Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-XXXXXX15480
Boston, MA · EIN 04-6114839. Reported 75 grants totalling $786,883 to 59 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-XXXXXX15480 did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $7,970. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $14,958; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $80,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faraday Foundation Inc | Wichita, KS | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ngage New Mexico | Las Cruces, NM | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Dane County Parks | Madison, WI | $25,461 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ft Thomas Unified School District #7 | Ft Thomas, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stamford Museum and Nature Center Inc | Stamford, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Phillips Brooks House Association Inc | Cambridge, MA | $24,411 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of St Lucie County | Fort Pierce, FL | $23,540 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| School Mindfulness Project | Philadelphia, PA | $22,970 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Saltwater Classroom | Camden, ME | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chapel Hill-Carrboro Children's Museum | Chapel Hill, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Earthroots Field School | Trabuco Canyon, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northside Education Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $19,190 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| William King Museum of Art | Abingdon, VA | $18,958 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Falls Church-Mclean Children's Center | Falls Church, VA | $17,770 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bluegrass Greensource | Lexington, KY | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brightlane Learning | Indianapolis, IN | $16,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | Boston, MA | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Journeys in Education Inc | Peterborough, NH | $15,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Charles River Conservancy Inc | Cambridge, MA | $15,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camden Early Childhood Center | Camden, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lee Pesky Learning Center Inc | Boise, ID | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Odessa-Montour Central School District | Odessa, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wondermore Inc | Dedham, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Avalon Village | Highland Park, MI | $14,958 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Freshkills Park Alliance | New York, NY | $12,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| C-Fit Community | Chesterfield, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fairbanks Children's Museum | Fairbanks, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hawthorne Elementary School Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heart of Indiana United Way | Muncie, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Story Preservation Initiative | Andover, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Providence Hybrid Academy Inc | Coopersburg, PA | $9,825 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Missouri Botanical Garden | St Louis, MO | $9,790 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Smith County Champions for Children Inc | Tyler, TX | $9,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Holly Hill Farm | Cohasset, MA | $8,875 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lexington Friends Preschool | Lexington, KY | $8,784 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aldo Leopold Nature Center Inc | Monona, WI | $8,642 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Main Street Community Center | Windham, NY | $7,858 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Missouri River Relief | Columbia, MO | $7,718 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Accessible Festivals | Stockton, NJ | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Suffolk Community Services | Chelsea, MA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Sharon Cooperative School Inc | Sharon, MA | $6,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ashokan Center Inc | Olivebridge, NY | $6,235 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| One Stone Inc | Boise, ID | $5,550 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oasis Charter Schools | Cape Coral, FL | $5,122 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Druid City Garden Project Dba Schoolyard Roots | Tuscaloosa, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gateway City Live | Holyoke, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Overlook Food Awareness Resource of Massachusetts Inc | Rutland, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pitchblack Immersive Experiences Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Utec | Lowell, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wyoming Wildlife Federation | Lander, WY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beautiful Beginnings Child Care Center | Providence, RI | $4,760 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Burley Discovery Museum | Burley, ID | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Cape Coral Municipal Charter School Foundation Inc | Cape Coral, FL | $4,494 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Children's Museum of Green Bay | Green Bay, WI | $4,260 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dunbar Hill Elementary School PTA | Hamden, CT | $3,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Huey's Hideaway Children's Museum Inc | Medford, WI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| James River Basin Partnership | Springfield, MO | $2,512 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Career Guidance Institute | Albuquerque, NM | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
11 of 59 (19%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 17%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Faraday Foundation Inc
FARADAY 200 PILOT EPISODES - Foundation for Dane County Parks
LEARN TO OUTDOOR EDUCATION - Stamford Museum and Nature Center Inc
OFF THE TRAIL FOR SQUEAK & - Saltwater Classroom
SALTWATER CLASSROOM APP & - Northside Education Foundation
BOOKS FOR PRE-K CLASSROOM - Bluegrass Greensource
OUTDOOR DAYS ENVIRONMENTAL
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 56 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | $212,775 | $8,430 |
| 2022 | 19 | $169,228 | $5,550 |
| 2023 | 18 | $180,611 | $7,250 |
| 2024 | 16 | $224,269 | $8,829 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 14% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $7,970. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-XXXXXX15480's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 45 School St 5TH Floor, Boston, MA, 02108. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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