Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Silver Tie Fund Inc
Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $83k
- Granted FY2020
- 22
- Grants FY2020
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 10
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 19% of the organizations The Silver Tie Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 21 | $81k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $75k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $86k | 23% |
| FY2017 | 25 | $76k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
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 FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Relief | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Conservation Law Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Charles River Watershed Association Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Save the Bay Inc | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Democracy Now Productions Inc | $11,500 | 4 | 0% |
| 350org | $11,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gilead Community Services Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($43k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Silver Tie Fund Inc 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.
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How this is measured
About The Silver Tie Fund Inc
- How much does The Silver Tie Fund Inc give?
- The Silver Tie Fund Inc reported 22 grants totaling $82,500 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does The Silver Tie Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Environment (32%), International (15%), Health (9%).
- Who are The Silver Tie Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Direct Relief ($16k), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc ($16k), Conservation Law Foundation Inc ($15k).
- Does The Silver Tie Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Silver Tie Fund Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Silver Tie Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, The Lorber Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Silver Tie Fund Inc based?
- The Silver Tie Fund Inc is based in MA.
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