Massachusetts · Public charity
Boston Schools Fund
BOSTON SCHOOLS FUND (bsf) is a non-profit organization that advances educational equity through opportunity and access to high-quality schools. The bsf team wakes up every day with one goal: increase the number of children in boston attending a high-quality school. We accomplish this by providing capacity and resources for high-quality…
- $869k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $458k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $64,800
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $179,940
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Boston Schools Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $458k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $720k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $807k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $1.1M | 55% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $1.2M | 57% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $1.4M | 54% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $1.3M | 40% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $891k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Boston Educational Development Foundation Inc | $1,840,748 | 8 | 11% |
| 50can Inc | $928,248 | 3 | 3% |
| Boston Public Schools | $762,719 | 3 | n/a |
| Attuned Education Partners | $666,840 | 4 | n/a |
| Brooke School Foundation Inc | $444,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter School Foundation Inc | $405,086 | 4 | 63% |
| Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation | $382,697 | 3 | 5% |
| Preparatory Foundation Inc | $310,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Center for Collaborative Education Inc | $241,400 | 3 | 4% |
| Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education Inc | $164,709 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Boston Educational Development Foundation Inc | $1,840,748 | 8 | 11% |
| 50can Inc | $928,248 | 3 | 3% |
| Boston Public Schools | $762,719 | 3 | n/a |
| Attuned Education Partners | $666,840 | 4 | n/a |
| Brooke School Foundation Inc | $444,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter School Foundation Inc | $405,086 | 4 | 63% |
| Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation | $382,697 | 3 | 5% |
| Preparatory Foundation Inc | $310,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Center for Collaborative Education Inc | $241,400 | 3 | 4% |
| Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education Inc | $164,709 | 2 | n/a |
| The Canizales Group | $160,155 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of Excel Academy Charter Schools Inc | $129,200 | 1 | 7% |
| Edward M Kennedy Academy for Health Careers Foundation | $125,311 | 2 | n/a |
| Kipp Massachusetts Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Friends of Perry Inc | $106,654 | 3 | 90% |
| Northeastern University | $95,176 | 2 | 0% |
| The Match Foundation Inc | $86,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Columbkille Partnership School Brighton | $70,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mission Grammar School | $65,328 | 3 | n/a |
| Brass Tacks Innovations | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Warren-Prescott Foundation Inc | $58,250 | 1 | 22% |
| Building Impact | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mission Grammar | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston a Corporation Sole | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kipp Boston Fund Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Friends of the Joseph P Manning School Inc | $49,934 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Bradley | $35,580 | 1 | n/a |
| Boston Collegiate Charter School Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of the Rafael Hernandez School Inc | $33,948 | 2 | 3% |
| Change Research | $27,416 | 1 | n/a |
| Margarita Muniz Academy Foundation Inc | $26,750 | 1 | 12% |
| Cape Cod Community College | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friend of the Conley | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Uprisings | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Conservatory Lab Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Union Capital Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| East Boston Social Centers Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Elana Feinberg Educational Consulting | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cathedral High School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wilder Strategies | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Catholic Conference | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boston College Trustees (Lynch Leadership Academy) | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boston Private Industry Council Inc The | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Boston Schools Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Edvestors Inc · Fidelity Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Barr Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation · One8 Foundation · Wellington Management Foundation · Boston After School & Beyond Inc
How this is measured
About Boston Schools Fund
- How much does Boston Schools Fund give?
- Boston Schools Fund reported 7 itemized grants totaling $458,483, out of $868,642 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Boston Schools Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (98%), Science & Tech (1%), Youth Development (0%).
- Who are Boston Schools Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Boston Educational Development Foundation Inc ($1.8M), 50can Inc ($928k), Boston Public Schools ($763k).
- Does Boston Schools Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Boston Schools Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Edvestors Inc, Fidelity Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc.
- Where is Boston Schools Fund based?
- Boston Schools Fund is based in MA.
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