New York · Private foundation
The Severus Foundation Corp
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.
- $309k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 80
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $699k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Severus Foundation Corp funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 19 | $309k | 37% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $186k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $145k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $120k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $153k | 26% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $170k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 80 | $235k | 78% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $137k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calusa Waterkeeper Inc | $387,750 | 7 | 32% |
| Child's Play Touring Theatre | $320,000 | 7 | 58% |
| Arts Equity | $35,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Community Libraries of Providence | $20,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Shoutmousepressinc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Meteor Films Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Marine Biological Laboratory | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Highland Landing Park Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iona Senior Services | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| O Positive Festival Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 61 grantees
Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($524k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Severus Foundation Corp supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 54 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: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · The Champlin Foundation · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Amica Companies Foundation · Rhode Island Council for the Humanities · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Mabel T Woolley Trust · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · The Nordson Corporation Foundation
How this is measured
About The Severus Foundation Corp
- How much does The Severus Foundation Corp give?
- The Severus Foundation Corp reported 19 grants totaling $309,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 80 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Severus Foundation Corp fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (35%), Arts & Culture (31%), Education (11%).
- Who are The Severus Foundation Corp's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Calusa Waterkeeper Inc ($388k), Child's Play Touring Theatre ($320k), Arts Equity ($35k).
- Does The Severus Foundation Corp fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Severus Foundation Corp 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 Severus Foundation Corp?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rhode Island Community Foundation, The Champlin Foundation, June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated.
- Where is The Severus Foundation Corp based?
- The Severus Foundation Corp is based in NY.
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