Massachusetts · Public charity
Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation
Grants to charitable 501(c) organizations whose activities are conducted in the Greater Boston area.
- $121k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $109k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 6 | $109k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $156k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $270k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $165k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $142k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $54k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $159k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $106k | 25% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc | $373,551 | 9 | 1% |
| Rosie's Place Inc | $264,700 | 9 | 0% |
| Familyaid Boston Inc | $117,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Bottom Line Inc | $102,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Caritas Communities Inc | $101,000 | 7 | 1% |
| HomeStart Inc | $73,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Breaktime United Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Baseball Inc | $40,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Realtors Relief Foundation | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Heading Home Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc | $373,551 | 9 | 1% |
| Rosie's Place Inc | $264,700 | 9 | 0% |
| Familyaid Boston Inc | $117,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Bottom Line Inc | $102,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Caritas Communities Inc | $101,000 | 7 | 1% |
| HomeStart Inc | $73,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Breaktime United Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Baseball Inc | $40,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Realtors Relief Foundation | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Heading Home Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Charles River Association for Retarded Citizens Inc | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity Inc (Metco) | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fisher House of Boston Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Friends of Boston's Homeless Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Second Step Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Team Impact Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Evkids Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Move for Hunger Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for Business Equity Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Needham Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Rockland Trust - Blue Hills Charitable Foundation · Eastern Cambridge Foundation · Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation
- How much does Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation give?
- Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation reported 6 itemized grants totaling $108,500, out of $120,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (49%), Youth Development (32%), Education (10%).
- Who are Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc ($374k), Rosie's Place Inc ($265k), Familyaid Boston Inc ($117k).
- Does Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries.
- Where is Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation based?
- Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation is based in MA.
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