Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Osterman Family 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.
- $350k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $220,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $220,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations The Osterman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k 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 | 2 | $350k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $300k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $300k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $325k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $345k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Urban Food Initiative Inc | $175,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Open Table Inc | $135,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Our Neighbors' Table Inc | $115,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Central City Boxing & Barbell Inc | $115,000 | 4 | 13% |
| Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center Inc | $112,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $105,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Rainbow Child Development Center Inc | $101,260 | 4 | 1% |
| Communities for Restorative Justice Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Raw Art Works Inc | $39,740 | 2 | 1% |
| Year Up Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Urban Food Initiative Inc | $175,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Open Table Inc | $135,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Our Neighbors' Table Inc | $115,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Central City Boxing & Barbell Inc | $115,000 | 4 | 13% |
| Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center Inc | $112,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $105,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Rainbow Child Development Center Inc | $101,260 | 4 | 1% |
| Communities for Restorative Justice Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Raw Art Works Inc | $39,740 | 2 | 1% |
| Year Up Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ricks Place Inc | $27,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Innercity Weightlifting Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Honest Beginnings Inc | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lorraine's Soup Kitchen and Pantry Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Palmer Food Share Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Catamount Film & Arts Company | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($526k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Osterman Family 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: Boston Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Osterman Family Foundation
- How much does The Osterman Family Foundation give?
- The Osterman Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $350,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Osterman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (30%), Human Services (23%), Public Benefit (22%).
- Who are The Osterman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Urban Food Initiative Inc ($175k), Open Table Inc ($135k), Our Neighbors' Table Inc ($116k).
- Does The Osterman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Osterman Family 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 Osterman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc), Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Osterman Family Foundation based?
- The Osterman Family Foundation is based in MA.
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