Massachusetts · Private foundation
Boston Baptist Social Union
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 43
- Grants FY2025
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $263,300
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 37
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $25M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Boston Baptist Social Union funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 | 43 | $1.1M | 23% |
| FY2024 | 35 | $1.3M | 11% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $1.1M | 15% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $1.2M | 3% |
| FY2021 | 37 | $1.1M | 14% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $943k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $910k | 7% |
| FY2017 | 32 | $885k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Baptist Multicultural Ministries | $1,701,432 | 7 | 78% |
| Boston Missionary Baptist Community Center Inc | $216,250 | 7 | 37% |
| Messiah Baptist Church | $211,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Emmanuel Gospel Center Inc | $210,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Overseas Burmese Christian Fellowship | $203,100 | 7 | n/a |
| Boston Project Ministries Inc | $189,000 | 7 | 10% |
| Lowell International Church | $166,400 | 8 | n/a |
| Christian Youth Conference at Ocean Park Inc | $154,800 | 6 | 59% |
| Outdoor Church of Cambridge | $121,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Uniteboston Inc | $66,775 | 4 | 13% |
Show all 31 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Baptist Multicultural Ministries | $1,701,432 | 7 | 78% |
| Boston Missionary Baptist Community Center Inc | $216,250 | 7 | 37% |
| Messiah Baptist Church | $211,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Emmanuel Gospel Center Inc | $210,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Overseas Burmese Christian Fellowship | $203,100 | 7 | n/a |
| Boston Project Ministries Inc | $189,000 | 7 | 10% |
| Lowell International Church | $166,400 | 8 | n/a |
| Christian Youth Conference at Ocean Park Inc | $154,800 | 6 | 59% |
| Outdoor Church of Cambridge | $121,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Uniteboston Inc | $66,775 | 4 | 13% |
| Remember Those in Captivity Ministries Inc | $52,650 | 5 | 87% |
| Iglesia Bautista Hispanoamericana Int de Boston | $50,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Trinity Baptist Church | $49,300 | 3 | n/a |
| City Strings United Inc | $43,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Boston Trinity Academy Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Compass Point Ministries Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 12% |
| New England Baptist Council | $28,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Amirah Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| River of Life Church Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 50% |
| Casa Nueva Vida | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Communities Together Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Immigrant Family Services Institute Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lincoln Park Baptist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Open Hearts Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Compass Path Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Route One Ministry | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| First Calvary Baptist Church | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Haitian Evangelical Pastors of Ne I | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Time for Change Ministry | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shining Light Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| First Baptist Church of Hingham | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Boston Baptist Social Union supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Imago Dei Fund · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · The Church Home Society Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Eastern Bank Foundation · Protein Foundation · The Lenny Zakim Fund · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Boston Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Network for Good
How this is measured
About Boston Baptist Social Union
- How much does Boston Baptist Social Union give?
- Boston Baptist Social Union reported 43 grants totaling $1,073,725 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Boston Baptist Social Union fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (63%), Human Services (17%), Recreation & Sports (7%).
- Who are Boston Baptist Social Union's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Massachusetts Baptist Multicultural Ministries ($1.7M), Boston Missionary Baptist Community Center Inc ($216k), Messiah Baptist Church ($211k).
- Does Boston Baptist Social Union fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Boston Baptist Social Union accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Boston Baptist Social Union?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Imago Dei Fund, United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc, The Church Home Society Inc.
- Where is Boston Baptist Social Union based?
- Boston Baptist Social Union is based in MA.
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