Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Profesta Foundation
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.
- $529k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,607
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Profesta Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 18 | $465k | 28% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $245k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $275k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $168k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $863k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $90k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The American College of Greece | $878,109 | 6 | 1% |
| Venerini Academy Inc | $186,374 | 3 | n/a |
| Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston | $149,470 | 3 | n/a |
| Hellenic Women's Club Inc | $60,875 | 5 | 19% |
| Bentley University | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| New England Lawboston | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation Inc | $44,653 | 3 | 0% |
| Duke University | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Orthodox Vocation and Ministry Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The American College of Greece | $878,109 | 6 | 1% |
| Venerini Academy Inc | $186,374 | 3 | n/a |
| Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston | $149,470 | 3 | n/a |
| Hellenic Women's Club Inc | $60,875 | 5 | 19% |
| Bentley University | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| New England Lawboston | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation Inc | $44,653 | 3 | 0% |
| Duke University | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Orthodox Vocation and Ministry Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Alpha Omega Council Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 9% |
| St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Worcester Art Museum | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hellenic Initiative Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Worcester Academy | $1,834 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($523k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Profesta 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: Cathy and George Sakellaris Family Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Profesta Foundation
- How much does The Profesta Foundation give?
- The Profesta Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $529,348 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Profesta Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (54%), Religion (13%), Health (7%).
- Who are The Profesta Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The American College of Greece ($878k), Venerini Academy Inc ($186k), Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston ($149k).
- Does The Profesta Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Profesta 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 Profesta Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cathy and George Sakellaris Family Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Profesta Foundation based?
- The Profesta Foundation is based in MA.
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