Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Tom & Elena Matlack Charitable Foundation
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.
- $34k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $932k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations The Tom & Elena Matlack Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 67% 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 | 11 | $29k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $33k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $90k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $28k | 58% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $28k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc | $59,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Wesleyan University | $56,462 | 3 | 0% |
| Perkins School for the Blind | $32,532 | 5 | 0% |
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $10,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Pine Street Inn Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Heroes and Horses Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trustees of Thayer Academy Inc | $4,586 | 4 | 0% |
| Boston Ballet Inc | $4,300 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $2,814 | 2 | 0% |
| Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($51k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Tom & Elena Matlack Charitable Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Fiduciary Charitable Foundation Dba Fiduciary Trust Charitable · Fidelity Foundation · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About The Tom & Elena Matlack Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Tom & Elena Matlack Charitable Foundation give?
- The Tom & Elena Matlack Charitable Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $34,273 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Tom & Elena Matlack Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (40%), Youth Development (23%), Health (15%).
- Who are The Tom & Elena Matlack Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc ($60k), Wesleyan University ($56k), Perkins School for the Blind ($33k).
- Does The Tom & Elena Matlack Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Tom & Elena Matlack Charitable 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 Tom & Elena Matlack Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Fiduciary Charitable Foundation Dba Fiduciary Trust Charitable.
- Where is The Tom & Elena Matlack Charitable Foundation based?
- The Tom & Elena Matlack Charitable Foundation is based in MA.
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