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Deborah M Noonan Memorial Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$910k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
44
Grants FY2025
45
Organizations funded FY2024
98%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
42 to 45
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$19M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 98% of the organizations Deborah M Noonan Memorial Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving44$910k36%
FY202445$820k98%
FY202142$672kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$785kHuman Services$342kYouth Development$235kHealth$195kHousing & Shelter$140kReligion$110kEducation$95kCommunity Improvement$90kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 52 grantees
All grantees of Deborah M Noonan Memorial Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dimock Community Health Center Inc$100,00020%
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc$75,00020%
Health Law Advocates Inc$60,00021%
Brookview House Inc$50,00021%
De Novo Center for Justice and Healing$43,00020%
Artists for Humanity Inc$40,00020%
Zumix Inc$40,00021%
Balletrox Inc$40,00027%
Community Music Center of Boston Inc$40,00021%
Jeremiah Program$40,00020%
West End House Inc$40,00020%
Science Club for Girls Inc$40,00021%
Walker Inc$40,00020%
Trustees of Eliot School$40,00021%
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras Inc$35,00020%
Self Esteem Boston Educational Institute Inc$35,00024%
The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc$35,00020%
Community Workshops Inc$35,00020%
Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation$35,00020%
Arts for Learning Massachusetts Inc$35,00022%
The Wang Center for the Performing Arts Inc$35,00020%
Emmanuel Gospel Center Inc$30,0002n/a
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Inc$30,00020%
Hildebrand Family Self-Help Center Inc$25,00010%
South Shore Young Men's Christian Association$22,00020%
City Strings United Inc$20,00014%
Citysprouts Inc$20,00012%
Hopewell Inc$20,00010%
Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School Inc$20,0001n/a
Boston String Academy Inc$20,00013%
Emerson College$20,00010%
Resist Inc$20,00010%
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston Inc$20,00011%
Nurtury Inc$20,00010%
Masspoetry Inc$20,00014%
The Neighborhood Developers Inc$20,00010%
Conservatory Lab Foundation Inc$20,00011%
Reach Beyond Domestic Violence Inc$20,00011%
United South End Settlements$20,00010%
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc$20,00010%
Ellie Fund Inc$20,0001n/a
Room to Grow National Inc$15,00010%
South Shore Childrens Chorus Corp$15,00015%
Per Scholas Inc$15,00010%
Advocates Inc$15,00010%
Actors' Shakespeare Project$15,00012%
Community Art Center Inc$10,00011%
Prospect Hill Community Foundation Inc$10,000119%
Artsboston Inc$10,00011%
Makanda Project Organization Inc$10,000115%
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Science From Scientists Inc$10,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($907k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Deborah M Noonan Memorial Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDimock Community Health Center Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHealth Law Advocates Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBrookview House Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetDe Novo Center for Justice and Healing: $43,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetArtists for Humanity Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetZumix Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBalletrox Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetCommunity Music Center of Boston Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetJeremiah Program: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWest End House Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetScience Club for Girls Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWalker Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Eliot School: $40,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBoston Youth Symphony Orchestras Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSelf Esteem Boston Educational Institute Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetThe Institute of Contemporary Art Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Workshops Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAllston Brighton Community Development Corporation: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetArts for Learning Massachusetts Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetThe Wang Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHildebrand Family Self-Help Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSouth Shore Young Men's Christian Association: $22,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCity Strings United Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetCitysprouts Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHopewell Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoston String Academy Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetEmerson College: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetResist Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBig Sister Association of Greater Boston Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNurtury Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMasspoetry Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetThe Neighborhood Developers Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetConservatory Lab Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetReach Beyond Domestic Violence Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUnited South End Settlements: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBoston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRoom to Grow National Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSouth Shore Childrens Chorus Corp: $15,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetPer Scholas Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdvocates Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetActors' Shakespeare Project: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCommunity Art Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetProspect Hill Community Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetArtsboston Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMakanda Project Organization Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetMassachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 49.

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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.

Boston Foundation IncMA57.3× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · The Klarman Family Foundation · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Deborah M Noonan Memorial Fund

How much does Deborah M Noonan Memorial Fund give?
Deborah M Noonan Memorial Fund reported 44 grants totaling $910,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 45 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Deborah M Noonan Memorial Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (16%), Human Services (7%), Youth Development (5%).
Who are Deborah M Noonan Memorial Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Dimock Community Health Center Inc ($100k), Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc ($75k), Health Law Advocates Inc ($60k).
Does Deborah M Noonan Memorial Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 98% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Deborah M Noonan Memorial Fund accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Deborah M Noonan Memorial Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc.
Where is Deborah M Noonan Memorial Fund based?
Deborah M Noonan Memorial Fund is based in TX.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 102 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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