Massachusetts · Private foundation
The TCO Charitable 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.
- $30k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $23k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The TCO Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 9 | $30k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $36k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $28k | 73% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $26k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $12k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $500 | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $500 | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $500 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catie's Closet Inc | $33,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc | $21,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Waltham Boys & Girls Club Inc | $4,325 | 2 | 0% |
| Compassionate Care ALS Inc | $3,276 | 1 | 0% |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wakefield Food Pantry Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Suffolk University | $1,425 | 1 | 0% |
| City Kids Inc | $1,089 | 1 | 1% |
| Communitas Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catie's Closet Inc | $33,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc | $21,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Waltham Boys & Girls Club Inc | $4,325 | 2 | 0% |
| Compassionate Care ALS Inc | $3,276 | 1 | 0% |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wakefield Food Pantry Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Suffolk University | $1,425 | 1 | 0% |
| City Kids Inc | $1,089 | 1 | 1% |
| Communitas Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly - Boston Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Xaverian Brothers High School | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Partners for Youth With Disabilities Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Law Reform Institute Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Angel Fund Inc | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| Lucy's Love Bus Charitable Trust Inc | $263 | 1 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($56k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The TCO Charitable Foundation 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 TCO Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does The TCO Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- The TCO Charitable Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $30,276 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The TCO Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Education (22%), Food & Nutrition (19%).
- Who are The TCO Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Catie's Closet Inc ($33k), Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc ($22k), Blood Cancer United Inc ($5k).
- Does The TCO Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The TCO Charitable 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 TCO Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The TCO Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- The TCO Charitable Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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