Menemsha Family Fund

• The stated focus is national, with Baltimore, Boston and Martha's Vineyard, and the themes are advocacy, reproductive rights, children and youth, human services, international, and arts and education, so check that your work sits within one of these before you write.
• Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 of its 204 grants to organisations fall between $3,000 and $25,000, with a median of $10,000, so a request in that region is typical rather than a ceiling, since its largest grant was about $105,000.
• The foundation is relationship-led: in its latest filing, 95% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, and it says it is much likelier to be receptive when a clear relationship exists between an organisation's work and that of its other grantees, so review the grantee list and name that link in your note.
• Apply by reviewing the grantees and sending a brief email note, which the foundation says it will answer; applications are rolling, so there is no deadline to aim for.
• The filing gives no eligibility rules or exclusions, so judge fit from the stated focus, themes and grantee list rather than assuming a bar.

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

• Handel and Haydn Society · All contributions were made for the general, charitable, educational or scientific purpose of each organization.
  $100,0002025 tax year
• Center On Budget · All contributions were made for the general, charitable, educational or scientific purpose of each organization.
  $50,0002025 tax year
• United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley · All contributions were made for the general, charitable, educational or scientific purpose of each organization.
  $50,0002025 tax year
• Greater Boston Legal Services · All contributions were made for the general, charitable, educational or scientific purpose of each organization.
  $30,0002025 tax year
• Greater Boston Food Bank · All contributions were made for the general, charitable, educational or scientific purpose of each organization.
  $30,0002025 tax year
• National Abortion Federation · All contributions were made for the general, charitable, educational or scientific purpose of each organization.
  $30,0002025 tax year
• Boston Public Library Fund · All contributions were made for the general, charitable, educational or scientific purpose of each organization.
  $25,0002025 tax year
• Economic Policy Institute · All contributions were made for the general, charitable, educational or scientific purpose of each organization.
  $25,0002025 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.