Massachusetts · Public charity
Woods Hole Foundation Inc
The woods hole foundations purpose is to raise and distribute funds to tax-exempt, local organizations that enhance the quality of life and character of the woods hole and falmouth, massachusetts community.
- $509k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $361k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $335,736
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Woods Hole Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 4 | $361k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $67k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $70k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $28k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $41k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $18k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $22k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $15k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woods Hole Community Association Inc | $362,436 | 5 | 18% |
| Woods Hole Public Library | $33,180 | 5 | 3% |
| Woods Hole Child Center Inc | $30,228 | 3 | 7% |
| Belonging to Each Other Inc | $28,826 | 4 | 3% |
| Housing Assistance Corporation | $23,324 | 4 | 0% |
| Farming Falmouth Inc | $22,022 | 3 | 10% |
| Falmouth Housing Trust | $17,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Wings for Falmouth Families Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Friends of Nobska Light Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Penikese Island School Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 4% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woods Hole Community Association Inc | $362,436 | 5 | 18% |
| Woods Hole Public Library | $33,180 | 5 | 3% |
| Woods Hole Child Center Inc | $30,228 | 3 | 7% |
| Belonging to Each Other Inc | $28,826 | 4 | 3% |
| Housing Assistance Corporation | $23,324 | 4 | 0% |
| Farming Falmouth Inc | $22,022 | 3 | 10% |
| Falmouth Housing Trust | $17,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Wings for Falmouth Families Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Friends of Nobska Light Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Penikese Island School Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Buzzards Bay Coalition | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Calmer Choice Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Falmouth Service Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($66k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Woods Hole Foundation Inc 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Stanley W Watson Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc · Cape & Coast Bank Foundation · Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Harken Foundation · Cape Cod Healthcare Inc & Affiliates · Lyndon Paul Lorusso Charitable Foundatio · First Citizens Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Woods Hole Foundation Inc
- How much does Woods Hole Foundation Inc give?
- Woods Hole Foundation Inc reported 4 itemized grants totaling $361,236, out of $508,671 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Woods Hole Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (23%), Arts & Culture (19%), Human Services (17%).
- Who are Woods Hole Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Woods Hole Community Association Inc ($362k), Woods Hole Public Library ($33k), Woods Hole Child Center Inc ($30k).
- Does Woods Hole Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Woods Hole Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cape Cod Foundation Inc, Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc, Stanley W Watson Foundation.
- Where is Woods Hole Foundation Inc based?
- Woods Hole Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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