Grants awarded
Who does The Bigbird Fund fund?
The Bigbird Fund has awarded $3.2 million across 122 grants to 77 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $5,000, with most between $1,500 and $10,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $6,750 versus $5,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$3.2M
Typical grant
$5K
Grantees
77
Grants
122
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| H Huntington Theatre Company INC | $2.0M | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$204K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MA | |
| B Base | $150K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | WA | |
Phoenix Charter Academy
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$90K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Site Santa Fe
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$60K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
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$50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | RI | |
| M Massart - Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation INC | $47K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Institute of Contemporary Art INC
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$35K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| W Womens Foundation of Boston | $28K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Phoenix Charter Academy | $28K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Odyssey School | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
New England Aquarium Corporation
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MA | |
| A Arbor Brothers INC | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Foodcorps INC
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | OR | |
North Hill Needham INC
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MA | |
| N Newton Wellesley Hospital | $21K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| N Newport Festivals Foundation | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Nativity Preparatory School of Boston | $15K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$15K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute INC
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$12K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| F Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund | $11K | 2 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$11K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
World Central Kitchen Incorporated
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | DC | |
Massachusetts Audubon Society INC
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MA | |
The Greater Boston Food Bank INC
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MA | |
| A Aquidneck Land Trust | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Pioneer Institute | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$10K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| W World Central Kitchen INC | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | RI | |
| P President and Fellows of Harvard College | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| M Massinc | $8K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Appalachian Mountain Club
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$6K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| H Harvard Medical School | $6K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Philanthropy Connection INC
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$6K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| B Boston Art Review INC | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
About Fresh INC
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Susan F Smith Campus Center | $5K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Soccer Unity Project | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| H Heading Home INC | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Iamholdenon INC (dba Hope Givers) | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Camphill School | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Camphill Special School INC
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | PA | |
Commonwealth Kitchen INC
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| T The Norman Bird Sanctuary | $4K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Callahan Elementary School PTA | $4K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $3K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$3K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | MA | |
York Land Trust INC
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$2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | ME | |
| B Belmont High School | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The Reaching Back Foundation | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Institute of Contemporary Art | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Newport Film INC
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$2K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | RI | |
| T The Public Theater | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Friends of the High Line | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O On the Rise | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Pine Street Inn INC
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$2K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| B Beacon Academy | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A Appalachian Mountain Club | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
United South End Settlements
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$1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| C Crohns & Colitis Foundation INC | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S St Paul's Episcopal Church | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MA | |
Canine Companions for Independence
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$1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | |
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$1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| R Root North Shore INC | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$500 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
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$500 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MA |
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