The Ramsey Mccluskey Family Foundation
Wilmington, DE · EIN 04-3464899. Reported 183 grants totalling $1,097,050 to 105 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. 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 Ramsey Mccluskey Family 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $7,500; the smallest was $250 and the largest $10,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 826 Boston Inc | Roxbury, MA | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Raw Art Works Inc | Lynn, MA | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Artists for Humanity | Boston, MA | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Cambridge Camping Association | Cambridge, MA | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Cristo Rey Boston High School | Boston, MA | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center | Boston, MA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Berklee College of Music Inc | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras | Boston, MA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Company One Inc | Boston, MA | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Handel and Haydn Society | Boston, MA | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Huntington Theatre Company | Boston, MA | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Literations Inc | Boston, MA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Longy Sch of Music of Bard Col | Cambridge, MA | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Merrimack Repertory Theatre | Lowell, MA | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Project Step | Boston, MA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sociedad Latina | Roxbury, MA | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Summer Search | Jamaica Plain, MA | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre | Warwick, RI | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cantata Singers Inc | Boston, MA | $15,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Boston Music Project | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Celebrity Series of Boston | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Codman Academy Foundation | Dorchester, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Community Music Center of Boston | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Indian Hill Music Inc | Littleton, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Open Doors | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Partners for Youth With Disabilities | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Science From Scientists | Bedford, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Urbanity Dance Inc | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Boch Center Wang Center | Boston, MA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Actors Shakespeare | Somerville, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Boston Arts Academy Foundation | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Bostons Childrens Chorus | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Brookline Cable Comm Trust Inc | Brookline, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Comm Art Ctr | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Conservatory Lab Charter Sch | Dorchester, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Dedham Country Day School | Dedham, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Discovery Museum Inc | Acton, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Epiphany School | Dorchester, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Groton Hill Music Center | Groton, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Josiah Quincy Orchestra Boston Music Project | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| KIPP Massachusetts Inc | Lynn, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Lawrence Comm Works | Lawrence, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Musicconnects Inc | Roslindale, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Open Door Arts | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Performing Arts Center of Metrowest Inc | Framingham, MA | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Playworks Education Energized | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Project Step Inc Symphony Hall | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Smile Program | Kingston, RI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Southshore Conservatory | Hingham, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Cabot Performing Arts Center | Beverly, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Wang Center for the Performing Art | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Theatrezone Inc | Chelsea, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Worcester Chamber Music Soc | Worcester, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Young Audiences of Ma | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Actors Shakespeare Project | Charlestown, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Apollinaire Theatre Company | Chelsea, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arlington Center for the Arts Inc | Arlington, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arts for Learning Massachusetts | Boston, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South | Taunton, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound Sc | Boston, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Conservatory Lab Charter School | Dorchester, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hurley School Neighborhood Partners for | Boston, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hyde Square Task Force | Jamaica Plain, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| KIPP Academy Lynn | Lynn, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lawrence Communityworks | Lawrence, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Literationsgenerations Incorporated | Boston, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Longy School of Music of Bard College | Cambridge, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Making Music Matters | West Roxbury, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mass Poetry | Boston, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Musiconnects | Roslindale, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School | Metheun, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Prospect Hill Academy Charter | Cambridge, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rehearsal for Life Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Science and Math Investigative Learning | Kingston, RI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| South Shore Conservatory of Music Inc | Hingham, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Gamm Theatre | Warwick, RI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Wang Center for the Performing Arts | Boston, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Theatre Offensive Inc | Boston, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Worcester Chamber Music Society | Worcester, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Worcester Youth Center Inc | Worcester, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Audiences of Massachusetts Inc | Boston, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Zumix Inc | East Boston, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Concord Conservatory of Music | Concord, MA | $7,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boston Children's Chorus | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Childrens Chorus | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro South | Taunton, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Generations Inc | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Josiah Quincy Orchestra Program Limited | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lowell Community Charter School Friends | Lowell, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mass Art College of Art and Design | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nortre Dame Cristo Rey Hs | Lawrence, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Notre Dame Cristo Rey Hs | Lawrence, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Paul Revere Memorial Assoc | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Plugged in Band Program Inc | Needham, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Read to a Child Inc | Wellesley, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Steps to Success Inc | Brookline, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Boston Education Dev Fdn | Roxbury, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bellforge Arts Center | Medfield, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hca (hopkinton Center for the Arts)) | Hopkinton, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maud Morgan Arts | Cambridge, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester | Worcester, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lincoln Scholarship Fund | Lincoln, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Museum of Fine Arts | Boston, MA | $550 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| St Stephen's Youth Programs | Boston, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
53 of 105 (50%) 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 45%, 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.
- The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre
PROMOTING LITERACY & ARTS - The Wang Center for the Performing Art
BOCH CENTER CITY SPOTLIGHTS - Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras
INTENSIVE COMMUNITY PROGRAM - Cambridge Camping Association
MIRROR & WINDOWS;REFLECTING - Cristo Rey Boston High School
ARTS EDUCATION ENHANCEMENT - Community Music Center of Boston
YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 114 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 53 | $269,050 | $5,000 |
| 2021 | 44 | $255,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 38 | $251,500 | $7,500 |
| 2023 | 48 | $321,500 | $7,500 |
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. 96% 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 $5,000. 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 The Ramsey Mccluskey Family Foundation'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: 200 Bellevue Parkway Suite 250, Wilmington, DE, 19809. 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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