Massachusetts · Public charity
The Parmenter Foundation Inc
The parmenter foundation provides hope and guidance for metrowest community members of all ages in need of compassionate end-of-life care or bereavement support. We award grant funding to nonprofit organizations that deliver high-quality programs within our focus areas, and we develop and offer inspirational and educational resources to…
- $453k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $386k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $133,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations The Parmenter Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 | 13 | $386k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $369k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $401k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $698k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $426k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $340k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $321k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $321k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caregroup Parmenter Home Care & Hospice Inc | $1,221,053 | 6 | 1% |
| Hospice of the Good Shepherd Inc | $653,931 | 4 | 2% |
| Jeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center Inc | $218,498 | 6 | 11% |
| The Childrens Room Center for Grieving Children | $202,645 | 5 | 5% |
| Advocates Inc | $167,942 | 9 | 0% |
| Samaritans Inc | $155,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Wildflower Inc | $121,650 | 5 | 4% |
| Care Dimensions Inc | $98,931 | 5 | 0% |
| Courageous Parents Networkinc | $79,500 | 4 | 4% |
| Runway for Recovery Inc | $75,000 | 4 | 4% |
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Where it is load-bearing
The Parmenter Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 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
About The Parmenter Foundation Inc
- How much does The Parmenter Foundation Inc give?
- The Parmenter Foundation Inc reported 13 itemized grants totaling $386,368, out of $452,596 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Parmenter Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (77%), Human Services (15%), Education (3%).
- Who are The Parmenter Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Caregroup Parmenter Home Care & Hospice Inc ($1.2M), Hospice of the Good Shepherd Inc ($654k), Jeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center Inc ($218k).
- Does The Parmenter Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Parmenter Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc), Eastern Bank Foundation, Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Parmenter Foundation Inc based?
- The Parmenter Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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