Ac Ratshesky Foundation
Needham, MA · EIN 04-6017426. Reported 97 grants totalling $1,320,700 to 47 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Ac Ratshesky 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 $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $45,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third Sector New England | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Families First Parenting Programs | Cambridge, MA | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Build Greater Boston | Boston, MA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chelsea Education Foundation Inc | Chelsea, MA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Room to Grow | Boston, MA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts | Boston, MA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Found in Translation | Dorchester, MA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Institute of New England | Boston, MA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Vocational Services | Boston, MA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Just-a-Start Corporation | Cambridge, MA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Operation Able of Greater Boston | Boston, MA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sociedad Latina Inc | Roxbury, MA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Raising a Reader Ma | Boston, MA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| South Boston Neighborhood House | Boston, MA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brighter Boston Inc | Chestnut Hill, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dreaming Tree Foundation (dba Fresh Films) | Rock Island, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Loop Lab Inc | Cambridge, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Per Scholas | Bronx, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Possible Project | Cambridge, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Eliot School (dba Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts) | Jamaica Plain, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Youthbuild Boston | Roxbury, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Action for Boston Community Development Inc | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Servings | Jamaica Plain, MA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Family Aid Boston Inc | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Codesquad Inc | Somerville, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Family Access of Newton | Newton, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mujeres Unidas Avanzando | Dorchester, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Salvation Army | Alexandria, VA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hebrew College | Newton, MA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| African Bridge Network | Newton, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Economic Mobility Pathways | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| English for New Bostonians | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fresh Films | Rock Island, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of St Stephens Youth Programs Inc | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Waltham Family School Inc | Waltham, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| La Colaborativa Inc | Chelsea, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Hope | Roxbury, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Artists for Humanity Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New England Historic Genealogical Society | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Quincy Asian Resources Inc | Quincy, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Root Ns Inc | Salem, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Max Warburg Courage Curriculum Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Nations Association of Greater Boston | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young People's Project Inc | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Philanthropy Massachusetts | Boston, MA | $7,700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northeastern University Hillel Advisory Committee Inc | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
27 of 47 (57%) 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 69%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 74 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | $317,500 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 29 | $377,550 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 23 | $305,000 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 23 | $320,650 | $15,000 |
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. 93% 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 $15,000. 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 Ac Ratshesky 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: Co Craig Levy 16 Green Street, Needham, MA, 02492. 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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