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The Scully Family Foundation Inc

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.

$728k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
28
Grants FY2024
28
Organizations funded FY2023
11%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$272,000
Organizations funded a year
28 to 40
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$138k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 11% of the organizations The Scully Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving28$728k29%
FY202328$134k11%
FY202235$661k20%
FY202138$207k32%
FY202032$103k25%
FY201931$440k39%
FY201834$118k29%
FY201740$102kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.3MEducation$827kCivil Rights$102kHuman Services$60kEnvironment$60kHealth$58kReligion$31kInternational$6kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
VA
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TN
NC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Handel and Haydn Society$866,00083%
St Pauls Choir School$446,3004n/a
Mother Caroline Academy & Education Center$177,30063%
Abbot Public Library Foundation Inc$100,000124%
Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc$64,00080%
Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston Inc$57,00060%
Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc$56,15080%
St Johns Preparatory School Inc$36,0004n/a
The Carroll School$20,00080%
North Country Chamber Playersinc$19,25083%
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All grantees of The Scully Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Handel and Haydn Society$866,00083%
St Pauls Choir School$446,3004n/a
Mother Caroline Academy & Education Center$177,30063%
Abbot Public Library Foundation Inc$100,000124%
Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc$64,00080%
Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston Inc$57,00060%
Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc$56,15080%
St Johns Preparatory School Inc$36,0004n/a
The Carroll School$20,00080%
North Country Chamber Playersinc$19,25083%
Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa$10,0001n/a
Boston College High School$10,0001n/a
New England Conservatory of Music$7,30070%
Mount Auburn Hospital$6,12530%
Trustees of Lawrence Academy at Groton Ma Corp$6,00020%
Global Teams International Inc$5,1008n/a
Smile Train Inc$5,00080%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$3,75060%
Connecticut River Watershed Council Inc$3,00060%
Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc$2,55060%
Northeastern University$2,50010%
The Boca Grande Preschool Inc$2,4004n/a
Trustees of Boston University$2,00080%
New England Ski Museum Inc$1,75030%
Sarasa Inc$1,50041%
High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc$1,50020%
Sugar Hill Historical Museum$1,45041%
Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc$1,1003n/a
Austro-American Assoc of Boston$1,0003n/a
Franconia Ski Club$1,00010%
OPERA CAMBRIDGE INC formally Cambridge Chamber Ensemble Inc$1,00011%
Voice of the Faithful Inc$75010%
Edith Wharton Restoration Inc$75020%
Pathways Pregnancy Care Center$75030%
The Home for Little Wanderers Inc$75020%
The Institute for American Indian Studies$50010%
Belmont Library Foundation Inc$50010%
World Education Inc$50010%
Society of St Vincent de Paul$50010%
Young America's Foundation$50010%
152 Commonwealth Foundation Inc$50020%
Friends of Boca Grande Community Center Inc$50010%
Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust Inc$50010%
Simmons University$50010%
United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation$40010%
Susan B Anthony List Inc$25010%
Boca Grande Historical Society Inc$25010%
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts$25010%
Perkins School for the Blind$25010%
Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness$10010%
Swim Across America Inc$10010%
The Eisenhower Foundation$10010%
American Constitutional Rights Union$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($567k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Scully Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHandel and Haydn Society: $866,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetMother Caroline Academy & Education Center: $177,300 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetAbbot Public Library Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetBoston Symphony Orchestra Inc: $64,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston Inc: $57,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEmerald Necklace Conservancy Inc: $56,150 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe Carroll School: $20,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Country Chamber Playersinc: $19,250 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetNew England Conservatory of Music: $7,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMount Auburn Hospital: $6,125 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Lawrence Academy at Groton Ma Corp: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $5,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: $3,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut River Watershed Council Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Massachusetts Inc: $2,550 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNortheastern University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $2,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNew England Ski Museum Inc: $1,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSarasa Inc: $1,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHigh Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSugar Hill Historical Museum: $1,450 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFranconia Ski Club: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPERA CAMBRIDGE INC formally Cambridge Chamber Ensemble Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetVoice of the Faithful Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEdith Wharton Restoration Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPathways Pregnancy Care Center: $750 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Home for Little Wanderers Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Institute for American Indian Studies: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBelmont Library Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWorld Education Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSociety of St Vincent de Paul: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget152 Commonwealth Foundation Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Boca Grande Community Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDartmouth Natural Resources Trust Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSimmons University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSusan B Anthony List Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoca Grande Historical Society Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPerkins School for the Blind: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Liberty and American Greatness: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSwim Across America Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Constitutional Rights Union: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 45.

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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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Scully Family Foundation Inc

How much does The Scully Family Foundation Inc give?
The Scully Family Foundation Inc reported 28 grants totaling $728,450 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Scully Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (53%), Education (33%), Civil Rights (4%).
Who are The Scully Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Handel and Haydn Society ($866k), St Pauls Choir School ($446k), Mother Caroline Academy & Education Center ($177k).
Does The Scully Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Scully Family 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 Scully Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, The Joanne E Masin Foundation, Ge Aerospace Foundation.
Where is The Scully Family Foundation Inc based?
The Scully Family Foundation Inc is based in MA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 102 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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