Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Palette Fund Inc
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.
- $474k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 51
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations The Palette Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 | $474k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $631k | 28% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $713k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $678k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $289k | 37% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $1.5M | 9% |
| FY2018 | 39 | $1.3M | 77% |
| FY2017 | 51 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $447,136 | 4 | 0% |
| Provincetown Commons Inc | $416,855 | 7 | 23% |
| Point Source Youth Inc | $169,250 | 4 | 5% |
| Threshold Foundation | $118,375 | 1 | 3% |
| Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Urban Word NYC Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Inc | $67,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Im From Driftwood | $65,250 | 3 | 16% |
| True Colors United Inc | $62,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Centerlink Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 53 grantees
Plus 82 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Palette Fund Inc supplied at peak.
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: Impactassetsinc · Tides Foundation · Gramercy Park Foundation Inc · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Rolly Michaux Foundation Inc · Tern Foundation · Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc · The Brian D Stevens Foundation · David Bohnett Foundation · Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Horizons Foundation · GiveClear Foundation
How this is measured
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus
How do I get to The Palette Fund Inc?
Find your warmest path to The Palette Fund Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.
Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.
About The Palette Fund Inc
- How much does The Palette Fund Inc give?
- The Palette Fund Inc reported 12 grants totaling $474,263 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 51 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Palette Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (15%), Religion (12%), Health (10%).
- Who are The Palette Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc ($447k), Provincetown Commons Inc ($417k), Point Source Youth Inc ($169k).
- Does The Palette Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Palette 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 Palette Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Impactassetsinc, Tides Foundation, Gramercy Park Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Palette Fund Inc based?
- The Palette Fund Inc is based in MA.
Play a game based on Palette’s filings →