Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE BOSTON GLOBE FOUNDATION INC
THE BOSTON GLOBE FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,050,043 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,226,508). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 46
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $5.0M
What The Boston Globe Foundation Inc does
Mission
To conduct various community and public service programs, including distributing holiday gifts to needy children and providing educational scholarships.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Globe santa program: the money raised from solicited contributions is used to purchase holiday gifts for needy children. Gifts are given to individuals who request assistance in writing. The potential recipients of such gifts are recommended by appropriate churches and social agencies, subject to verification prior to gifts being made. In 2024, globe santa served approximately 28,832 children / 16,308 families.
$1,458,431 spentof which $1,023,881 as grants90% of program spendingWinship scholarship program and majorie l. Adams scholarship program: provides scholarship aid to children of full-time employees of the boston globe.
$109,000 spentof which $109,000 as grants7% of program spendingNews in education: supports a wide range of education-related projects including awarding scholarships and writing awards to students; and providing educators and students with boston globe content and classroom lessons.
$50,000 spentof which $50,000 as grants3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,617,431.
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 2022 to 2023, from $3.5M to $4.9M (+40%).
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.
96% of THE BOSTON GLOBE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Linda Pizzuti Henry
Chairwoman/director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $113k → $369k.
13 of 46 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% 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 GLOBE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 46 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 GLOBE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
83% 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 GLOBE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 60% · 2019 63% · 2020 60% · 2021 65% · 2022 57% · 2023 55% — 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
55% of THE BOSTON GLOBE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
82% of THE BOSTON GLOBE 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 $360k that is directly attributable, 74% 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
THE BOSTON GLOBE FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE BOSTON GLOBE 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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 1 related entity
- Boston Globe Media Partners LLC · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE BOSTON GLOBE FOUNDATION INC?
- THE BOSTON GLOBE FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,050,043 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,226,508). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE BOSTON GLOBE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 46 organizations giving $2,050,043 in grants to THE BOSTON GLOBE FOUNDATION INC, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BOSTON GLOBE FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,226,508 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BOSTON GLOBE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 46 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing