Massachusetts · Private foundation
Thee Mustard Seed 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.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $493,435
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $30M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations Thee Mustard Seed Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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 | 15 | $2.3M | 20% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $2.8M | 57% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $1.6M | 44% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $1.1M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $1.5M | 20% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $1.5M | 31% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $2.1M | 37% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $2.2M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Burton Training Village Inc | $2,134,000 | 8 | 8% |
| Corey C Griffin Charitable Foundation | $1,352,050 | 8 | 18% |
| Fund for Catholic Schools Inc | $1,103,381 | 7 | n/a |
| By The Hand Club For Kids | $1,076,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Urban Impact of Black Rock Incorporated | $843,435 | 2 | n/a |
| Institute for Survivor Care Inc | $525,000 | 4 | 22% |
| Sharetogether Org | $403,462 | 1 | 30% |
| Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc | $400,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Pine Street Inn Inc | $370,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 30 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Burton Training Village Inc | $2,134,000 | 8 | 8% |
| Corey C Griffin Charitable Foundation | $1,352,050 | 8 | 18% |
| Fund for Catholic Schools Inc | $1,103,381 | 7 | n/a |
| By The Hand Club For Kids | $1,076,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Urban Impact of Black Rock Incorporated | $843,435 | 2 | n/a |
| Institute for Survivor Care Inc | $525,000 | 4 | 22% |
| Sharetogether Org | $403,462 | 1 | 30% |
| Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc | $400,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Pine Street Inn Inc | $370,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Elevate New England Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Daughters of Mary Mother of Healing Love | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heart of the Father Ministries | $202,881 | 6 | 19% |
| Saint Marys Monastery Inc | $189,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Clement Charities Inc | $175,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Build the Faith Inc | $150,000 | 4 | 45% |
| Urban Impact | $150,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Chill Foundation | $145,000 | 3 | 3% |
| St Andre Bessette Parish | $120,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Saint Anthony Shrine | $117,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Terebinth Refuge | $100,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids Alive International Inc | $90,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Wellhouse Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Do It for the Love | $60,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Cardinal Kung Academy Inc | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Boston Collaborative Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Live the Fast Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Percival P Baxter Fdn for Maines Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Roxbury Presbyterian Church Social Impact Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Thee Mustard Seed Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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 · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Thee Mustard Seed Foundation
- How much does Thee Mustard Seed Foundation give?
- Thee Mustard Seed Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $2,278,121 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Thee Mustard Seed Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (32%), Religion (29%), Philanthropy (9%).
- Who are Thee Mustard Seed Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ron Burton Training Village Inc ($2.1M), Corey C Griffin Charitable Foundation ($1.4M), Fund for Catholic Schools Inc ($1.1M).
- Does Thee Mustard Seed Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thee Mustard Seed 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 Thee Mustard Seed Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is Thee Mustard Seed Foundation based?
- Thee Mustard Seed Foundation is based in MA.
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