How much does The Stanton Foundation give?

The Stanton Foundation reported 76 grants totaling $28,302,540 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 90 and 115 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.

What does The Stanton Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (65%), Civil Rights (11%), Philanthropy (6%).

Who are The Stanton Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Ohio State University Foundation ($20M), Case Western Reserve University ($6.4M), The University of Georgia Foundation ($5.6M).

Does The Stanton Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does The Stanton 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 Stanton Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Center for Technology and Civic Life, Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc, Petco Love.

Where is The Stanton Foundation based?

The Stanton Foundation is based in MA.

Foundation Dossiers

Massachusetts · Private foundation

The Stanton 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.

$28M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 76
Grants FY2025: 115
Organizations funded FY2024: 50%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $80,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $19,800,000
Organizations funded a year: 90 to 115; FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 24
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Stanton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

AnimalsEducationArts & CultureCrime & LegalInternationalPublic BenefitOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	60	$28M	42%
FY2024	115	$39M	50%
FY2023	114	$32M	56%
FY2022	95	$20M	52%
FY2021	92	$17M	74%
FY2020	90	$31M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$138MCivil Rights$23MPhilanthropy$12MScience & Tech$12MInternational$10MPublic Benefit$7.9MAnimals$6.1MHealth$1.6MOther$0

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
Ohio State University Foundation	$20,317,939	1	6%
Case Western Reserve University	$6,354,650	5	0%
The University of Georgia Foundation	$5,649,500	5	2%
Colorado State University Foundation	$3,142,000	1	3%
Vanderbilt University	$3,009,407	5	0%
Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc	$2,739,528	5	6%
Duke University	$2,479,034	6	0%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc	$1,931,000	4	5%
Cornell University	$1,914,323	6	0%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	$1,865,150	5	0%

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All grantees of The Stanton Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Ohio State University Foundation	$20,317,939	1	6%
Case Western Reserve University	$6,354,650	5	0%
The University of Georgia Foundation	$5,649,500	5	2%
Colorado State University Foundation	$3,142,000	1	3%
Vanderbilt University	$3,009,407	5	0%
Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc	$2,739,528	5	6%
Duke University	$2,479,034	6	0%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc	$1,931,000	4	5%
Cornell University	$1,914,323	6	0%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	$1,865,150	5	0%
Washington University	$1,661,500	6	0%
Southern Methodist University	$1,475,150	5	0%
University of Chicago	$1,377,976	2	0%
Northeastern University	$1,144,482	5	0%
The Rand Corporation	$1,074,125	5	0%
Wiki Education Foundation	$800,000	2	22%
Council on Foreign Relations Inc	$654,000	4	0%
Trustees of Purdue University	$504,600	1	n/a
Trustees of Tufts College	$492,566	3	0%
University of Nebraska Foundation	$458,965	1	0%
National Association of Scholars Inc	$440,000	2	7%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University	$341,596	1	0%
Town of Hudson	$320,000	4	n/a
Town of Wareham	$309,518	4	n/a
City of Framingham	$300,326	2	n/a
Journal of Free Speech Law	$276,987	4	100%
Town of Andover	$275,000	2	n/a
Town of Westborough	$275,000	2	n/a
Town of Ashland	$275,000	2	n/a
Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc	$264,975	3	1%
Town of Amherst	$262,077	2	n/a
Town of Auburn	$259,273	2	n/a
Town of South Hadley	$253,582	2	n/a
MIT Free Speech Alliance	$250,000	1	67%
Town of Hopkinton	$250,000	2	n/a
Speech First Inc	$249,600	2	7%
Trustees of Boston University	$214,736	4	0%
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc	$210,978	1	0%
George Mason University Foundation Inc	$190,000	1	0%
The City of Augusta	$160,000	1	n/a
Yale University	$150,000	1	n/a
Open Door Veterinary Collective	$149,500	1	18%
American Council of Trustees and Alumni	$149,500	1	3%
President and Fellows of Middlebury College	$137,556	2	0%
University of Denver	$135,068	2	0%
Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Inc	$125,000	1	13%
The News Literacy Project Inc	$125,000	1	5%
University of Miami	$106,731	2	0%
Georgia Tech Research Corporation	$103,280	1	0%
Tobin Project Inc	$100,000	1	10%
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press	$90,125	1	1%
The George Washington University	$90,000	1	0%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc	$90,000	1	0%
Claremont McKenna College	$82,600	1	0%
Sumter County Government	$80,000	1	n/a
Humane Society of Elmore County Inc	$80,000	1	7%
It Takes a Village Animal Rescue & Resources	$80,000	1	n/a
Shelter Transport Animal Rescue Team	$80,000	1	8%
City of Weslaco	$80,000	1	n/a
Ruff Rescuers United for Furbabies	$80,000	1	15%
Amory Humane Society	$80,000	1	n/a
A Path 4 Paws Dog Rescue	$80,000	1	11%
Ruff Start Rescue Inc	$80,000	1	n/a
Hearts & Bones Animal Rescue	$80,000	1	8%
One by One Animal Advocates Inc	$77,000	1	11%
Lawrence Public Schools	$76,000	2	n/a
Town of Abington	$74,485	3	n/a
Companion Animal Alliance	$70,000	1	2%
Paws Across Pittsburgh	$70,000	1	10%
Paws for Putnam	$70,000	1	n/a
Marion Animal Resource Connect	$70,000	1	14%
Stop the Suffering Rescue	$70,000	1	10%
Pretty Pittie Committee	$70,000	1	46%
Woburn Public Schools	$67,185	2	n/a
Michigan State University	$65,492	3	n/a
City of Greenfield Ma	$57,796	2	n/a
City of Waterville	$51,900	2	n/a
Town of Holden Massachusetts	$51,900	1	n/a
The Florida State University Foundation Inc	$50,000	1	0%
Harvard Alumni for Free Speech Inc	$50,000	1	n/a
Paws Squad	$50,000	1	32%
Town of Sharon	$48,900	3	n/a
Western West Virginia Animal Rescue Alliance Inc	$48,437	1	n/a
City of Gardner	$47,400	1	n/a
Town of Millis	$47,400	1	n/a
Town of East Millinocket	$46,300	2	n/a
Town of Conway	$45,500	2	n/a
Tewksbury Public Schools	$45,000	2	n/a
Town of Spencer	$43,500	2	n/a
University of Pittsburgh	$43,111	1	0%
Town of Boscawen	$43,000	2	n/a
Samford University	$42,279	1	0%
Town of Watertown	$42,000	1	n/a
Town of South Kingstown	$41,000	1	n/a
The Center for Integrity in News Reporting	$40,750	1	3%
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association	$39,200	2	1%
City of Fitchburg	$37,501	2	n/a
Town of Marshfield	$37,270	2	n/a
Seton Hall University	$36,573	1	0%
American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges	$35,000	1	1%
University of Florida	$33,070	1	n/a
Barnstable Municipal Employees Association Inc	$32,819	1	57%
Town of Londonderry	$31,500	2	n/a
University of California- Davis	$30,201	1	n/a
American Historical Association	$30,000	1	1%
University of Virginia Law School Foundation	$30,000	1	0%
The Reason Foundation	$30,000	1	0%
Mississippi State University	$29,496	1	n/a
National Mill Dog Rescue	$25,000	1	n/a
Silverstray Social	$25,000	1	45%
City of Watervliet	$25,000	1	n/a
Town of Saugus	$25,000	1	n/a
Town of Northborough	$25,000	1	n/a
Ritchie County Humane Society	$25,000	1	9%
Washington Parish	$25,000	1	n/a
Berkshireworks One Stop Career Center	$24,234	1	n/a
Scituate Public Library	$22,900	1	n/a
Town of Mansfield	$18,000	1	n/a
American Veterinary Medical Foundation	$18,000	1	0%
Town of Burrillville	$16,000	1	n/a
Village of Port Chester	$16,000	2	n/a
North Providence FOP Lodge #13	$16,000	1	19%
Reading Public Library	$15,400	1	n/a
Davidsonians for Freedom of Thought and Discourse	$15,000	1	4%
Kilo-9 Foundation	$14,490	1	22%
National Council for History Education Inc	$12,500	1	n/a
City of Duluth	$12,000	1	n/a
City of Johnstown	$10,000	1	n/a
The City of Savannah	$10,000	1	n/a
National Council for the Social Studies	$10,000	1	0%
Pioneer Institute Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Organization of American Historians	$10,000	1	0%
Seattle Police Foundation	$10,000	1	1%
Spring Hill Cemetery Park Comm	$7,900	1	n/a
Georgia Veterinary Medical Association I	$7,000	1	1%
Nemlec Police Foundation Inc	$5,000	1	10%
North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association	$5,000	1	0%
Tennessee Veterinary Medical Assoc	$5,000	1	1%
Rhode Island Veterinary Medical Association	$5,000	1	7%
Missouri Veterinary Medical Association	$5,000	1	1%
Town of Brunswick	$4,000	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 212 recipients with no EIN on record ($98M), not named here.

The Stanton Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 80 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 80.

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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.

Center for Technology and Civic LifeIL49.7× affinity33 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Center for Technology and Civic Life · Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc · Petco Love · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Project Lead the Way Inc · Greater Good Charities · Petsmart Charities Inc · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · BISSELL Pet Foundation · Pedigree Foundation · Massachusetts Woodlands Institute Inc Dba Ma Woodlands Institute · AARP

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 Stanton Foundation

How much does The Stanton Foundation give?: The Stanton Foundation reported 76 grants totaling $28,302,540 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 90 and 115 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Stanton Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (65%), Civil Rights (11%), Philanthropy (6%).
Who are The Stanton Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Ohio State University Foundation ($20M), Case Western Reserve University ($6.4M), The University of Georgia Foundation ($5.6M).
Does The Stanton Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Stanton 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 Stanton Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Center for Technology and Civic Life, Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc, Petco Love.
Where is The Stanton Foundation based?: The Stanton Foundation is based in MA.