· Public charity
Legacy Fund for Boston Inc
The legacy fund for boston is a public charity which supports the endurance of places and spaces that are meaningful to bostonians and the historic character of the entire city of boston.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k7 grants · $191k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $411k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHINESE CONSOLIDATED BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW ENGLAND | $100,000 |
| REVOLUTIONARY SPACES INC | $97,265 |
| SECOND CHURCH IN DORCHESTER CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE | $64,000 |
| BOSTON WOMEN'S HERITAGE TRAIL | $50,000 |
| VILNA SHUL BOSTON CENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE INC | $50,000 |
| SHIRLEY-EUSTIS HOUSE ASSOCIATION | $50,000 |
| BEACON HILL FRIENDS HOUSE INC | $45,661 |
| FOOTLIGHT CLUB | $30,000 |
| ELIOT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH | $30,000 |
| UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST URBAN MINISTRY | $25,000 |
| CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY | $25,000 |
| BOSTON PRESERVATION ALLIANCE INC | $19,500 |
| HYDE PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $16,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Historic preservation
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Preservation of an historic boston landmark building.
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How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 13 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CHINESE CONSOLIDATED BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
- Who funds REVOLUTIONARY SPACES INC ↗
- Who funds BOSTON WOMENS HERITAGE TRAIL INC ↗
- Who funds THE SHIRLEY-EUSTIS HOUSE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE VILNA SHUL BOSTONS CENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE INC ↗
- Who funds BEACON HILL FRIENDS HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds THE FOOTLIGHT CLUB ↗
- Who funds CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds BENEVOLENT FRATERNITY OF UNITARIAN CHURCHES ↗
- Who funds BOSTON PRESERVATION ALLIANCE INC ↗
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: George B Henderson Foundation Jh5090 · Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Legacy Fund for Boston Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Legacy Fund for Boston Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Revolutionary Spaces Inc: 20% of income from government
- The Shirley-Eustis House Association: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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