Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Norwood Charitable Foundation 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.
- $89k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 73
- Grants FY2025
- 46
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $13,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 46
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 46% of the organizations The Norwood Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 68 | $89k | 46% |
| FY2024 | 46 | $73k | 46% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $65k | 41% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $43k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $55k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $73k | 53% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $49k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $67k | 36% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Ecumenical Community Food Pantry of Norwood Inc | $48,500 | 5 | 5% |
| Metrowest Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Foxboro Discretionary FundInc | $15,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Friends of St Nick Foundation Inc | $13,100 | 4 | 11% |
| Norwood Meals on Wheels | $12,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Circle of Hope Foundation Inc | $10,200 | 2 | 4% |
| Norwood Mustang Hockey Club Inc | $10,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Friends of Norwood Center Ltd | $10,000 | 7 | 36% |
| Norwood Boosters Club Incorporated | $8,000 | 5 | n/a |
| League School for Autism Inc | $6,500 | 8 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 103 recipients with no EIN on record ($361k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Norwood Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 65 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 Norwood Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does The Norwood Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- The Norwood Charitable Foundation Inc reported 73 grants totaling $88,550 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Norwood Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (23%), Public Benefit (15%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are The Norwood Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Ecumenical Community Food Pantry of Norwood Inc ($49k), Metrowest Young Men's Christian Association Inc ($26k), Foxboro Discretionary FundInc ($15k).
- Does The Norwood Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Norwood Charitable Foundation 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 Norwood Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc, Amica Companies Foundation.
- Where is The Norwood Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- The Norwood Charitable Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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