Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BOSTON INC
THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,302 to it, the largest being STREAMWAY FOUNDATION TRUST ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $466k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $21k
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What The Junior League of Boston Inc does
Mission
The junior league of boston is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The junior league is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. The league's community focus is "the economic empowerment of women: advancing the independence and resilience of women".the organization was established by young women interested in educating other young women in how to address and resolve the community problems and needs of the greater boston metro area. Throughout the past 118 years, jl boston has grown in our membership and involvement in the boston metro community. We are the second-oldest chapter of the association of junior leagues international, inc., an organization of close to 300 chapters in the united states, canada, mexico, and england.the jl boston welcomes all women who value our mission. We are committed to inclusive environments of diverse individuals, organizations and communities.
$167,385 spentof which $1,693 as grants$2,633 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $167,385.
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 2021 to 2022, from $3.9M to $3.3M (−14%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $11k → $450.
2 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BOSTON 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.
How concentrated its funding is
THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BOSTON INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
27% 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 JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BOSTON INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 85% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 64% · 2022 98% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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 JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BOSTON INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 18% 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
THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BOSTON INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BOSTON INC
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
31% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
45%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BOSTON INC?
- THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,302 to it, the largest being STREAMWAY FOUNDATION TRUST ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BOSTON INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $21,302 in grants to THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BOSTON INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BOSTON INC?
- STREAMWAY FOUNDATION TRUST 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 THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BOSTON 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 11 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