Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Velmans 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.
- $250
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 36
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- 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 Velmans Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k 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 | 1 | $250 | 0% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $80k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $66k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $62k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $54k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $49k | 30% |
| FY2017 | 30 | $67k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pollinate Group | $70,000 | 3 | 24% |
| Disability Power Bloc | $30,000 | 1 | 13% |
| The Netherland-America Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Pollination Project Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Inc | $12,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Close Encounters With Music | $8,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Construct Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Sheffield Land Trust Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Berkshire Grown Inc | $4,450 | 5 | 0% |
| Railroad Street Youth Project Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 40 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($158k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Velmans 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 Velmans Foundation Inc
- How much does The Velmans Foundation Inc give?
- The Velmans Foundation Inc reported 1 grants totaling $250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Velmans Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (35%), Environment (17%), International (13%).
- Who are The Velmans Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Pollinate Group ($70k), Disability Power Bloc ($30k), The Netherland-America Foundation Inc ($30k).
- Does The Velmans Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Velmans 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 Velmans Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc, Shoval Foundation, The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Velmans Foundation Inc based?
- The Velmans Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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