Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Eileen Patricia Sullivan Roche 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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
75% of The Eileen Patricia Sullivan Roche Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year The Eileen Patricia Sullivan Roche Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $1M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $39M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The Eileen Patricia Sullivan Roche Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $1.2M | 83% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $40k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $45k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $30k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $30k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $26k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc | $215,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Trinity Catholic Academy | $160,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Steppingstone Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| HomeStart Inc | $145,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Horizons for Homeless Children | $135,000 | 3 | 1% |
| My Brothers Keeper Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nativity-Boston Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Boston's Higher Ground Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 6% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc | $215,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Trinity Catholic Academy | $160,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Steppingstone Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| HomeStart Inc | $145,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Horizons for Homeless Children | $135,000 | 3 | 1% |
| My Brothers Keeper Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nativity-Boston Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Boston's Higher Ground Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Boston Community Pediatrics Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Haley House Inc & Affiliates | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pine Street Inn Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Women's Lunch Place Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Habitat for Humanity Greater Boston Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Massachusetts Wonderfund Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mother Caroline Academy & Education Center | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Falmouth Service Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| More Than Words Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation of Sisters of St Joseph of Boston | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($496k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Eileen Patricia Sullivan Roche Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
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How this is measured
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About The Eileen Patricia Sullivan Roche Foundation
- How much does The Eileen Patricia Sullivan Roche Foundation give?
- The Eileen Patricia Sullivan Roche Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $1,170,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Eileen Patricia Sullivan Roche Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (56%), Education (12%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are The Eileen Patricia Sullivan Roche Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc ($215k), Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston Inc ($200k), Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc ($200k).
- Does The Eileen Patricia Sullivan Roche Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Eileen Patricia Sullivan Roche 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 Eileen Patricia Sullivan Roche Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc).
- Where is The Eileen Patricia Sullivan Roche Foundation based?
- The Eileen Patricia Sullivan Roche Foundation is based in MA.
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