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Private foundation (trust)EIN 043397681Est. 1998-08

TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY FOUNDATION

SAUGUS, MA 01906

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$19.5M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$825K

FY 2023

Grants Made

24

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$34K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$5K–$110K

Typical

Deadlines

August 15 for consideration of grant f…

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$1.2M

Total Expenses

$1.0M

Qualifying Distributions

$825K

Distributable Amount

$881K

Min. Investment Return

$895K

Undistributed Income

$843K

Payout rate 94%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.94%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

24 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $5K through median $25K to maximum $110K, 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

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $851K in 2021. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

107 grants

Cornell University - College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
$430K
4 grants
Cornell University - Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
$420K
4 grants
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
$410K
4 grants
Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition and Science Policy
$300K
4 grants
Womens Microfinance Initiative
$115K
4 grants
Ecologic Development Fund
$100K
3 grants
MADRE
$100K
4 grants
Essex County Greenbelt
$100K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

107 grants

<$10K
17
grants
$10–50K
74
grants
$50–250K
16
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

12 states

New York
$1.4M
43% of total
Massachusetts
$1.1M
34% of total
District of Columbia
$190K
6% of total
Pennsylvania
$140K
4% of total
Maryland
$115K
4% of total
Iowa
$110K
3% of total
Rhode Island
$55K
2% of total
Maine
$50K
2% of total
North Carolina
$40K
1% of total
Illinois
$25K
1% of total

+2 more states

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