Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Progin 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.
- $388k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations The Progin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k 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 | 18 | $388k | 39% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $227k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $271k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $275k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $290k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $257k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $202k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $185k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester Academy | $260,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Joy of Music Program Inc | $180,000 | 8 | 2% |
| The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc | $170,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Straight Ahead Ministries INC | $165,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $155,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Provision Ministry Inc | $150,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Massachusetts Wonderfund Inc | $140,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Ron Burton Training Village Inc | $115,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Nashua River Watershed Assoc Inc | $99,400 | 3 | 5% |
| Girls Incorporated of Worcester | $43,864 | 2 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester Academy | $260,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Joy of Music Program Inc | $180,000 | 8 | 2% |
| The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc | $170,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Straight Ahead Ministries INC | $165,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $155,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Provision Ministry Inc | $150,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Massachusetts Wonderfund Inc | $140,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Ron Burton Training Village Inc | $115,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Nashua River Watershed Assoc Inc | $99,400 | 3 | 5% |
| Girls Incorporated of Worcester | $43,864 | 2 | 1% |
| Plugged in Band Program Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($611k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Progin 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: Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Webster Five Foundation Inc · Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Progin Foundation
- How much does The Progin Foundation give?
- The Progin Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $387,864 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Progin Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (24%), Youth Development (22%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are The Progin Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Worcester Academy ($260k), Joy of Music Program Inc ($180k), The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc ($170k).
- Does The Progin Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Progin 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 Progin Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc, The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Progin Foundation based?
- The Progin Foundation is based in MA.
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