Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Wade Family Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $421k
- Granted FY2021
- 14
- Grants FY2021
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
62% of The Wade Family Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to University Of Notre Dame Du Lac, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The Wade Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $421k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 5
- Total assets, FY2021
- $9.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 15% of the organizations The Wade Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 98% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 13 | $321k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $324k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $209k | 38% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $430k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Schools Foundation Inc | $517,800 | 5 | 1% |
| Museum of Science | $160,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Exceptional Lives Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Fairfield University | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lawrence Catholic Academy of Lawrence Massachusetts Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Greenlight Fund Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Beacon Academy Inc | $39,750 | 3 | 1% |
| Belmont Day School Inc | $26,650 | 4 | 0% |
| United South End Settlements | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Schools Foundation Inc | $517,800 | 5 | 1% |
| Museum of Science | $160,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Exceptional Lives Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Fairfield University | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lawrence Catholic Academy of Lawrence Massachusetts Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Greenlight Fund Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Beacon Academy Inc | $39,750 | 3 | 1% |
| Belmont Day School Inc | $26,650 | 4 | 0% |
| United South End Settlements | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $21,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Saint Viator High School | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| St Rock Haiti Foundation LTD | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Reservations | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fenwick Improvement Fund Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($866k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wade Family 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Wade Family Foundation
- How much does The Wade Family Foundation give?
- The Wade Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $421,350 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The Wade Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (40%), Education (33%), Science & Tech (5%).
- Who are The Wade Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Catholic Schools Foundation Inc ($518k), Museum of Science ($160k), Exceptional Lives Inc ($65k).
- Does The Wade Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wade Family 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 Wade Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc), Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Wade Family Foundation based?
- The Wade Family Foundation is based in MA.
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