Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Cynthia and Jim Boscov Family 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.
- $73k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Cynthia and Jim Boscov Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 12 | $72k | 58% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $31k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $245k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $39k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $34k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Berks County Inc | $75,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alvernia University | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hosts for Hospitals | $12,000 | 3 | 2% |
| South Mountain YMCA | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Safe Berks | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Richard J Caron Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spotlight Pa | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Olivet Boys' & Girls' Club of Reading and Berks County Pa | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Berks County Inc | $75,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alvernia University | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hosts for Hospitals | $12,000 | 3 | 2% |
| South Mountain YMCA | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Safe Berks | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Richard J Caron Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spotlight Pa | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Olivet Boys' & Girls' Club of Reading and Berks County Pa | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Schuylkill River Greenway Association | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Reading Science Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Goggle Works | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reading Hospital Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Whyy Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($44k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cynthia and Jim Boscov Family 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: The Breidegam Family Foundation · Berks County Community Foundation Inc · Penn Entertainment Foundation · Henry Janssen Foundation · Hammel Family Foundation · The Wyomissing Foundation Inc · Firstenergy Foundation · Berkshire Charitable Foundation · Marlin Miller Jr Family Foundation · United Way of Berks County Inc · The Kindness Coalition · Pf Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare The Cynthia and Jim Boscov Family Foundation with peer funders
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About The Cynthia and Jim Boscov Family Foundation
- How much does The Cynthia and Jim Boscov Family Foundation give?
- The Cynthia and Jim Boscov Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $72,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Cynthia and Jim Boscov Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (57%), Philanthropy (21%), Health (11%).
- Who are The Cynthia and Jim Boscov Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Johns Hopkins University ($200k), United Way of Berks County Inc ($75k), Alvernia University ($50k).
- Does The Cynthia and Jim Boscov Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cynthia and Jim Boscov Family 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 Cynthia and Jim Boscov Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Breidegam Family Foundation, Berks County Community Foundation Inc, Penn Entertainment Foundation.
- Where is The Cynthia and Jim Boscov Family Foundation based?
- The Cynthia and Jim Boscov Family Foundation is based in PA.
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