Funding search · EIN 208117214 · Osterville, MA

The Vela Foundation

Name: The Vela Foundation grants, 2020–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

95
grants reported: $1.7M
total given: 2020–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2024. 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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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Boston Medical Center4 grants · $415,000
Albertus Magnus High School4 grants · $146,844
Adopt-a-Family4 grants · $100,000
Harvard Chan School of Public Health2 grants · $85,000
Family Pantry of Cape Cod4 grants · $75,000
Wide Horizons for Children3 grants · $60,000
Boys and Girls Club of Boston2 grants · $60,000
Coastal Foodshed3 grants · $55,000
Franciscan Childrens Hospital2 grants · $50,000
Community Servings2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$464,805

2020

$525,000

2022

$356,000

2023

$351,844

2024

Grant history

All 95 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
Boston Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2020
General use
$100,000
Boston Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2022
General use
$81,844
Albertus Magnus High School · Bardonia, NY · 2024
General use
$70,000
Harvard Chan School of Public Health · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General use
$50,000
Albertus Magnus High School · Bardonia, NY · 2022
General use
$50,000
Boys and Girls Club of Boston · Boston, MA · 2020
General use
$40,000
Boston Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2023
General use
$25,000
Adopt-a-Family · Lake Worth, FL · 2024
General use
$25,000
Boston Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2024
General use
$25,000
Cape Cod Council of Churches · Hyannis, MA · 2024
General use
$25,000
Community Servings · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
General use
$25,000
Wide Horizons for Children · Waltham, MA · 2024
General use
$25,000
Adopt-a-Family · Lake Worth, FL · 2023
General use
$25,000
Catholic Charities Diocese of Fall River · Fall River, MA · 2023
General use
$25,000
Franciscan Childrens Hospital · Brighton, MA · 2023
General use
$25,000
Adopt-a-Family · Lake Worth, FL · 2022
General use
$25,000
Community Servings · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
General use
$25,000
Family Pantry of Cape Cod · Harwich, MA · 2022
General use
$25,000
Franciscan Childrens Hospital · Brighton, MA · 2022
General use
$25,000
Adopt-a-Family · Lake Worth, FL · 2020
General use
$20,000
Coastal Foodshed · New Bedford, MA · 2024
General use
$20,000
Family Pantry of Cape Cod · Harwich, MA · 2024
General use
$20,000
Homeless Prevention Council · Orleans, MA · 2024
General use
$20,000
Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Calmer Choice · Osterville, MA · 2023
General use
$20,000
Family Pantry of Cape Cod · Harwich, MA · 2023
General use
$20,000
Coastal Foodshed · New Bedford, MA · 2022
General use
$20,000
Wide Horizons for Children · Waltham, MA · 2022
General use
$17,000
Partners Human Research Committee · Boston, MA · 2020
General use
$15,000
Calmer Choice · Osterville, MA · 2024
General use
$15,000
Catholic Charities Diocese of Fall River · Fall River, MA · 2024
General use
$15,000
Coastal Foodshed · New Bedford, MA · 2023
General use
$15,000
Marthas Vineyard Boys and Girls Club · Edgartown, MA · 2023
General use
$15,000
Veterans Transition · New Bedford, MA · 2023
General use
$15,000
Wide Horizons for Children · Waltham, MA · 2023
General use
$15,000
Hundred Club of Ma · Braintree, MA · 2022
General use
$15,000
Veterans Transition · New Bedford, MA · 2022
General use
$15,000
Harvard Chan School of Public Health · Cambridge, MA · 2020
General use
$15,000
Mount Washington Observatory · North Conway, NH · 2020
General use
$10,000
Mercy Meals and More · New Bedford, MA · 2024
General use
$10,000
My Brothers Keeper · Easton, MA · 2024
General use
$10,000
Boys and Girls Club of Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
General use
$10,000
Cape and Islands United Way · Centerville, MA · 2023
General use
$10,000
Cape Cod Council of Churches · Hyannis, MA · 2023
General use
$10,000
Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation · Hyannis, MA · 2023
General use
$10,000
Cape Cod Times Needy Fund · Hyannis, MA · 2023
General use
$10,000
Girls On the Run · Boston, MA · 2023
General use
$10,000
Homeless Prevention Council · Orleans, MA · 2023
General use
$10,000
Mill City Grows · Lowell, MA · 2023
General use
$10,000
My Brothers Keeper · Easton, MA · 2023
General use
$10,000
Newton Food Pantry · Newton, MA · 2023
General use
$10,000
Barnstable Land Trust · Barnstable, MA · 2022
General use
$10,000
Cape Cod Council of Churches · Hyannis, MA · 2022
General use
$10,000
Cape Cod Foundation · South Yarmouth, MA · 2022
General use
$10,000
Cape Cod Times Needy Fund · Hyannis, MA · 2022
General use
$10,000
Food 4 Kids · Orleans, MA · 2022
General use
$10,000
Littleton Community Farm · Littleton, MA · 2022
General use
$10,000
Mount Washington Observatory · North Conway, NH · 2022
General use
$10,000
My Brothers Keeper · Easton, MA · 2022
General use
$10,000
United Way · Hyannis, MA · 2022
General use
$10,000
Villanova University · Villanova, PA · 2022
General use
$10,000
Albertus Magnus High School · Bardonia, NY · 2020
General use
$10,000
Boys & Girls Club of Waltham · Waltham, MA · 2020
General use
$10,000
Cape and Islands United Way · Centerville, MA · 2020
General use
$10,000
Family Pantry of Cape Cod · Harwich, MA · 2020
General use
$5,805
Cycle Kids · Cambridge, MA · 2020
General use
$5,000
Hundred Club of Ma · Braintree, MA · 2024
General use
$5,000
Hyannisport Scholarship Fund · Hyannis Port, MA · 2024
General use
$5,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited · New Bedford, MA · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Albertus Magnus High School · Bardonia, NY · 2023
General use
$5,000
Cahoon Museum of Art · Cotuit, MA · 2023
General use
$5,000
Food 4 Kids · Orleans, MA · 2023
General use
$5,000
Hundred Club of Ma · Braintree, MA · 2023
General use
$5,000
Mercy Meals and More · New Bedford, MA · 2023
General use
$5,000
Mount Washington Observatory · North Conway, NH · 2023
General use
$5,000
Nurturing Foster Families · Orleans, MA · 2023
General use
$5,000
Villanova University · Villanova, PA · 2023
General use
$5,000
Barnstable Clean Water Coalition · Osterville, MA · 2022
General use
$5,000
Cape Abilities · Hyannis, MA · 2022
General use
$5,000
Heritage Museum and Gardens · Sandwich, MA · 2022
General use
$5,000
Needham Community Council · Needham, MA · 2022
General use
$5,000
Newton Food Pantry · Newton, MA · 2022
General use
$5,000
Osterville Historical Society · Osterville, MA · 2022
General use
$5,000
Root · Salem, MA · 2022
General use
$5,000
Cape Cod Councila Baby Center · Hyannis, MA · 2020
General use
$5,000
Community Harvest Project · North Grafton, MA · 2020
General use
$5,000
Fenway Community Development Corp · Boston, MA · 2020
General use
$5,000
Life Ministries Food Pantry · Wolfeboro Falls, NH · 2020
General use
$5,000
Peabody Essex Museum · Salem, MA · 2020
General use
$5,000
Self Esteem Boston · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2020
General use
$5,000
Villanova University · Villanova, PA · 2020
General use
$5,000
Viper Memorial Fundcimbrec Michael · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2020
General use
$5,000
Viper Memorial Fundcimbrec-Flaherty Alec · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2020
General use
$2,000
Cahoon Museum of Art · Cotuit, MA · 2020
General use
$1,000
Osterville Historical Society · Osterville, MA · 2023
General use

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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.