Massachusetts · Public charity
Trustees of Boston College
Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the pursuit of a just society through its own accomplishments, the work of its faculty and staff, and the…
- $303M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 47
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $6.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $63,364
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $878,054
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 23
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.7B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Trustees of Boston College funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 41 | $5.4M | 95% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $470k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $125k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $145k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $215k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $433k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $1.2M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $498k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fund for Parks and Recreation - Boston | $1,100,000 | 3 | 8% |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | $878,054 | 1 | 0% |
| Research Triangle Institute | $748,687 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Massachusetts | $683,165 | 1 | n/a |
| Action for Boston Community Development Inc | $675,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $379,155 | 1 | n/a |
| Glorious Foundation Inc | $375,271 | 4 | 63% |
| City of Newton | $300,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Trustees of Boston University | $241,517 | 1 | 0% |
| The Urban Institute | $220,771 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 58 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fund for Parks and Recreation - Boston | $1,100,000 | 3 | 8% |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | $878,054 | 1 | 0% |
| Research Triangle Institute | $748,687 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Massachusetts | $683,165 | 1 | n/a |
| Action for Boston Community Development Inc | $675,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $379,155 | 1 | n/a |
| Glorious Foundation Inc | $375,271 | 4 | 63% |
| City of Newton | $300,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Trustees of Boston University | $241,517 | 1 | 0% |
| The Urban Institute | $220,771 | 1 | n/a |
| US Central and Southern Province Society of Jesus | $194,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Aerospace Corporation | $188,188 | 1 | 0% |
| Neighborhealth Corporation | $160,410 | 1 | 0% |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | $152,646 | 1 | n/a |
| Education Development Center Inc | $152,627 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $137,728 | 1 | 0% |
| Mathtalk Pbc | $128,684 | 1 | n/a |
| Syracuse University | $121,223 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Boston | $106,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa | $105,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Jackson Mann Community School and Council Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Brighton Marine Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Turkana Inc | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Newton Schools Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Jesuit Conference Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Allston Village Main Streets Inc | $96,000 | 2 | 32% |
| Caritas de Puerto Rico | $94,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $88,283 | 1 | 0% |
| Claremont Graduate University | $76,230 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego State University | $75,360 | 1 | n/a |
| Artists for Humanity Inc | $73,644 | 2 | 1% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $66,834 | 1 | 0% |
| Heartland Alliance International Inc | $62,386 | 1 | 0% |
| Cape Cod Community College | $59,000 | 1 | n/a |
| El Education Inc | $57,331 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Florida | $49,582 | 1 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $46,890 | 1 | n/a |
| Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation | $44,825 | 2 | 1% |
| Lasell University | $44,224 | 1 | 0% |
| State University of Iowa | $43,666 | 1 | n/a |
| San Jose State University | $41,640 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of Memphis | $39,997 | 1 | n/a |
| USA Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $34,051 | 1 | n/a |
| Rural Water Ventures Inc | $30,200 | 1 | 60% |
| Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Boston Educational Development Foundation Inc | $24,999 | 1 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $24,497 | 1 | 0% |
| Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Center | $24,115 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of Tennessee | $22,471 | 1 | n/a |
| Emory University | $16,152 | 1 | n/a |
| Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc | $14,177 | 1 | 0% |
| Brigham Young University | $11,167 | 1 | n/a |
| Mattapan Community Health Center Inc | $11,044 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota | $6,223 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon State University | $5,674 | 1 | n/a |
| Simmons University | $5,560 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $5,097 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($233k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Trustees of Boston College supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 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: President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston Foundation Inc · Children's Hospital Corporation · Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return · Fidelity Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · The Heising-Simons Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc
How this is measured
About Trustees of Boston College
- How much does Trustees of Boston College give?
- Trustees of Boston College reported 47 itemized grants totaling $6,706,845, out of $302,752,426 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Trustees of Boston College fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (22%), Recreation & Sports (22%), Science & Tech (15%).
- Who are Trustees of Boston College's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fund for Parks and Recreation - Boston ($1.1M), The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund ($878k), Research Triangle Institute ($749k).
- Does Trustees of Boston College fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Trustees of Boston College?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include President and Fellows of Harvard College, Boston Foundation Inc, Children's Hospital Corporation.
- Where is Trustees of Boston College based?
- Trustees of Boston College is based in MA.
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