Martha's Vineyard Community
West Tisbury, MA · EIN 84-2084322. Reported 140 grants totalling $6,306,514 to 63 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Martha's Vineyard Community, the IRS classifies it as a philanthropic organization (NTEE T99).
- How spread out its giving is. 63 distinct organizations, with 36% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 55% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $28,000; the smallest was $5,270 and the largest $917,145. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Island Grown Initiative Ltd | Vineyard Hvn, MA | $2,251,123 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Martha's Vineyard Land Bank | Edgartown, MA | $511,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marthas Vineyard Community Services Inc | Vineyard Haven, MA | $398,045 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dukes County Regional Housing Authority | Vineyard Haven, MA | $391,740 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marthas Vineyard Boys and Girls Club Incorporated | Edgartown, MA | $338,119 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chilmark Pond Foundation Inc | Vineyard Haven, MA | $317,427 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Marthas Vineyard Center for Living Inc | Vineyard Hvn, MA | $193,930 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chappaquiddick Community Center Inc | Edgartown, MA | $128,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Island Health Inc | West Tisbury, MA | $127,300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $116,199 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harbor Homes of Marthas Vineyard | Vineyard Hvn, MA | $100,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Martha's Vineyard Commission | Oak Bluffs, MA | $92,303 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Health Imperatives Inc | Brockton, MA | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Marthas Vineyard Fishermens Preservation Trust Inc | Menemsha, MA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| First Congregational Church of West Tisbury | West Tisbury, MA | $72,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Federated Church of Edgartown | Edgartown, MA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Underway Experiential Learning Inc | Vineyard Hvn, MA | $59,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sheriffs Meadow Foundation | West Tisbury, MA | $49,863 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Marthas Vineyard Shellfish Group Inc | Oak Bluffs, MA | $47,715 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Island Housing Trust Corporation | West Tisbury, MA | $46,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands Inc | Hyannis, MA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hospice of Marthas Vineyard Inc | Vineyard Haven, MA | $40,271 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Vineyard Montessori School Inc | Vineyard Hvn, MA | $39,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Misty Meadows Equine Learning Center | Vineyard Hvn, MA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Marthas Vineyard Cerebral Palsy Camp Inc | Vineyard Hvn, MA | $34,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Circuit Arts Inc | West Tisbury, MA | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sail Marthas Vineyard Inc | Vineyard Haven, MA | $30,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Great Pond Foundation Inc | Edgartown, MA | $29,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Marthas Vineyard Preservation Tr Inc | Edgartown, MA | $29,179 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Island Elderly Housing Inc | Vineyard Haven, MA | $26,249 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Aquinnah Cultural Center Inc | Aquinnah, MA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Island Autism Group Inc | West Tisbury, MA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Woodwell Climate Research Center | Falmouth, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marthas Vineyard Museum Inc | Vineyard Hvn, MA | $24,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc | Lincoln, MA | $24,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Marthas Vineyard Diversity Coalition Charitable Trust | Edgartown, MA | $24,339 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Havenside Corporation | Vineyard Haven, MA | $22,850 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sassafras Earth Education | Aquinnah, MA | $21,900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Andrews Episcopal Church | Edgartwn, MA | $20,610 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| South Coastal Counties Legal Services Inc | Fall River, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Waltham West Suburban Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Waltham, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Red Stocking Fund Inc | Edgartown, MA | $19,017 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mv Center for Education and Training Inc | Oak Bluffs, MA | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Martha's Vineyard Nonprofit Collaborative | West Tisbury, MA | $18,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Ambassadors Partnership | Edgartown, MA | $17,577 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marthas Vineyard Agricultural Society | West Tisbury, MA | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yard Inc | Chilmark, MA | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Biodiversityworks | Vineyard Haven, MA | $13,815 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Marthas Vineyard Donors Collaborative Inc | Edgartown, MA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Marthas Vineyard Inc | Vineyard Haven, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Garden Gate Child Development Center Inc | Oak Bluffs, MA | $11,270 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| First Congregational Church of West Tisbury | West Tisbury, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School | West Tisbury, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marthas Vineyard Cancer Support Group Inc | Vineyard Hvn, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marthas Vineyard Sexual Wellness Inc | Vineyard Hvn, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marthas Vineyard Community Foundation Inc | West Tisbury, MA | $9,303 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Healthy Aging Martha's Vineyard | Vineyard Haven, MA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marthas Vineyard Mediation Program | Vineyard Hvn, MA | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Martha's Vineyard Association of Emergency Medical Technicians Inc | Vineyard Haven, MA | $8,110 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grace Church | Vineyard Haven, MA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Penikese Island School Inc | Woods Hole, MA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ace Mv | Vineyard Haven, MA | $6,700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New England Yearly Meeting of Friends | Worcester, MA | $6,010 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
38 of 63 (60%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 42 of 63 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 25 | $801,953 | $18,400 |
| 2022 | 35 | $2,066,270 | $10,701 |
| 2023 | 38 | $1,909,840 | $16,750 |
| 2024 | 42 | $1,528,451 | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
25 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 40 grants totalling $846,077 to Martha's Vineyard Community. That is 57% of the 44 funders we can see giving to it. Those 25 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a grantmaking organization.
8 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann & Bill Brine Family Foundation | New Hampshire | $330,147 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tower Family Fund Inc | New York | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Heineman-Russell Family Foundation | Connecticut | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Carol and Gene Ludwig Family Foundation | District of Columbia | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Swartz Foundation Trust | New Jersey | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Diane and Dorothy Brooks Foundation | California | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| John S and Amy S Weinberg Foundation | New York | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lns&ars Foundation | Missouri | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Aileen K and Brian L Roberts | Pennsylvania | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Bauer Family Foundation Inc | Connecticut | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
The 10 largest by reported dollars, of 25.
A linked name has a page of its own. We publish one for a foundation that takes no unsolicited requests only when a real share of its giving goes to organizations that make grants themselves, and that page opens by saying it does not take requests.
Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $15,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Martha's Vineyard Community's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 42 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 243, West Tisbury, MA, 02575.
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