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Who does Boston Foundation INC fund?

Boston Foundation INC has awarded $1.2 billion across 13,735 grants to 4,072 organizations between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $10,000 and $50,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $25,000 versus $15,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$1.2B
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
4,072
Grants
13,735
Years
2019–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 4,072 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $34.8M102019–20242024MA
President and Fellows of Harvard College $22.7M322019–20242024MA
P Partners Healthcare System INC $18.2M292019–20242024MA —
United Way of Massachusetts Bay INC $16.9M202019–20242024MA
The Miami Foundation INC $15.2M22020–20212021FL
Boston Ballet INC $14.5M122019–20242024MA
Year Up INC $11.6M172019–20242024MA
The New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund INC $11.5M32022–20242024MA
New Profit INC $10.6M82019–20242024MA
Justice Catalyst INC $10.6M62019–20242024NY
New England Conservatory of Music $10.3M162019–20242024MA
Trustees of Amherst College $9.8M92019–20242024MA
Justice Catalyst Law INC $9.7M62019–20242024NY
Greenlight Fund INC $9.3M72019–20242024MA
Embrace Boston INC $8.5M22023–20242024MA
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute $7.9M192019–20242024MA
Social Finance INC $7.5M72019–20242024MA
B Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund $6.6M120242024—
Bpe INC $6.6M142019–20242024MA
The Institute of Contemporary Art INC $6.5M142019–20242024MA
The Greater Boston Food Bank INC $6.5M132019–20242024MA
Trustees of Tufts College $6.2M182019–20242024MA
Childrens Hospital Corporation $5.9M132019–20242024MA
P Partners Healthcare System INC $5.9M132021–20242024MA —
Emerson Umbrella INC $5.8M132019–20242024MA
Trustees of Boston University $5.7M222019–20242024MA
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston INC $5.4M112019–20242024MA
Share Winter Foundation $5.2M62019–20242024RI
Boston Symphony Orchestra INC $5.2M112019–20242024MA
Entrepreneurship for All INC $5.2M132019–20242024MA
Vanderbilt University $5.0M72019–20232023TN
Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts $5.0M72019–20242024MA
Essex County Community Fdn INC $5.0M82019–20242024MA
Jumpstart for Young Children INC $4.9M62019–20242024MA
P Primary Care Progress INC $4.9M42019–20222022MA —
True Costs Initiative INC $4.8M62019–20242024MA
Rockport Music INC $4.8M152019–20242024MA
The Trustees of Princeton University $4.6M142019–20242024NJ
New Venture Fund $4.6M62019–20242024DC
Southcoast Community Foundation INC $4.5M122019–20242024MA
Museum of Fine Arts $4.4M112019–20242024MA
Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston INC $4.3M182019–20242024MA
M Mass General Brigham Incorporated $4.2M182019–20242024MA
Associates of the Boston Public Library INC $4.2M62019–20242024MA
The Broad Institute INC $4.2M112019–20242024MA
Uaspire INC $4.1M152019–20242024MA
United Negro College Fund INC $4.1M102019–20242024DC
Greater Worcester Community Foundation INC $4.0M32019–20202020MA
Weema International INC $4.0M42021–20242024MA
Kansas State University Foundation $3.9M92019–20242024KS
National Philanthropic Trust $3.9M32020–20232023PA
The Barack Obama Foundation $3.9M42019–20242024IL
Horizons for Homeless Children INC $3.9M132019–20242024MA
Boston Harbor Now INC $3.5M62019–20242024MA
University of Wisconsin Foundation $3.4M52021–20242024WI
Northeastern University $3.3M122019–20242024MA
W Waltham Partnership for Youth INC $3.2M322019–20242024MA —
Pine Street Inn INC $3.2M152019–20242024MA
City Year INC $3.2M62019–20242024MA
V Vital Village Network $3.1M212019–20242024MA —
M Massachusetts Housing Partnership Fund Board $3.1M22023–20242024MA
C City of Boston Trust Funds $3.0M22021–20222022— —
U University of Utah $3.0M32022–20242024UT
Trustees of Reservations $3.0M132019–20242024MA
Wilderness Society $2.9M72019–20242024DC
Noble and Greenough School $2.9M122019–20242024MA
Camp Harbor View Foundation INC $2.8M142019–20242024MA
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge INC $2.7M62019–20242024MA
Edvestors INC $2.6M132019–20242024MA
Upstream USA INC $2.6M62019–20242024MA
Fairvote $2.6M32021–20232023MD
American Endowment Foundation $2.6M120222022OH
Rian Immigrant Center INC $2.5M132019–20232023MA
Carbon Mapper INC $2.5M120242024—
R Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston a Corporation Sole $2.5M102019–20242024MA
Neighborhood Villages INC $2.4M72020–20242024MA
Community Foundation for Metrowest INC $2.4M112019–20242024MA
Salt Lick Incubator Incorporated $2.4M42021–20242024MA
Museum of Science $2.4M132019–20242024MA
Squashbusters INC $2.4M82019–20242024MA
Trio New College Network INC $2.4M52020–20242024MA
826 Boston INC $2.3M132019–20242024MA
La Colaborativa INC $2.3M132019–20242024MA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology $2.2M92019–20242024MA
New England Aquarium Corporation $2.2M122019–20242024MA
Greater Lowell Community Foundation INC $2.2M42019–20222022MA
U University of Virginia Law School Foundation $2.2M72019–20232023VA
Environmental Working Group $2.1M62019–20242024DC
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program INC $2.1M102019–20242024MA
Simmons University $2.0M102019–20232023MA
Rosies Place INC $2.0M122019–20242024MA
Friends of Arrow Street Arts INC $2.0M32019–20242024VT
Wgbh Educational Foundation $2.0M82019–20242024MA
Just Detention International INC $2.0M120212021CA
Economic Mobility Pathways INC $2.0M92019–20242024MA
Strategies for Children INC $2.0M122019–20242024MA
The Baseball INC $1.9M152019–20242024MA
University of Massachusetts Foundation INC $1.9M232019–20242024MA
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation $1.9M122019–20242024MA
The Franklin Education Forum $1.9M220212021DC

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