Alaska · Private foundation
Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $879k
- Granted FY2020
- 17
- Grants FY2020
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 88%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
92% of Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $879k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $4,500
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $350,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 9
- Total assets, FY2020
- $23M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 88% of the organizations Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 16 | $659k | 88% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $131k | 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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bering Straits Foundation | $245,000 | 5 | 99% |
| University of Alaska | $58,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Nome Community Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Washington State University | $22,000 | 5 | n/a |
| The Leap Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Ala Kahakai Trail Association | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Alaska State Fair Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alaska Pacific University | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Excel Alaska Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alaska Christian College | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bering Straits Foundation | $245,000 | 5 | 99% |
| University of Alaska | $58,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Nome Community Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Washington State University | $22,000 | 5 | n/a |
| The Leap Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Ala Kahakai Trail Association | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Alaska State Fair Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alaska Pacific University | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Excel Alaska Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alaska Christian College | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Unalakleet Valley Electric Cooperative | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Amundsen Educational Center | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| North Park University | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Idaho State University | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 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: Rasmuson Foundation · The Alaska Community Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation with peer funders
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About Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation
- How much does Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation give?
- Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $879,498 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (73%), Arts & Culture (6%), Religion (6%).
- Who are Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bering Straits Foundation ($245k), University of Alaska ($58k), Nome Community Center Inc ($50k).
- Does Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 88% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rasmuson Foundation, The Alaska Community Foundation, M J Murdock Charitable Trust.
- Where is Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation based?
- Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation is based in AK.
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