James J Pallotta Charitable Trust
Weston, MA · EIN 22-3208194. Reported 85 grants totalling $10.7M to 51 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. James J Pallotta Charitable Trust 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 $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $101,000; the smallest was $9,890 and the largest $1,250,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Hood Foundation | New York City, NY | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sante Fe Institute | Santa Fe, NM | $1,250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boston Children's Hospital Trust | Boston, MA | $1,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| West Palm Golf Community Trust Inc | Jupiter, FL | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $800,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Overtown Youth Center | Miami, FL | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nantucket Boys & Girls Club | Nantucket, MA | $425,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International African American Museum | Charleston, SC | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Carolina Art Association | Charleston, SC | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community First Project | Virginia Beach, VA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Everglades Foundation | Palmetto Bay, FL | $297,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mcp Emergency Employee Relief Fund Inc | Daniel Island, SC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nantucket Cottage Hospital | Nantucket, MA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community-Police Relations Foundation | North Miami, FL | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Coaches for Character | Greenville, SC | $125,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc | Nantucket, MA | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc | Siasconset, MA | $101,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 3POINT Foundation | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boston Foundation Incquin Impact Fund | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Folds of Honor Palmetto State Chapter | Simpsonville, SC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Habitat for Humanity Nantucket | Nantucket, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mother Caroline Academy | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Musc Children's Hospital Fund | Charleston, SC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sof Support | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Year Up | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gibbes Museum of Art | Charleston, SC | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| North End Athletic Association | Boston, MA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Ludacris Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Make-a-Wish Southern Florida | Davie, FL | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Charleston Literary Festival | Charleston, SC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fidf | Ny, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Just Be You | Sullivans Island, SC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Team Impact | Quincy, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis | Miami, FL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Harvey Foundation | Nantucket, ME | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Next Step Fund Inc | Cambridge, MA | $47,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yellow Ribbon Fund Inc | Bethesda, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baptist Health South Florida Foundation | South Miami, FL | $25,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beneath the Waves Inc | Herndon, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Charleston Park Conservancy | Charleston, SC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fairwinds-Nantucket Behavorial Health Center | Nantucket, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fore Life Inc | Lauderhill, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fordham Preparatory School | Bronx, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Fe Institute | Santa Fe, NM | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sims Foundation | Austin, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nashoba Learning Group | Bedford, MA | $23,822 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Fallen Heroes | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Worker Bee Fund | Goffstown, NH | $16,814 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blythedale Children's Hospital | Valhalla, NY | $15,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Capre Eleuthera Foundation (for Breef) | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Collier Services Foundation | Wickatunk, NJ | $9,890 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
21 of 51 (41%) 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 36%, 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.
- Sante Fe Institute
Multidisciplinary study of the fundamental principles of complex adaptive systems, including physical, computational, biological, and social systems. - The Michael J Fox Foundation
Seeks a cure for Parkinson's disease. - Carolina Art Association
Cultivation of the arts and art education. - 3POINT Foundation
Seek to close the opportunity and achievement gap caused by economic inequality for underserved, low-income Boston elementary and middle school youth by providing free community-based programs that integrate project-based learning, athletics, dance, and other activities to foster the development of 21st century skills, social-emotional growth, and a growth mindset - all of which are crucial to future success
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 54 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 | $4,772,814 | $100,000 |
| 2022 | 22 | $1,993,712 | $48,750 |
| 2023 | 22 | $2,095,500 | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 20 | $1,880,000 | $50,000 |
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. 24% 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 $50,000. 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 James J Pallotta Charitable Trust'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: C/O Larry Lester 180 Ash Street, Weston, MA, 02493. 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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