Massachusetts · Private foundation
Tinker Island 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.
- $785k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
64% of Tinker Island Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $27M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Tinker Island Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $285k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $250k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $250k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $200k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Public Art Triennial Inc | $785,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Dia Center for the Arts Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
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About Tinker Island Foundation
- How much does Tinker Island Foundation give?
- Tinker Island Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $785,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Tinker Island Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (91%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are Tinker Island Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Boston Public Art Triennial Inc ($785k), Dia Center for the Arts Inc ($100k), The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc ($100k).
- Does Tinker Island Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tinker Island 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.
- Where is Tinker Island Foundation based?
- Tinker Island Foundation is based in MA.
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