Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Vertex Foundation Inc
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.
- $6.8M
- Granted FY2019
- 125
- Grants FY2019
- 124
- Organizations funded FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
90% of The Vertex Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Charities Aid Foundation America, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year The Vertex Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 31 organizations, $7M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $1,215,000
- States reached, FY2019
- 36
- Total assets, FY2019
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $5,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $1,651,600 | 3 | 0% |
| i2 LEARNING FOUNDATION INC | $1,160,000 | 1 | 44% |
| Direct Relief | $1,050,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office | $1,000,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $747,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City Year Inc | $534,100 | 2 | 0% |
| National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scripps Health | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum of Science | $215,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 60 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 450 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Vertex Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 58 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Barr Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Charities Aid Foundation America · Rockland Trust - Blue Hills Charitable Foundation · Eastern Cambridge Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Vertex Foundation Inc
- How much does The Vertex Foundation Inc give?
- The Vertex Foundation Inc reported 125 grants totaling $6,773,915 in its FY2019 IRS filing.
- What does The Vertex Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (41%), Philanthropy (29%), Health (13%).
- Who are The Vertex Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($5.0M), Ronald McDonald House Global ($1.7M), i2 LEARNING FOUNDATION INC ($1.2M).
- Does The Vertex 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 Vertex Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Vertex Foundation Inc based?
- The Vertex Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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