Traquina Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Traquina Family Foundation makes contributions only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold approach is unlikely to succeed, and the filing gives no further application instructions.
- Its funding looks relationship-led: 99% of its grant dollars in the latest filing went to organisations it had also funded in one of the two earlier filings, so approach it only if you already have a connection.
- Where a route exists, half of its 38 grants to organisations were $20,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fell between $5,000 and $500,000, so a modest request is more realistic than a large one, bearing in mind that its largest grant was about $1,550,000.
- The filings show grants mainly in Massachusetts and Maine, but no geographic focus is stated, so do not treat that pattern as a rule on who may apply.
Overview
Traquina Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Weston, MA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Across the recorded grants, recipients include schools and colleges, youth-development organisations, charitable foundations, a university business school, a children's hospital trust and community organisations. The filings describe every grant purpose as programme support, without further detail about the activities supported. Most recorded grant dollars went to organisations in Massachusetts, with a substantial share in Maine and small amounts reaching New York, California and Vermont. Many organisations recur across the filings, and several are recorded as recipients in more than one filing.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Massachusetts and Maine.
How to apply
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; the filing gives no further application instructions.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 99% 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 38 grants to organisations were $20,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 46% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 99% of grant dollars went to organisations Traquina Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 13 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $20,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Winsor School · Program support$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Steppingstone Foundation · Program support$500,0002024 tax year
- Bates College · Program support$400,0002024 tax year
- Wellington Management Foundation · Program support$25,0002024 tax year
- Harvard Business School · Program support$25,0002024 tax year
- Assumption University · Program support$25,0002024 tax year
- Sportsmen's Tennis and Enrichment Center · Program support$20,0002024 tax year
- City Year · Program support$10,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Robin R Traquina — Trustee
- Perry M Traquina — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $1,783,405 | $1,670,000 | $38,618,989 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,985,143 | $1,880,746 | $43,599,947 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $2,150,633 | $2,032,900 | $48,995,153 | 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
- Weston, MA