Massachusetts · Nonprofit
Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation
Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,000 to it, the largest being Ray of Hope Foundation ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $204k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation does
Mission
Grants to charitable 501(c) organizations whose activities are conducted in the Greater Boston area.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation was established in 1994 to provide contributions to housing related charities. In addition, the foundation provides scholarships for eligible graduating high school seniors to attend college.
$120,500 spentof which $120,500 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $120,500.
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 2021 to 2022, from $859k to $1.3M (+55%).
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.
122% of Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $3k → $15k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.3M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Greater Boston Real Estate Board). These are real filings, and they are not money Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation raised.
From the IRS filings of Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation’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.
How concentrated its funding is
Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2022 67% — 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.
Where its funders are
Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation draws 56% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation
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
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
59%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Greater Boston Real Estate Board · exempt
- Greater Boston Real Estate Board-PAC · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation: 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 Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation?
- Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,000 to it, the largest being Ray of Hope Foundation ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $18,000 in grants to Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation.
- Who is the largest funder of Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation?
- Ray of Hope Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation 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 3 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