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Private foundation (trust)EIN 042077934Est. 1949-10

HENRY DAVID THOREAU FOUNDATION INC

SOMERVILLE, MA 02143

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$12.4M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$318K

FY 2024

Grants Made

27

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$12K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$40K

Typical

Deadlines

February 1st

Applications

Focus Areas

Education

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$352K

Total Expenses

$697K

Qualifying Distributions

$648K

Distributable Amount

$594K

Min. Investment Return

$599K

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

27 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $7K to maximum $40K, 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

6 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $349K in 2021. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

158 grants

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
$134K
6 grants
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
$127K
5 grants
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT FOUNDATION
$118K
3 grants
SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY
$80K
2 grants
YALE UNIVERSITY
$67K
6 grants
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
$66K
4 grants
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
$65K
4 grants
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ
$55K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

157 grants

<$10K
115
grants
$10–50K
42
grants
$50–250K
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

21 states

Massachusetts
$457K
26% of total
New Hampshire
$207K
12% of total
California
$170K
10% of total
New York
$147K
8% of total
Vermont
$144K
8% of total
Georgia
$135K
8% of total
Maine
$108K
6% of total
Connecticut
$67K
4% of total
North Carolina
$49K
3% of total
Florida
$40K
2% of total

+11 more states

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