Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Boston Capital Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $153k
- Granted FY2019
- 36
- Grants FY2019
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $23,560
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 10
- Total assets, FY2019
- $2k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 54% of the organizations The Boston Capital Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 35 | $152k | 54% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $144k | 45% |
| FY2017 | 35 | $113k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated | $73,720 | 3 | 1% |
| Familyaid Boston Inc | $48,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $26,400 | 3 | n/a |
| The Community Builders Inc | $24,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Edward M Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate Inc | $23,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Youthbuild Global Inc | $17,700 | 2 | 0% |
| The Alliance for Business Leadership Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Lifesteps Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc | $12,140 | 1 | 0% |
| Caritas Communities Inc | $9,400 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 46 grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($80k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Boston Capital 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: Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Enterprise Community Partners Inc
How this is measured
About The Boston Capital Foundation
- How much does The Boston Capital Foundation give?
- The Boston Capital Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $153,026 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does The Boston Capital Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (27%), Education (20%), Youth Development (11%).
- Who are The Boston Capital Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated ($74k), Familyaid Boston Inc ($49k), Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($26k).
- Does The Boston Capital Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Boston Capital 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 The Boston Capital Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Boston Capital Foundation based?
- The Boston Capital Foundation is based in MA.
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