Massachusetts · Private foundation
William Townsend Porter Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $178k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2026
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $17,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $141,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 4
- Total assets, FY2026
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 60% of the organizations William Townsend Porter Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 3 | $169k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 5 | $188k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $186k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $166k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $176k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $127k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $149k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $149k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Physiological Society | $1,156,500 | 10 | 1% |
| Marine Biological Laboratory | $229,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | $40,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Massachusetts Society for Medical Research Inc | $27,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Louisville Research Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Meharry Medical College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $9,871 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($115k), not named here.
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About William Townsend Porter Foundation
- How much does William Townsend Porter Foundation give?
- William Townsend Porter Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $177,626 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does William Townsend Porter Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (71%), Science & Tech (25%), Animals (2%).
- Who are William Townsend Porter Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: American Physiological Society ($1.2M), Marine Biological Laboratory ($229k), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ($41k).
- Does William Townsend Porter Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William Townsend Porter 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 William Townsend Porter Foundation based?
- William Townsend Porter Foundation is based in MA.
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