Ausolus Trust

• Ausolus Trust's grants cover a broad mix of institutions and community organisations, including schools and colleges, museums, conservation groups, health organisations and a public library, so a small nonprofit whose work fits one of these areas has a reasonable case to make.
• Its typical grant runs from $5,000 to $50,000, with a median of $10,000 and half of its grants at $10,000 or less, so a modest request near $10,000 sits closest to what it usually gives, although its largest grant was $100,000.
• Repeat giving is strong, with 90% of its grant dollars to organisations going to ones it had funded before, which suggests that an existing connection matters, so a first approach should be made with care.
• The filing says submissions have no prescribed format and lists a fixed deadline of August 15, so a short proposal sent ahead of that date is the practical route.
• No geographic focus is stated, although its grants have mainly gone to Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maine and New York, so an organisation elsewhere should check the grant pattern before writing.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Morris Arboretum · Exempt purpose
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Friends of Wissahickon · Exempt purpose
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Vassar College · Exempt purpose
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Lowell Observatory · Exempt purpose
  $70,0002024 tax year
• Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Exempt purpose
  $57,0002024 tax year
• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Exempt purpose
  $55,0002024 tax year
• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Exempt purpose
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Miss Porter's School · Exempt purpose
  $50,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.