Massachusetts · Public charity
Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston Inc
To provide direct legal/business services, educational programs, and affordable arts spaces for artists and arts/cultural organizations.
- $311k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 73%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $291k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $14,036
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $109,850
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 73% of the organizations Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $448k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $291k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $487k | 73% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $689k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $411k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $467k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $90k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $188k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $167k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New England Musicians Resource Fund Inc | $407,177 | 2 | 6% |
| The Record Company Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Stiggity Stackz Worldwide Inc | $184,901 | 2 | n/a |
| Bobb Foundation | $159,392 | 2 | 4% |
| Refuge Lowell | $99,615 | 2 | n/a |
| Hub and Spoke | $95,003 | 2 | n/a |
| Western Avenue Community for the Arts Inc | $67,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Dunamis Inc | $51,062 | 2 | 39% |
| #Artstayshere Coalition | $27,337 | 2 | n/a |
| Brain Arts Organization Inc | $20,225 | 2 | 11% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New England Musicians Resource Fund Inc | $407,177 | 2 | 6% |
| The Record Company Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Stiggity Stackz Worldwide Inc | $184,901 | 2 | n/a |
| Bobb Foundation | $159,392 | 2 | 4% |
| Refuge Lowell | $99,615 | 2 | n/a |
| Hub and Spoke | $95,003 | 2 | n/a |
| Western Avenue Community for the Arts Inc | $67,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Dunamis Inc | $51,062 | 2 | 39% |
| #Artstayshere Coalition | $27,337 | 2 | n/a |
| Brain Arts Organization Inc | $20,225 | 2 | 11% |
| Makanda Project Organization Inc | $11,396 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
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About Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston Inc
- How much does Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston Inc give?
- Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston Inc reported 11 itemized grants totaling $290,949, out of $311,030 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (39%), Science & Tech (30%), Philanthropy (7%).
- Who are Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: New England Musicians Resource Fund Inc ($407k), The Record Company Inc ($200k), Stiggity Stackz Worldwide Inc ($185k).
- Does Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 73% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston Inc based?
- Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston Inc is based in MA.
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