Massachusetts · Private foundation
The William & Lia G Poorvu Family 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.
- $10M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 119
- Grants FY2024
- 103
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,505,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 89 to 105
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $129M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $260k 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 | 109 | $9.0M | 9% |
| FY2023 | 103 | $8.1M | 9% |
| FY2022 | 105 | $8.1M | 16% |
| FY2021 | 94 | $8.6M | 23% |
| FY2020 | 89 | $8.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yale University | $12,515,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $3,900,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ecoamerica | $3,335,000 | 5 | 37% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $2,550,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Trustees of Boston University | $1,250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wellesley College | $1,220,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Broad Institute Inc | $900,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American Academy of Arts & Sciences | $900,000 | 5 | 1% |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | $650,000 | 5 | 0% |
| National Public Radio Inc | $650,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 118 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 110 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Stevenson Family Charitable Trust · Eastern Cambridge Foundation · The Klarman Family Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust
How this is measured
Compare The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation with peer funders
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About The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation
- How much does The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation give?
- The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation reported 119 grants totaling $10,087,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 89 and 105 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (36%), Health (17%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Yale University ($13M), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ($3.9M), Ecoamerica ($3.3M).
- Does The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The William & Lia G Poorvu 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 William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc.
- Where is The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation based?
- The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation is based in MA.
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