Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BOSTON BRUINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
BOSTON BRUINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,422,528 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($877,893). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.6M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $5.0M
What Boston Bruins Charitable Foundation Inc does
Mission
To assist charitable organizations that demonstrate a commitment to enhancing the quality of life for children and their families throughout new england. The foundation focuses on organizations that are concentrated on academics, athletics, community outreach, and health and wellness and believes that these pillars will create a strong support system that will ultimately lead to the betterment of our community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The boston bruins foundation (bbf) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting charitable organizations that demonstrate a strong commitment to improving the quality of life for children across new england. Since its founding in july 2003 by the jacobs family, the foundation has focused on advancing programs that foster the well-being and development of children. In alignment with its mission, the foundation provides grants to organizations engaged in initiatives that promote athletics, academic achievement, health, and community engagement. Through its grant-making, the foundation seeks to empower children with opportunities for growth, learning, and active participation in their communities, helping to create meaningful and lasting impacts on the lives of young people throughout the region.
$4,335,120 spentof which $4,335,120 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $4,335,120.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $3.8M to $6.1M (+64%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
72% of BOSTON BRUINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Charles Jacobs
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 15 funders, grant income fell $508k → $266k.
13 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BOSTON BRUINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BOSTON BRUINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
97% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BOSTON BRUINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 55% · 2019 32% · 2020 33% · 2021 48% · 2022 48% · 2023 22% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
19% of BOSTON BRUINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 37% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
70% of BOSTON BRUINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $735k that is directly attributable, 59% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BOSTON BRUINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BOSTON BRUINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Boston Professional Hockey Association Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BOSTON BRUINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOSTON BRUINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC?
- BOSTON BRUINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,422,528 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($877,893). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BOSTON BRUINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $2,422,528 in grants to BOSTON BRUINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOSTON BRUINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $877,893 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOSTON BRUINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 52 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing