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Private foundation (trust)EIN 876830653Est. 2020-04

BETTER NATURES FOUNDATION

OXFORD, MA 01540

Total Assets

$14.9M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$655K

FY 2023

Grants Made

29

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$23K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$10K–$100K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Expenses

$720K

Qualifying Distributions

$656K

Distributable Amount

$692K

Min. Investment Return

$695K

Undistributed Income

$687K

Payout rate 95%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.95%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

29 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $10K through median $15K to maximum $100K, 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

2 years

Giving over time from 2022 to 2023. Peak $655K in 2023. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

39 grants

FOUNDERS PLEDGE
$100K
1 grant
WILDAID
$56K
2 grants
OCEAN CONSERVANCY
$50K
1 grant
ROCK HILL COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
$50K
1 grant
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE
$30K
2 grants
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS
$25K
1 grant
CORAL REEF ALLIANCE
$25K
1 grant
OCEANA
$25K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

39 grants

<$10K
23
grants
$10–50K
15
grants
$50–250K
1
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

11 states

District of Columbia
$191K
27% of total
New York
$142K
20% of total
Rhode Island
$137K
20% of total
California
$109K
16% of total
Virginia
$45K
6% of total
Massachusetts
$25K
4% of total
Colorado
$10K
1% of total
Wisconsin
$10K
1% of total
Washington
$10K
1% of total
Illinois
$10K
1% of total

+1 more states

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