Funding search · EIN 817001052 · Cambridge, MA

The Once Here Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

43
grants reported
$7.1M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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  • Fidelity Charitable2 grants · $1.1M
  • Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund1 grant · $900,000
  • Harvard Divinity School2 grants · $450,000
  • Shooting Touch2 grants · $325,000
  • Mass General Hospital1 grant · $300,000
  • Mothers for Justice and Equality2 grants · $275,000
  • Friends of Matenwa2 grants · $275,000
  • Calling All Crows2 grants · $225,000
  • Harvard Divinity School1 grant · $225,000
  • Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corporation2 grants · $225,000

Giving over time

$1.8M
2022
$2.6M
2023
$2.8M
2024

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

  • $900,000

    Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinatti, OH · 2024

    General Support

  • $900,000

    Fidelity Charitable · Cincinatti, OH · 2023

    General Support

  • $300,000

    Mass General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $225,000

    Harvard Divinity School · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General Support

  • $225,000

    Harvard Divinity School · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    General Support

  • $225,000

    Harvard Divinity School · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $200,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    General Support

  • $200,000

    Shooting Touch · Boston, MA · 2024

    General Support

  • $200,000

    Mgh Foundation · Barrington, MA · 2023

    General Support

  • $200,000

    Wellington Management Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023

    General Support

  • $200,000

    Fidelity Charitable · Cincinatti, OH · 2022

    Charitable

  • $150,000

    Friends of Matenwa · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General Support

  • $150,000

    McLean Hospital · Belmont, MA · 2024

    General Support

  • $150,000

    Mothers for Justice and Equality · Roxbury, MA · 2024

    General Support

  • $125,000

    Calling All Crows · Arvada, CO · 2024

    General Support

  • $125,000

    Camp Jabberwocky · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2024

    General Support

  • $125,000

    Concord Prison Outreach · Concord, MA · 2024

    General Support

  • $125,000

    Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corporation · Dorchester, MA · 2024

    General Support

  • $125,000

    Friends of Matenwa · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    General Support

  • $125,000

    Mothers for Justice and Equality · Roxbury, MA · 2023

    General Support

  • $125,000

    Shooting Touch · Boston, MA · 2023

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program · Lincoln, MA · 2024

    General Support

  • $100,000

    United South End Settlements · Boston, MA · 2024

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Calling All Crows · Arvada, CO · 2023

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Camp Jabberwocky · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2023

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Concord Prison Outreach · Concord, MA · 2023

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corporation · Dorchester, MA · 2023

    General Support

  • $100,000

    United South End Settlements · Boston, MA · 2023

    General Support

  • $100,000

    Calling All Crows · Arvada, CO · 2022

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Camp Hale · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Camp Jabberwocky · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Concord Prison Outreach · Concord, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Friends of Matenwa · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Louis D Brown Peace Institute · Dorchester, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Mothers for Justice and Equality · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Shooting Touch · Hyde Park, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Curious Learning a Global Literacy Project · Amesbury, MA · 2024

    General Support

  • $75,000

    Curious Learning a Global Literacy Project · Amesbury, MA · 2023

    General Support

  • $75,000

    Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program · Lincoln, MA · 2023

    General Support

  • $75,000

    McLean Hospital · Belmont, MA · 2023

    General Support

  • $75,000

    Curious Learning · Amesbury, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Lovelane · Lincoln, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    McLean Hospital · Belmont, MA · 2022

    Charitable

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.