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The East Boston Foundation

Address socioeconomic and environmental impacts on the east boston community arising as a result of projects, facilities, and activities now being carried out and to be carried out in the future at boston-logan international airport by the massachusetts port authority.

$624k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
23
Itemized grants FY2024
23
Organizations funded FY2023
17%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$595k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$12,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$187,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 24
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$1.4M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 17% of the organizations The East Boston Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEnvironmentArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving22$595k14%
FY202323$408k17%
FY202216$329k6%
FY202116$692k6%
FY202018$260k11%
FY201924$425k25%
FY201815$332k20%
FY201723$429kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$1.4MYouth Development$866kRecreation & Sports$441kArts & Culture$353kHousing & Shelter$172kEducation$111kEnvironment$102kFood & Nutrition$54kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
City of Boston$647,9407n/a
Salesian Boys and Girls Club Inc$260,90084%
Eb Apac (Abcd Summerworks)$256,1498n/a
Eastie Farm Inc$232,18074%
Zumix Inc$231,50073%
Paris Street Community Council Inc$213,25066%
East Boston Social Centers Inc$205,47581%
Piers Park Sailing Center Inc$170,00085%
Neighborhood of Affordable Housing Inc$152,10071%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc$102,50070%
Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of The East Boston Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
City of Boston$647,9407n/a
Salesian Boys and Girls Club Inc$260,90084%
Eb Apac (Abcd Summerworks)$256,1498n/a
Eastie Farm Inc$232,18074%
Zumix Inc$231,50073%
Paris Street Community Council Inc$213,25066%
East Boston Social Centers Inc$205,47581%
Piers Park Sailing Center Inc$170,00085%
Neighborhood of Affordable Housing Inc$152,10071%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc$102,50070%
East Boston Community Council Inc$95,00073%
Martin Pino Community Center Council Inc$87,700679%
Self Esteem Boston Educational Institute Inc$87,50073%
East Boston Little League Inc$70,920851%
The East Boston Athletic Board Inc$65,000599%
Fund for Parks and Recreation - Boston$60,00060%
Eb Girls Softball$53,7456n/a
Mystic River Watershed Association Inc$38,40031%
East Boston Community Soup Kitchen Inc$37,50033%
Veronica Robles Cultural Center$32,50022%
Maverick Landing Community Services Inc$32,50034%
Steppingstone Foundation Inc$27,00030%
Theharborkeepers$25,20047%
United States Lightship Museum Inc$25,000211%
Friends of Belle Isle Marsh Inc$25,0001n/a
Italia Unita of Massachusetts Inc$22,5002n/a
Speak for the Trees Inc$22,50023%
Horizons for Homeless Children$20,00030%
East Boston Central Catholic School East Boston$18,7501n/a
Friends of East Boston Library$18,7281n/a
E Inc$15,27033%
2nd Act Org Inc$12,50013%
Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc$12,5001n/a
Friends of the Children - Boston Inc$12,50010%
Roca Inc$12,50010%
Riddell$10,0001n/a
North Suffolk Community Services Inc$10,00010%
Jcam Charitable Foundation Inc$10,00018%
America Scores New England DBA Boston Scores$10,00010%
Sociedad Latina Inc$8,00020%
New England Salvadoran-American Day Foundation Inc$7,5001n/a
East Boston Gateway Inc$6,00027%
The East Boston Museum and Historical Society Inc$5,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

The East Boston Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSalesian Boys and Girls Club Inc: $260,900 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetEastie Farm Inc: $232,180 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetZumix Inc: $231,500 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetParis Street Community Council Inc: $213,250 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetEast Boston Social Centers Inc: $205,475 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetPiers Park Sailing Center Inc: $170,000 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetNeighborhood of Affordable Housing Inc: $152,100 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc: $102,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEast Boston Community Council Inc: $95,000 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetMartin Pino Community Center Council Inc: $87,700 over 6y, 79% of budgetSelf Esteem Boston Educational Institute Inc: $87,500 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetEast Boston Little League Inc: $70,920 over 8y, 51% of budgetThe East Boston Athletic Board Inc: $65,000 over 5y, 99% of budgetFund for Parks and Recreation - Boston: $60,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMystic River Watershed Association Inc: $38,400 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetEast Boston Community Soup Kitchen Inc: $37,500 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetVeronica Robles Cultural Center: $32,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetMaverick Landing Community Services Inc: $32,500 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetSteppingstone Foundation Inc: $27,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTheharborkeepers: $25,200 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetUnited States Lightship Museum Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetSpeak for the Trees Inc: $22,500 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetHorizons for Homeless Children: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetE Inc: $15,270 over 3y, 2.6% of budget2nd Act Org Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetFriends of the Children - Boston Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRoca Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Suffolk Community Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJcam Charitable Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetAmerica Scores New England DBA Boston Scores: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSociedad Latina Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEast Boston Gateway Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 32.

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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.

Boston Foundation IncMA34.8× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust - East Boston Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust · Barr Foundation · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc · Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office · William E Schrafft and Bertha E Schrafft Charitable Trust · Boston After School & Beyond 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.

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About The East Boston Foundation

How much does The East Boston Foundation give?
The East Boston Foundation reported 23 itemized grants totaling $595,270, out of $624,120 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The East Boston Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (39%), Youth Development (25%), Recreation & Sports (13%).
Who are The East Boston Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: City of Boston ($648k), Salesian Boys and Girls Club Inc ($261k), Eb Apac (Abcd Summerworks) ($256k).
Does The East Boston Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The East Boston Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc, Rockland Trust - East Boston Savings Bank Foundation Inc.
Where is The East Boston Foundation based?
The East Boston Foundation is based in MA.

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 43 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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