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The Boston Athletic Association

The promotion of the common good and health and welfare of the general public and the encouragement of the general public to improve its physical condition by the promotion and regulation of amateur sports competition.

$2.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
35
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$538k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Public Benefit$9.3MCrime & Legal$2.2MRecreation & Sports$898kHealth$590kPublic Safety & Disaster$577kEducation$302kYouth Development$254kPhilanthropy$150kOther$0
02FY2025 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $340k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $740k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.2M
$15,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$45M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY OF BOSTON$537,800
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS$437,200
REGGIE LEWIS TRACK & ATHLETIC CENTER$250,000
TOWN OF HOPKINTON$158,600
CITY OF NEWTON$158,600
TOWN OF BROOKLINE$92,800
TOWN OF ASHLAND$82,600
TOWN OF WELLESLEY$82,600
TOWN OF NATICK$82,600
CITY OF FRAMINGHAM$82,600
THE DIMOCK CENTER DEVELOPMENT OFFICE$30,000
HOPKINTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS$25,000
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC$22,500
BLACK GIRLS RUN FOUNDATION$16,125
ADAPTIVE SPORTS NEW ENGLAND INC$15,725
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 61% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Rise Above Foundation: $15k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $10k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF LA CALIFORNIA: $15k → 14%VOLO KIDS FOUNDATION: $10k → 19%Rise Above Foundation: $12k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $8k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
RI
CA
VA
MD
NM
AR
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 32 repeat orgs$814k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
29

Total granted

$14M
$416k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+11%

Still filing today

59%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $397k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Recreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • DC
    DIMOCK COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $225k · revenue +40%
  • TS
    THE SPORTS MUSEUM OF NEW ENGLAND INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $67k · revenue +51%
  • EMERALD NECKLACE CONSERVANCY INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $62k · revenue +216%

Funded once

  • MG
    MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2021 · $34k
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $34k · revenue +62%
  • NB
    NATIONAL BLACK MARATHONERS ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

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.

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The Boston Athletic Association

The promotion of the common good and health and welfare of the general public and the encouragement of the general public to improve its physical condition by the promotion and regulation of amateur sports competition. the baa operates in…

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2
Ocean State Cancer Crushers
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3
Greater Boston Track Club Inc

The Greater Boston Track Club provides a friendly, competitive, team-oriented environment to those who compete at the national, regional, and local level. Financial support may be provided to teams and individuals to compete at major…

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4
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
5
The Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center Inc

To build leaders on the court, in the classroom, and in the community by providing academic, wellness, and social development programs alongside recreational and competitive tennis instruction for youth and adults. sportsmen's tennis and…

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6
Boston Foundation
Philanthropy
7
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc

Boys & girls clubs of boston (bgcb) stands as a transformative force in boston and chelsea, where high expectations unlock greatness. we believe that every young person who walks through our doors carries limitless potential. through our…

Youth Development
8
The Skating Club of Boston

To be a leader in advancing participation, education, and excellence in skating for people of all ages, abilities, and means.

Recreation & Sports
9
Needham Youth Track Club Inc

The organization was formed to support the growth of track and field across needham and metro west (boston) area by providing safe and fun running and field event experiences for about 1,700 children aged 5-14 with a goal of creating a…

Recreation & Sports
10
Greater Boston Council On Alcoholism Inc
Philanthropy
11
Football Club Boston Inc Fka Fc Greater Boston

To prepare and develop competent and successful college and professional soccer players by providing the highest quality soccer resources, opportunities and programs to the top soccer players in the greater boston area.the organization…

Recreation & Sports
12
Breakthrough Greater Boston Inc

To inspire excitement for learning, create paths to and through college, and promote careers in education.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

52 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 52 of the 74 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/52
Grantees still filing
29/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF BOSTON: $5,037,200 · OtherCITY OF BOSTONCAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $3,285,800 · OtherCAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGETown of Hopkinton: $1,092,300 · OtherTown of HopkintonTOWN OF BROOKLINE: $654,200 · OtherTOWN OF NATICK: $640,423 · OtherWELLESLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $569,200 · OtherCITY OF FRAMINGHAM: $569,200 · OtherTOWN OF ASHLAND: $569,200 · Other+27 more: $731,509 · Other+27 moreRoxbury Community College Foundation Inc: $250,000 · PhilanthropyBoston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office: $110,000 · PhilanthropyHEATHER ABBOTT FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyMARTIN W RICHARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $30,000 · PhilanthropyEMERALD NECKLACE CONSERVANCY INC: $62,425 · Recreation & SportsAMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION OF THE UNITED STATES INC: $56,508 · Recreation & SportsMassachusetts State Track Coaches Assoc: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsBLACK GIRLS RUN FOUNDATION: $39,625 · Recreation & SportsADAPTIVE SPORTS NEW ENGLAND INC: $38,225 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $32,611 · Recreation & SportsSTRIDE FOR STRIDE FOUNDATION INC: $32,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE BASEBALL INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsSpark Newton Corporation: $20,000 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $17,500 · Recreation & SportsDIMOCK COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $225,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $33,772 · HealthBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $22,500 · Health+4 more: $34,848 · HealthGIRLS ON THE RUN GREATER BOSTON: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentPAL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentACTIVE KIDS & MINDS INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentSQUASHBUSTERS INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE3POINTFOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE EARTH CIRCLE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentTRINITY BOSTON CONNECTS INC: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN INC: $60,000 · EnvironmentCHARLES RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentRISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $27,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 · Human ServicesACTIVE SOCIAL COMMUNITIES INC: $10,000 · Human Services
Other$13,149,032Philanthropy$435,000Recreation & Sports$373,894Health$316,120Youth Development$102,500Environment$75,000Human Services$69,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRoxbury Community College Foundation Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetDIMOCK COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $225,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office: $110,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SPORTS MUSEUM OF NEW ENGLAND INC: $66,600 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetYOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC: $62,475 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetEMERALD NECKLACE CONSERVANCY INC: $62,425 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION OF THE UNITED STATES INC: $56,508 over 3y, 18% of budgetMassachusetts State Track Coaches Assoc: $50,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budget262 FOUNDATION INC: $41,700 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetBLACK GIRLS RUN FOUNDATION: $39,625 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetADAPTIVE SPORTS NEW ENGLAND INC: $38,225 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $33,772 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $32,611 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSTRIDE FOR STRIDE FOUNDATION INC: $32,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetRISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $27,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTHE BASEBALL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHEATHER ABBOTT FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $22,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAchilles International Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN GREATER BOSTON: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetATHLETES UNLIMITED NEWTON MA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetSpark Newton Corporation: $20,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetMARTIN W RICHARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBoston Bulldogs Running Club: $20,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCODMAN ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPAL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLES RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAll Dorchester Sports & Leadership Inc: $14,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetEVKIDS INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SICKLE CELL ASSOCIATIONINC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetNORTH AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTHE LINKS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSQUASHBUSTERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE3POINTFOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDUDLEY STREET NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EARTH CIRCLE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetDream Big Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBOSTON BRUINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFranciscan Hospital for Children: $9,848 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH COLLABORATIVE INC: $8,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTRINITY BOSTON CONNECTS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOne Summit Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budget
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 Roxbury Community College Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds DIMOCK COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office ↗
  • Who funds THE SPORTS MUSEUM OF NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds EMERALD NECKLACE CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION OF THE UNITED STATES INC ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts State Track Coaches Assoc ↗
  • Who funds 262 FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BLACK GIRLS RUN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ADAPTIVE SPORTS NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds STRIDE FOR STRIDE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BASEBALL INC ↗
  • Who funds HEATHER ABBOTT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Achilles International Inc ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS ON THE RUN GREATER BOSTON ↗
  • Who funds ATHLETES UNLIMITED NEWTON MA INC ↗
  • Who funds Spark Newton Corporation ↗
  • Who funds MARTIN W RICHARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Boston Bulldogs Running Club ↗

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.

GivenGain Foundation …Boston Foundation IncEastern Bank Foundati…The New England Patri…Combined Jewish Phila…The Red Sox Foundatio…Yawkey Foundation IIBoston Bruins Charita…American Tower Corpor…Liberty Mutual Founda…Cummings Foundation G…Good Sports Inc
GivenGain Foundation USAFL50.1× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: GivenGain Foundation USA · Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · The Red Sox Foundation Inc · Yawkey Foundation II · Boston Bruins Charitable Foundation Inc · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Good Sports Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Boston Athletic Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Boston Athletic Association. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Massachusetts Sickle Cell Associationinc: 56% of income from government
  • All Dorchester Sports & Leadership Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Rise Above Foundation Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Charles River Watershed Association Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • The Sports Museum of New England Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Evkids Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Girls On the Run Greater Boston: 4% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Baseball Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Friends of the Public Garden Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Franciscan Hospital for Children: 0% of income from government
  • Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 74 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 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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