Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Penniman Foundation 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.
- $21k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 38
- Grants FY2025
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 43
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $111k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations The Penniman Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 38 | $21k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 43 | $27k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 43 | $32k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 43 | $29k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $21k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $27k | 51% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $16k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $22k | 41% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Public Garden Inc | $17,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lupus la Co Emerge | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Longhouse Reserve | $7,325 | 4 | 0% |
| Beacon Hill Civic Association Inc | $5,500 | 9 | 0% |
| International Institute of New England Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Animal Rescue League of Boston | $4,850 | 9 | 0% |
| Neads Inc | $4,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Amagansett Village Improvement Society Inc | $4,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Heights Association Inc | $4,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Boston Partners in Education Inc | $4,100 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 45 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($76k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Penniman Foundation Inc 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: Andrew Sabin Family Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Kazickas Family Foundation · The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Penniman Foundation Inc
- How much does The Penniman Foundation Inc give?
- The Penniman Foundation Inc reported 38 grants totaling $20,981 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 43 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Penniman Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (19%), Human Services (11%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are The Penniman Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Friends of the Public Garden Inc ($17k), Lupus la Co Emerge ($12k), Longhouse Reserve ($7k).
- Does The Penniman Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Penniman Foundation 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 Penniman Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Andrew Sabin Family Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, Kazickas Family Foundation.
- Where is The Penniman Foundation Inc based?
- The Penniman Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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