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Private foundation (trust)EIN 046856820Est. 2008-03

ABRAMS FOUNDATION INC

BOSTON, MA 02116

Total Assets

$132.6M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$7.7M

FY 2023

Grants Made

25

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$306K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$25K–$2.5M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$9.8M

Total Expenses

$8.3M

Qualifying Distributions

$7.7M

Distributable Amount

$5.9M

Min. Investment Return

$5.9M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

25 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $25K through median $100K to maximum $2.5M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $7.9M in 2020. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

72 grants

PROPUBLICA
$4.9M
6 grants
AMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT
$4M
3 grants
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPHY ADVISORS
$2.5M
1 grant
WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
$1.4M
4 grants
BROWN UNIVERSITY
$833K
2 grants
THE MARSHALL PROJECT
$760K
3 grants
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION - NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
$500K
1 grant
YEAR UP INC
$500K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

72 grants

<$10K
1
grants
$10–50K
22
grants
$50–250K
27
grants
$250K–1M
18
grants
$1–5M
4
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

10 states

New York
$9.6M
45% of total
District of Columbia
$5M
23% of total
Massachusetts
$4.9M
23% of total
Rhode Island
$833K
4% of total
Texas
$400K
2% of total
Florida
$400K
2% of total
Illinois
$250K
1% of total
Alabama
$75K
0% of total
New Jersey
$25K
0% of total
Pennsylvania
$3K
0% of total

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