Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Open Gate 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.
- $119k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 81%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
74% of The Open Gate Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to President And Fellows Of Harvard College, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $87,650
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 81% of the organizations The Open Gate Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $31k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $33k | 81% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $26k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $10k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $9k | 83% |
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 Coral Reef and Marine Science Foundation Inc C/O James Bildner | $2,000 | 1 | 95% |
| A Vincent Smith and Harry Richmond Scholarshi | $850 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 93 recipients with no EIN on record ($161k), not named here.
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About The Open Gate Inc
- How much does The Open Gate Inc give?
- The Open Gate Inc reported 13 grants totaling $118,855 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Open Gate Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (83%), Religion (17%).
- Who are The Open Gate Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Coral Reef and Marine Science Foundation Inc C/O James Bildner ($2k), A Vincent Smith and Harry Richmond Scholarshi ($850).
- Does The Open Gate Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 81% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Open Gate 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.
- Where is The Open Gate Inc based?
- The Open Gate Inc is based in MA.
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