Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Rands 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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 38
- Grants FY2025
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $95,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 48
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $25M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Rands Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $290k 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 | 36 | $1.1M | 36% |
| FY2024 | 35 | $1.2M | 20% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $1.1M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $658k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 48 | $928k | 52% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $530k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esperanza Academy Inc | $440,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Ceres Inc | $260,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Silver Lining Mentoring Inc | $235,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $215,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $210,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Reservations | $210,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Blessed Stephen Bellesini OSA Academy Inc | $190,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Connecticut College | $150,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 74 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($401k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Rands Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 68 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Rockland Trust - Blue Hills Charitable Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Wellington Management Foundation · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Yawkey Foundation II · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries
How this is measured
About The Rands Foundation
- How much does The Rands Foundation give?
- The Rands Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $1,185,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 48 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Rands Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (29%), Environment (17%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are The Rands Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Esperanza Academy Inc ($440k), Ceres Inc ($260k), Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc ($250k).
- Does The Rands Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Rands 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 Rands Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc).
- Where is The Rands Foundation based?
- The Rands Foundation is based in MA.
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