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Mattina R Proctor Foundation

Boston, MA · EIN 11-1067014. Reported 216 grants totalling $2,527,100 to 103 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$6,000median grant
$2,527,100granted, 2021-2024
103organizations funded
64%of grantees funded again the next year
$22.3Massets, latest filing

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. Mattina R Proctor Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $6,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $75,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
68 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
54 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
56 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
32 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
6 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Foundation for Modern OperaWorcester, MA$189,000932023
Farnsworth Art MuseumRockland, ME$166,500542024
University of New EnglandPortland, ME$160,000432023
Parma Music FestivalNorth Hampton, NH$133,600422022
New England ConservatoryBoston, MA$125,000542024
Boston Lyric OperaBoston, MA$110,000542024
Northern Light Mercy HospitalPortland, ME$105,000432024
WGBH Educational FoundationBoston, MA$100,000212023
New Music USANew York, NY$91,0001142024
Ulysses Quartet FoundationNew York, NY$56,000732023
Foundation for Modern Opera-SonnetWorcester, MA$50,000112024
New England AquariumBoston, MA$50,000442024
WGBHBoston, MA$50,000112024
Wild UpLos Angeles, CA$47,000212024
Parma Music Festival-Horn TrioNorth Hampton, NH$45,950212024
Boston Youth Symphony OrchestrasBoston, MA$45,000322023
Emmanuel MusicBoston, MA$45,000332023
Points North InstituteCamden, ME$45,000322022
The Community HouseSouth Hamilton, MA$39,500432024
Boston BaroqueBoston, MA$35,000332024
Creative Community for PeaceLos Angeles, CA$35,000522024
Jewish Family & Children's ServiceWaltham, MA$35,000332023
The Topa InstituteOjai, CA$35,000112024
Foundation for Modern Opera-Marsh CWorcester, MA$32,500112024
Perkins School for the BlindWatertown, MA$30,000332024
Parma Music Festival-Silver SwanNorth Hampton, NH$28,250312024
Friends of AnimNew York, NY$26,000322022
Boston Conservatory at BerkleeBoston, MA$25,000212023
Lown InstituteNeedham, MA$25,000112022
Fractured AtlasNew York, NY$21,000112022
Bellforge Arts CenterMedfield, MA$20,000222023
Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA$20,000432024
Maine Media CollegeRockport, ME$20,000112024
Friends of Castle HeightsLos Angeles, CA$18,000332024
Boston Symphony OrchestraBoston, MA$17,500332024
The ApprenticeshopRockland, ME$17,000532023
Roulette IntermediumBrooklyn, NY$16,000222024
University of DaytonDayton, OH$16,000112024
Walker Therapeutic & Educational PrNeedham, MA$16,000222023
American Red CrossWashington, DC$15,000112024
Ocean AllianceGloucester, MA$15,000112024
Center for Furniture CraftsmanshipRockport, ME$14,500222023
Pine Tree Legal AssistancePortland, ME$13,000332024
Trekkers IncRockland, ME$13,000332024
Coastal Mountains Land TrustCamden, ME$12,500112021
Rogerson CommunitiesBoston, MA$12,500222023
Ulysses Quartet Foundation-Marsh FiNew York, NY$12,500112024
Afghan Future Fundrockefeller PhilNew York, NY$10,000112022
Alex Levasseur Memorial FundNashville, TN$10,000222024
Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA$10,000222024
Opera MainePortland, ME$10,000112024
Ronald Mcdonald HouseBoston, MA$10,000112021
Tenacity IncAllston, MA$10,000222024
TM23 FoundationLos Angeles, CA$10,000222024
Guitars in the ClassroomSan Diego, CA$8,500332024
Massachusetts Forest TrustMarlborough, MA$8,500222024
The Price CenterNewton, MA$7,500332023
Worcester Public Library FoundationWorcester, MA$7,500332024
Foundation for Modern Opera-MiscWorcester, MA$7,300112024
Brightwork NewmusicPasadena, CA$7,000112024
Pine Street InnBoston, MA$7,000332024
Walker Therapeutic & EducationalNeedham, MA$7,000112024
CASA Esperanza IncBoston, MA$6,000112024
Maine Media Workshops & CollegeRockport, ME$6,000222022
Veterans North East Outreach CenterHamilton, MA$6,000112021
Ocean River InstituteCambridge, MA$5,500222023
Boston Festival OrchestraArlington, MA$5,000112023
Camden ConferenceCamden, ME$5,000112024
Friends of Strand TheatreRockland, ME$5,000112024
Grammy FoundationLos Angeles, CA$5,000112023
Handel and Haydn SocietyBoston, MA$5,000112022
Merryspring Nature CenterCamden, ME$5,000112021
Ny Early Music Foundation IncNew York, NY$5,000112023
Silk Road ProjectBrighton, MA$5,000112023
SilkroadBoston, MA$5,000112024
The Carroll CenterNewton, MA$5,000112024
The Jazz BakeryBeverly Hills, CA$5,000112023
The Makanda Project OrganizationMilton, MA$5,000222024
Albany Music Foundation IncAlbany, NY$4,500112023
East Los Angeles Womens CenterLos Angeles, CA$4,500222024
Camden Festival of PoetryCamden, ME$3,000222024
Grammy Museum FoundationLos Angeles, CA$3,000112022
Mr Holland's Opus FoundationStudio City, CA$3,000112021
Northeastern University School of LBoston, MA$3,000112022
Sweet Relief Musicians FundBrea, CA$3,000112023
The Continuance FoundationLos Angeles, CA$3,000112022
Blue Hill Concert AssociationBlue Hill, ME$2,500112023
Bowdoin International Music FestivaBrunswick, ME$2,500112023
Chameleon Arts EnsembleBoston, MA$2,500112022
Friends of Baxter State ParkBelfast, ME$2,500112023
Making Community HappenRockland, ME$2,500112024
Mch IncRockland, ME$2,500112023
Musicares DevelopmentSanta Monica, CA$2,500112023
Strand TheatreRockland, ME$2,500112023
The FieldNew York, NY$2,500112022
The Org for Renal Care in HaitiDedham, MA$2,500112023
Worcester County Mechanics AssocWorcester, MA$2,500112023
World of ChangePortland, ME$2,500112023
Center for Maine Contemporary ArtRockland, ME$2,000112024
Towngreen IncGloucester, MA$1,500112023
American Friends of Museums in IsraNew York, NY$1,000112022
Helping Hands Monkey HelpersBoston, MA$1,000112022
The Knitting Connection IncWest Medford, MA$1,000112022

44 of 103 (43%) 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 64%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 147 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
71 grants
Education
22 grants
Human Services
13 grants
International Affairs
10 grants
Environment
6 grants
Recreation & Sports
5 grants
Mental Health
4 grants
Animal Welfare
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202131$507,600$10,000
202251$500,000$5,000
202372$752,500$5,000
202462$767,000$7,400

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. 48% 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.

Massachusetts
$1.2M
Maine
$620K
New York
$246K
New Hampshire
$208K
California
$190K
Ohio
$16K
District of Columbia
$15K
Tennessee
$10K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $6,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Mattina R Proctor Foundation'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: 75 Federal St Ste 1300, Boston, MA, 02110. 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.

EIN 11-1067014 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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