PDB Foundation

• The foundation gives only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, and the filing describes no applicant-initiated steps, so a charity that has not been invited should not send a cold application.
• Its grants mainly support education and food-insecurity work, so a charity in those fields has the closest fit, although no geographic focus is stated.
• Repeat giving is strong: 93% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so it mostly renews existing relationships.
• About 8 in 10 grants fall between $10,000 and $385,000, with a median of $100,000 and a largest grant of about $830,000, so a request near $100,000 is a realistic reference point, though that band is not a ceiling.
• The filing gives no timing guidance, so the main question is whether the charity can first build a connection that could lead to an invitation.

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

• Mass Liberation · Education
  $830,2332024 tax year
• University of Strathclyde · Education
  $455,7542024 tax year
• American Cancer Society · Research
  $450,0002024 tax year
• Wentworth Institute of Technology · Education
  $355,2002024 tax year
• Trussell Trust · Food insecurities
  $254,1172024 tax year
• International Institution Of New England · Education and refugees support
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Cambridge Health Allicance Foundation · Health care
  $250,0002024 tax year
• West End House · Education
  $250,0002024 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.