Ann Theodore Foundation
Boston, MA · EIN 81-4558318. Reported 131 grants totalling $29.4M to 53 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. Ann Theodore 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 $150,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $85,000 and $275,000; the smallest was $2,095 and the largest $1,550,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Theodore Foundation Scholarship Fund | Boston, MA | $4,747,550 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The New Hampshire Food Bank | Manchester, NH | $1,745,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Milken Institute | Washington, DC | $1,565,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Roosevelt Union Free School District | Roosevelt, NY | $1,349,338 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Jewish Health | Denver, CO | $1,082,999 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Harmony Program | New York, NY | $1,005,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland, OH | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Green America | Washington, DC | $875,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Philanthropy Massachusetts | Boston, MA | $875,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| John Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $862,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| State University of Iowa Foundaton | Iowa City, IA | $862,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $862,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Medizinische Hochschule Hannover | Hannover | $775,904 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Food Project | Lincoln, MA | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Art of Problem Solving Initiative Inc | New York, NY | $622,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Artists for Humanity | Boston, MA | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Grid Alternatives | Oakland, CA | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Ohio State University Foundation | Columbus, OH | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Organization for Refugee & Immigrant Success | Manchester, NH | $585,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $575,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Society of Black Engineers | Alexandria, VA | $550,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| My Turn Inc- America's Youth Teenage Unemployment | Manchester, NH | $530,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX | $499,004 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Children of Promise Nyc | Brooklyn, NY | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Institute of New England | Boston, MA | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mayhew Inc | Bristol, NH | $366,100 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Next Step | Cambridge, MA | $365,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Year Up | Boston, MA | $352,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Gather | Portsmouth, NH | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Haert Lung and Blood Institute | Bethesda, MD | $287,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $287,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Basel | Basel | $284,597 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Manchester Community Music School | Manchester, NH | $252,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Regents of the University of Colorado | Boulder, CO | $229,439 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The University of Colorado Foundation | Denver, CO | $229,439 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Manchester Communicty Music School | Manchester, NH | $226,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Girls at Work Inc | Manchester, NH | $210,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Quivira Coalition | Santa Fe, NM | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Ocean Foundation | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Medical University of Vienna | Vienna | $199,390 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Hampshire Jobs for America's Graduates | Concord, NH | $191,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| City Strings United | Roxbury, MA | $182,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New Hampshire Innovation and Creativy Connection | Manchester, NH | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Double Dutch League Inc | Bronx, NY | $125,100 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Green Wave | New Haven, CT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nh Jag | Concord, NH | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Breakthrough Manchester | Manchester, NH | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The General Hospital Corporation | Boston, MA | $73,677 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bethany House | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Furthering Fathering Corporation | Roosevelt, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Roosevelt Community Response Team | Roosevelt, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| YWCA New Hampshire | Manchester, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Babylon School District | North Babylon, NY | $2,095 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
35 of 53 (66%) 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 81%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 New Hampshire Food Bank
TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO CREATE PATHWAYS OUT OF POVERTY AND STRENGTHEN FAMILIES. - Ann Theodore Foundation Scholarship Fund
TO HELP FURTHER EDUCATION FOR LOW-INCOME HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND ADULTS. - The Cleveland Clinic
TO FURTHER CRITICAL MEDICAL RESEARCH - Roosevelt Union Free School District
TO HELP FURTHER EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN IN K THRU 12 GRADES. - The Milken Institute
TO HELP SUPPORT HELPING PEOPLE PURSUE EDUCATION AND GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT. - National Jewish Health
TO SUPPORT THE TREATMENT AND RESEARCH OF RESPIRATORY, CARDIOVASCULAR, RHEUMATOLOGIC, AUTOIMMUNE, INFLAMOOATORY AND IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASES.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 67 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 26 | $5,717,363 | $102,500 |
| 2021 | 32 | $6,307,019 | $150,000 |
| 2022 | 37 | $8,210,693 | $199,390 |
| 2023 | 36 | $9,173,557 | $200,000 |
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. 30% 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 $150,000. 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 Ann Theodore 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: 60 State Street, Boston, MA, 02109. 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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