The Mentor Network Charitable Foundation
Quincy, MA · EIN 20-4935290. Reported 60 grants totalling $450,000 to 56 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. 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. The Mentor Network Charitable 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $2,500; the smallest was $1,250 and the largest $40,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Inclusion Project | Durham, NC | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for the Study of Social Policy | Washington, DC | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Association of State Head Injury Admin | Alabaster, AL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower | Santa Cruz, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rise Above Foundation | Northridge, MA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Special Olympics International | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Disability Belongs | Fredericksburg, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Respectability | Fredericksburg, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 53 Families | Towson, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 53 Families Foundation | Towson, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Adaptive Recreational Services Inc | New Ulm, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Allen Child Protection Center | Waterloo, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Association of Ma | Watertown, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks USA | Plymouth, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks USA | Faribault, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brain Injury Alliance of Central Kentucky | Lexington, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central City Boxing and Barbell | Springfield, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christian Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church | Waterloo, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City High School Iowa City | Iowa City, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dove (domestic Violence Ended) Inc | Quincy, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| East Potts Hot Shots 4-H Club | Oakland, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts-Arizona Cactus Pine Council | Phoenix, AZ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Golden Oak Society | Keokuk, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Worldwide Ltd | Framingham, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hearts and Paws | Bethel Park, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| I Believe Foundation | Flatwoods, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lisbonmtvernon Ambulance Service | Mount Vernon, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Long Live Jo | Towson, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Luverne Area Chamber of Commerce | Luverne, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Magdalene Hope | Bakersfield, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Minnesota First Responders Group Inc | Minnesota, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| More Network | Marshall, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marshalltown Community Theatre | Marshalltown, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Meals on Wheels New Brunswick Nj | New Brunswick, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Minnehaha County Emergency Management Rescue | Sioux Falls, SD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Noel Alexandria Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Phantoms Charities | Allentown, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pj's Rescue | Duluth, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pottawattamie County Fair Board Assoc | Oakland, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prairieton Volunteer Fire Department | Praireton, IN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Quilts of Valor Foundation Chapter 73885 | Winterset, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ruritan National Cororation | Chuckey, TN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saint (saving Animals in Need Today) Rescue and Adoption Center | Cedar Rapids, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southeast Minnesota Toys for Tots | Hayfield, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Special Olympics Missouri | Jefferson City, MO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Silver City Ia Volunteer Fire & Rescue | Silver City, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Chippewa Valley Wi Chapter | Eau Claire, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Solidarity Bridge | Evanston, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics Wild Bunch Area 9 New Ulm | New Ulm, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Starlings Inspire | Carlsbad, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tippecanoe County Senior Center | Lafaytte, IN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Windom Youth Hockey Association Inc | Windom, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Central Community Action Headstart | Des Moines, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Crisis Intervention Center | Mason City, IA | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northern Lights Alliance Homeless Shelter | Mason City, IA | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
4 of 56 (7%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 15%, across 1 year-to-year transition. 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.
- Center for the Study of Social Policy
SUPPORT FOR YOUTH THRIVE 4YOUTH PROGRAM FOR YOUNG ADULTS - National Association of State Head Injury Admin
SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT, CREATION, AND UPDATES OF PUBLICLY-AVAILABLE 50-STATE BRAIN INJURY SERVICES GUIDE - National Inclusion Project
SUPPORT FOR INCLUSIVE RECREATION SPECIALIST COURSE - Special Olympics
SUPPORT FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES DIGITAL APP DEVELOPMENT AND PILOT - Special Olympics International
Support for Rosemary Collaboratory - Respectability
SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL LEADERSHIP APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 24 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 26 | $247,500 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 33 | $200,000 | $2,500 |
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. 26% of this one's giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. 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 $2,500. 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 District of Columbia.
- 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 The Mentor Network Charitable Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2019-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1 Batterymarch Park Suite 103, Quincy, MA, 02169. 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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