Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Once Here Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $900,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $53M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations The Once Here Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $275k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $1.6M | 8% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $1.5M | 15% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $1.5M | 18% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $1.3M | 25% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $1.0M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $874k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shooting Touch Inc | $745,000 | 7 | 25% |
| Friends of Matenwa Inc | $725,000 | 7 | 22% |
| Martha's Vineyard Cerebral Palsy Camp Inc | $720,000 | 7 | 14% |
| Mothers for Justice and Equality Inc | $675,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corp | $575,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Curious Learning a Global Literacy Project Inc | $550,000 | 7 | 13% |
| Concord Prison Outreach Inc | $525,000 | 7 | 42% |
| Calling All Crows Inc | $525,000 | 7 | 28% |
| United South End Settlements | $500,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $475,000 | 5 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shooting Touch Inc | $745,000 | 7 | 25% |
| Friends of Matenwa Inc | $725,000 | 7 | 22% |
| Martha's Vineyard Cerebral Palsy Camp Inc | $720,000 | 7 | 14% |
| Mothers for Justice and Equality Inc | $675,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corp | $575,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Curious Learning a Global Literacy Project Inc | $550,000 | 7 | 13% |
| Concord Prison Outreach Inc | $525,000 | 7 | 42% |
| Calling All Crows Inc | $525,000 | 7 | 28% |
| United South End Settlements | $500,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $475,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Wellington Management Foundation | $325,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program Inc | $175,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Cambridge House for Inner Peace Inc | $160,680 | 3 | 98% |
| Boston Meditation Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Once Here Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: Boston Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Giving Grousbeck Fazzalari Dated April 20 2011 · Boston After School & Beyond Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Once Here Foundation
- How much does The Once Here Foundation give?
- The Once Here Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $2,750,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Once Here Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (18%), Philanthropy (16%), Education (16%).
- Who are The Once Here Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Shooting Touch Inc ($745k), Friends of Matenwa Inc ($725k), Martha's Vineyard Cerebral Palsy Camp Inc ($720k).
- Does The Once Here Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Once Here 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 Once Here Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc), Giving Grousbeck Fazzalari Dated April 20 2011.
- Where is The Once Here Foundation based?
- The Once Here Foundation is based in MA.
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