The Flatley Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation's recorded grants mostly go to education (including scholarship support), health care and Roman Catholic organisations, so work in those areas fits its pattern best.
- No geographic focus is stated, and its grants have mainly gone to Massachusetts, so that pattern is not a rule on who may apply.
- The filing says it contributes only to preselected organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so an organisation without an existing invitation should not send a cold request, and the filing gives no further steps for being considered.
- A typical grant falls between $40,000 and $350,000, with a median of $100,000, and half of its 461 grants were $100,000 or less, so a request near that level is realistic, though its largest grant was $5,000,000 and the band is not a ceiling.
- Repeat recipients received 88% of its grant dollars to organisations, which suggests that giving is largely relationship-led and built on continuing support.
Overview
The Flatley Foundation is a US private foundation based in Braintree, MA.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (nashuatelegraph.com), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 12 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Flatley Foundation primarily supports educational organisations, health care and Roman Catholic organisations. Scholarship support is a recurring strand in its recorded grants, while unrestricted awards also feature prominently; other recorded purposes include neurologic disease research and support for Catholic pastoral work. Its recipients include schools and colleges, health institutions and religious organisations, alongside other charitable bodies. The filed application information describes a selective approach: it contributes only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests. Its grants span several charitable fields rather than being limited to one named beneficiary.
Themes
- Education
- Health care
- Roman Catholic organisations
From its grants, not stated by the foundation:
- Scholarship support
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Massachusetts.
How to apply
The foundation contributes only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests. The filing gives no further steps for organisations to be considered.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 88% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 461 grants to organisations were $100,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 5%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 1%
- The largest single recipient received 10% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 88% of grant dollars went to organisations The Flatley Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- <1% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (Ireland).
- 4% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 159 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $100k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Boston College · Archives building$5,000,0002024 tax year
- Aceing Autism · Unrestricted$1,500,0002024 tax year
- Saint Benedict Academy · Scholarship support$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Americares · Hurricane helene$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Americares · U.s. & el salvador clinics$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Brigham & Womens Hospital · Bridges to moms program$1,000,0002024 tax year
- CARE USA · Childhood mozambique$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Jett Foundation · Unrestricted$1,000,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Mary Margaret Darling — Trustee
- Daniel T Flatley — Trustee
- John J Flatley — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $34,302,537 | $30,594,000 | $670,453,152 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $39,964,185 | $36,618,882 | $758,910,051 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $37,479,981 | $32,765,264 | $843,519,115 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Contact
- Braintree, MA