Massachusetts · Nonprofit
Boston Rowing Federation Inc
Boston Rowing Federation Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being JA Sprague Family Foundation ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $24k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $160k
What Boston Rowing Federation Inc does
Mission
The primary purpose of Boston Rowing Federation, Inc. (BRF) is to foster, encourage, and support participation in Olympic and senior world championship rowing competitions and training for these events. Since its formation, BRF has fostered international amateur sports competition by supporting and developing elite athletes with the potential to compete in the Olympics, Paralympics and senior world championships.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Boston Rowing Federation, Inc. fosters international amateur sports competition by supporting and developing elite athletes with the potential to compete in the Olympics, Paralympics and senior world championships by providing: - Training plans, daily coaching and support to athletes; - Grants to assist athletes with training and travel expenses; - Physical therapy and chiropractic services related to training and competing; - Nutritional and performance testing; - Equipment necessary to compete; and - Networking to assist athletes with finding gainful employment and housing opportunities that allow them to live and train in the greater-Boston area. Participants in BRF's programs must be of suitable age to compete in international competition, demonstrate the potential to be a medal contender at the Olympics or Paralympics, and make a multi-year commitment to training in Boston in order to receive support from BRF. Prospective BRF athletes submit a written application along with their rowing histories, and their candidacy is reviewed and approved by the BRF Performance Committee in consultation with qualified experts who may include national team coaches, the U.S. Rowing High…
$846 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $846.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $47k to $134k (+187%).
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.
85% of Boston Rowing Federation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Chuck Pieper
Chair and Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Boston Rowing Federation Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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.
Where its funders are
Boston Rowing Federation Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 Rowing Federation Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Boston Rowing Federation 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.
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Boston Rowing Federation 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 Rowing Federation Inc?
- Boston Rowing Federation Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being JA Sprague Family Foundation ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Boston Rowing Federation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to Boston Rowing Federation Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Boston Rowing Federation Inc?
- JA Sprague Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Boston Rowing Federation 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 1 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