Massachusetts · Private foundation
Steven & Renee Finn Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $326k
- Granted FY2020
- 36
- Grants FY2020
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 68%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
89% of Steven & Renee Finn Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Combined Jewish Philanthropies Of Greater Boston Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Steven & Renee Finn Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 19 organizations, $326k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $261,557
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 34
- FY2019 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 6
- Total assets, FY2020
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 68% of the organizations Steven & Renee Finn Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 34 | $319k | 68% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $214k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metrowest Jewish Day School Inc Attn F David Rothkopf | $445,089 | 2 | 17% |
| Temple Beth Shalom | $36,360 | 2 | n/a |
| Barrington Stage Company Inc | $22,380 | 1 | 0% |
| Hebrew College | $6,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service of Metrowest Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| 2life Communities Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gateways Access to Jewish Education Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metrowest Jewish Day School Inc Attn F David Rothkopf | $445,089 | 2 | 17% |
| Temple Beth Shalom | $36,360 | 2 | n/a |
| Barrington Stage Company Inc | $22,380 | 1 | 0% |
| Hebrew College | $6,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service of Metrowest Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| 2life Communities Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gateways Access to Jewish Education Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Center for Arts in Natick Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Home for Little Wanderers Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Riverbend Center for Montessori Excellence Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Daughters of Israel Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Understanding Our Differences Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach Inc | $360 | 1 | 0% |
| The Arthur J Epstein Hillel School Inc | $360 | 1 | n/a |
| Berkshire Theatre Group Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($324k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Steven & Renee Finn 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: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Joseph and Rae Gann Charitable Foundation · Rosalyn and Richard Slifka Charitable Trust · David J Feldman and Sydney E Feldman Charitable Trust · Krupp Family Foundation · Ruderman Family Foundation · The Beker Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
About Steven & Renee Finn Foundation
- How much does Steven & Renee Finn Foundation give?
- Steven & Renee Finn Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $326,267 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 34 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2020.
- What does Steven & Renee Finn Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (47%), Philanthropy (11%), Religion (5%).
- Who are Steven & Renee Finn Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Metrowest Jewish Day School Inc Attn F David Rothkopf ($445k), Temple Beth Shalom ($36k), Barrington Stage Company Inc ($22k).
- Does Steven & Renee Finn Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 68% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Steven & Renee Finn Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Steven & Renee Finn Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Joseph and Rae Gann Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Steven & Renee Finn Foundation based?
- Steven & Renee Finn Foundation is based in MA.
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