Massachusetts · Public charity
The Red Sox Foundation Inc
The red sox foundation's mission is to harness the passion of red sox nation to make a difference in the lives of children, veterans, families and our communities in need throughout new england by improving their health, educational and recreational opportunities.
- $7.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 53
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 55
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $4.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,846,386
- Organizations funded a year
- 35 to 62
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $27M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations The Red Sox Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $731k 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 | 52 | $4.4M | 46% |
| FY2023 | 55 | $4.0M | 56% |
| FY2022 | 62 | $3.9M | 56% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $3.2M | 46% |
| FY2020 | 43 | $4.4M | 40% |
| FY2019 | 45 | $5.5M | 40% |
| FY2018 | 55 | $4.0M | 55% |
| FY2017 | 46 | $3.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $18,077,173 | 8 | n/a |
| The Sports Museum of New England Inc | $1,395,539 | 8 | 1% |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc | $1,325,120 | 6 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $1,259,776 | 8 | 0% |
| Dimock Community Health Center Inc | $626,038 | 7 | 0% |
| Boston Foundation | $606,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Families Reaching Into Each New Day Inc dba FRIENDS WAY | $579,418 | 2 | 3% |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $514,968 | 5 | 0% |
| Blue Angels Foundation Inc | $400,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Friends of Teddy Ebersols Red Sox Fields Inc | $386,912 | 7 | 74% |
Show all 215 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($157k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Red Sox Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 192 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · GivenGain Foundation USA · Suffolk Cares Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Boston Bruins Charitable Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Yawkey Foundation II
How this is measured
About The Red Sox Foundation Inc
- How much does The Red Sox Foundation Inc give?
- The Red Sox Foundation Inc reported 53 itemized grants totaling $4,351,613, out of $7,478,513 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 62 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Red Sox Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (43%), Housing & Shelter (23%), Public Benefit (8%).
- Who are The Red Sox Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($18M), The Sports Museum of New England Inc ($1.4M), Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc ($1.3M).
- Does The Red Sox Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Red Sox Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc), The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Red Sox Foundation Inc based?
- The Red Sox Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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