Massachusetts · Private foundation
Wilson Caruso Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $65k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 24
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $884k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Wilson Caruso Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $73k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $103k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $154k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $164k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $106k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc | $55,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Trustees of Reservations | $45,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $45,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Riverside Industries Inc | $32,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Hale Education Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Neads Inc | $22,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc | $55,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Trustees of Reservations | $45,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $45,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Riverside Industries Inc | $32,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Hale Education Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Neads Inc | $22,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Servings Inc | $14,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Khan Academy Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Westwood Land Trust Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 2% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($295k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wilson Caruso Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Wilson Caruso Charitable Foundation
- How much does Wilson Caruso Charitable Foundation give?
- Wilson Caruso Charitable Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $65,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 24 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Wilson Caruso Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (53%), Recreation & Sports (11%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Wilson Caruso Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc ($55k), The Trustees of Reservations ($45k), Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($45k).
- Does Wilson Caruso Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wilson Caruso Charitable 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 Wilson Caruso Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc.
- Where is Wilson Caruso Charitable Foundation based?
- Wilson Caruso Charitable Foundation is based in MA.
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