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Ptc Foundation Inc

Boston, MA · EIN 82-5383610. Reported 71 grants totalling $1,966,000 to 57 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$1,966,000granted, 2020-2023
57organizations funded
24%of grantees funded again the next year
$9,350assets, 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. Ptc Foundation Inc 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $190,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
2 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
26 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
19 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
8 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
7 grants
$100,000 and Up
9 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
FirstManchester, NH$350,000332023
City YearBoston, MA$200,000222021
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (first)Manchester, NH$190,000112020
Medecins Sans Frontiers USA Inc (doctors Without Borders)New York, NY$105,000212021
US Fund for Unicef (dba Unicef Usa)New York, NY$100,000112021
World Central KitchenWashington, DC$100,000112021
International Rescue CommitteeAlbert Lea, MN$70,000222022
Doctors Without Borders - India FundNew York, NY$50,000112020
Fiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc (cash for Refugees)Indianapolis, IN$50,000112021
Handicap International Dba Humanity & InclusionSilver Spring, MD$50,000112021
Razom IncNew York, NY$50,000112021
Sae InternationalWarrendale, AL$50,000112023
United States Association for Unhcr (un Refugee Agency)Washington, DC$50,000112021
Carbon 180 (center for Carbon Renewal)Washington, DC$30,000112022
Pan Mass ChallengeNeedham, MA$30,000332023
Asha for EducationCovina, CA$25,000112022
Boston Arts Academy FoundationBoston, MA$25,000112020
Enabling Leadership IncMetarie, LA$25,000112023
Flare EducationBoston, MA$25,000112022
Home Base a Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital ProgramBoston, MA$25,000112021
Nsbe Boston ProfessionalsBoston, MA$25,000332022
The Calculus ProjectBraintree, MA$25,000112023
World Computer ExchangeHull, MA$25,000112022
Citizen SchoolsBoston, MA$20,000112020
One Tree PlantedShelburne, VT$20,000222021
Samaritan's PurseBoone, NC$20,000112021
Up Education Network IncDorchester, MA$20,000112023
Latino STEM AllianceBoston, MA$15,000332023
Ma Insight Education & ResearchBoston, MA$15,000112021
Robotics Education & Competition FoundationGreenville, TX$15,000112022
Children's Dyslexia Centers IncLexington, MA$10,000112023
Conservation International FoundationArlington, VA$10,000222022
Kids Against Hunger Bay AreaPleasanton, CA$10,000112023
Open Arms of Minnesota IncMinneapolis, MI$10,000112023
Pan Massachusetts Challenge TrustNeedham, MA$10,000112020
Plan International USAProvidence, RI$10,000222023
Reut USA (tikkun Olam Makers)Beverly Hills, CA$10,000112023
Sunflower of PeaceCambridge, MA$10,000112021
4 Paws for AbilityXenia, OH$5,000112023
American Heart AssociationDallas, TX$5,000112020
Asian Americans Advancing Justice AajcWashington, DC$5,000112022
Asian Women for HealthBoston, MA$5,000112023
Blacks in Technology FoundationCleves, OH$5,000112023
Doctors Without BordersHagerstown, MD$5,000112020
Glaad - Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against DefamationLos Angeles, CA$5,000112021
Glaad IncPasadena, CA$5,000112023
Hope Rehabilitation ServicesSan Jose, CA$5,000112022
Human ItBell, CA$5,000112022
InableWashington, DC$5,000112022
Inroads IncAtlanta, GA$5,000112023
PathSeattle, WA$5,000112021
Science Club for GirlsCambridge, MA$5,000112021
Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba Ne Center and Home for VeteransBoston, MA$5,000112022
Year UpBoston, MA$5,000112022
Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of BostonPortland, OR$5,000112021
Our Lady of Lourdes SchoolTaunton, MA$500112021
Union Hill School DistrictGrass Valley, CA$500112021

9 of 57 (16%) 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 24%, 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 29 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
6 grants
International Affairs
5 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
3 grants
Environment
2 grants
Human Services
2 grants
Diseases & Disorders
2 grants
Youth Development
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202010$425,000$15,000
202126$906,000$12,500
202218$330,000$5,000
202317$305,000$10,000

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. 27% of this one's giving went to organizations in New Hampshire. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New Hampshire
$540K
Massachusetts
$500K
New York
$305K
District of Columbia
$190K
Minnesota
$70K
California
$66K
Maryland
$55K
Alabama
$50K

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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 $10,000. 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 New Hampshire.
  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 Ptc Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 121 Seaport Blvd, Boston, MA, 02210. 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 82-5383610 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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