Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,941,675 to it, the largest being GivenGain Foundation USA ($828,836). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $38M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $31M
What The Boston Athletic Association does
Mission
The promotion of the common good and health and welfare of the general public and the encouragement of the general public to improve its physical condition by the promotion and regulation of amateur sports competition. The baa operates in three principal segments: (1) the conduct of long distance, mass participation running events, including most notably the baa boston marathon, (2) the provision of a variety of community service events designed to benefit groups and organizations in the greater boston area, and (3) the training and development of running athletes, at both the elite and sub-elite levels.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The boston marathon presented by bank of america (the "boston marathon") among the leading athletic events in the world. Those who compete range from the finest long distance athletes in the world - who compete for substantial prize money - to citizen athletes for whom competing in the boston marathon represents an important personal ambition. The baa has managed and operated the boston marathon continuously since 1897. The baa, through the boston marathon, and in support of the organization's overall mission of promoting health and fitness and an overall healthy lifestyle, provides public service in the following ways: 1. Encouraging the public to train for, qualify for, and run in the boston marathon. 2. The fact that the boston marathon is the only annually contested marathon for which most participants qualify by meeting rigorous qualification standards encourages athletes to aspire to a high level of fitness, and in the process, display the benefits of so doing to themselves and others. Qualification for the boston marathon represents an aspiration for many athletes, and achieving that qualification is a source of considerable gratification and satisfaction, all in…
$25,808,581 spentof which $1,774,050 as grants$10,137,051 earned by the program80% of program spendingDescribed here are the other events and programs conducted by the baa, in addition to the boston marathon, that promote health and fitness. They comprise: (1) the conduct of long distance, mass participation running events throughout the year, (2) the provision of a variety of community service events and programming designed to benefit groups and organizations in the greater boston area, and (3) the training and development of running athletes, at both the elite and sub-elite levels. Each of these is described separately below: 1. Long distance, mass participation running events: the baa conducts a series of additional long distance running events--beyond the boston marathon--open to the public, in the boston area. These include the events that comprise what is known as the "baa distance medley": a. The boston 5k, a 3.1 mile road race held in boston annually on the saturday of boston marathon weekend involving 10,000 participants. B. The baa 10k, a 6.2 mile road race conducted in boston annually in late june involving 10,000 participants; and c. The baa half marathon, a 13.1 mile road race conducted in boston annually in november involving 9,000 participants. These events include…
$6,569,477 spentof which $600,109 as grants$2,337,587 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $32,378,058.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $33M to $45M (+35%).
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.
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
John Fleming
President & CEO
Board chair
Cheri Blauwet Md
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $23k → $550k.
4 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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
THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 71% · 2020 56% · 2021 81% · 2022 71% · 2023 46% — 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
0% of THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 32% 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
52% of THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $120k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Organizations like THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION?
- THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,941,675 to it, the largest being GivenGain Foundation USA ($828,836). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $1,941,675 in grants to THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION?
- GivenGain Foundation USA is the largest funder on record, with $828,836 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 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 34 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