout Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The 300 Committee Land Trust Inc ($100k), Parrhasian Heritage Foundation ($100k), Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation ($100k).
- Does The Lookout Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lookout Fund 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 Lookout Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cape Cod Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Lookout Fund Inc based?
- The Lookout Fund Inc is based in MA.
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