Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE RED SOX FOUNDATION INC
THE RED SOX FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 165 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,832,386 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($3,166,454). 78 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 165
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $24M
What The Red Sox Foundation Inc does
Mission
The red sox foundation's mission is to harness the passion of red sox nation to make a difference in the lives of children, veterans, families and our communities in need throughout new england by improving their health, educational and recreational opportunities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Red sox foundation and mgh home base program - the red sox foundation and mgh home base program serve veterans returning from service with traumatic brain injury or combat stress and families. This program provides confidential clinical care for veterans, innovative treatments, support services and counseling for wounded veterans and families, community outreach and education to help others recognize these injuries and cutting edge research. In addition to grants totalling over $29 million for the program, the red sox foundation also has made substantial investments in staff time and in kind resources to support this program and help promote it to military and veterans who need confidentiality and, if uninsured, free care for tbi and ptsd. The red sox foundation works with medical experts at mass general hospital who provide direct care services. Red sox foundation staff also work with military and veteran groups and their families to break through the stigma that often prevents veterans from seeking the help they need.
$4,108,458 spentof which $2,830,326 as grants44% of program spendingRed sox scholars - the red sox scholar program provides mentoring, enrichment opportunities, and college scholarships to more than 300 academically talented low-income students selected in boston's public schools when they are in 7th grade. The scholars work with the red sox foundation staff through high school. The goal is to ensure these at-risk students escape the inner city's high school dropout rate and instead graduate from high school and are prepared to attend college. The program provides each student the promise of a scholarship of $10,000-pending enrollment in an accredited college and citizenship. The scholarships are paid directly to the college of choice, and not to the students or family members. The red sox scholars also participate in special activities at fenway park including attending red sox games, community service, events with players and their wives, skills building, job fairs (for high school students) and college prep classes. In 2010, the red sox scholars' program was nationally recognized when the team won the first-ever commissioner's award for philanthropic excellence specifically for the red sox scholars' program. Service scholars - the new england…
$930,587 spentof which $930,587 as grants10% of program spendingFenway park learning lab- the red sox foundation's fenway park learning lab provides an interactive, zero-cost field trip for boston public school's 6th grades at fenway park. The field trip includes transportation to and from the school and fenway park, an informational tour that integrates with their curriculum, a backpack full of school supplies and instructional materials, and lunch. The program brings over 2000 bps 6th graders into the park each school year and provides a unique opportunity to use fenway park as a learning tool. The 90 minute tour provides rich opportunities to learn statistics, history, science, financial literacy, and more. The program began in 2022 and is currently in its fourth year. The program runs from september to june throughout the boston public school year and conducts tours approximately once per week.
$460,590 spentof which $460,590 as grants5% of program spendingThe red sox foundation runs a number of programs and distributes many grants each year. The programs listed on lines 4a, 4b, and 4c represent three of the major programs. The other programs and grants comply with the mission statement set out in part iii, line 1.
$3,914,494 spentof which $3,257,010 as grants42% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,414,129.
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 $18M to $24M (+32%).
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: 2017 3% · 2018 3% · 2019 3% · 2020 6% · 2021 4% · 2022 3% · 2023 2% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
113% of THE RED SOX FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Rebekah Salwasser
Executive director
Board chair
Thomas Werner
President/chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 22 funders to 57 funders, grant income rose $824k → $3.3M.
20 of 165 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 RED SOX FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 165 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 RED SOX FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left
56% 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 RED SOX FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 22% · 2019 13% · 2020 16% · 2021 15% · 2022 21% · 2023 22% — 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
28% of THE RED SOX FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
54% of THE RED SOX FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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 RED SOX FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 828 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 828 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding THE RED SOX FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.4M on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$2.4M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE RED SOX 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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 5 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Boston Red Sox Baseball Club LP · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE RED SOX FOUNDATION INC?
- THE RED SOX FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 165 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,832,386 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($3,166,454). 78 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE RED SOX FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 165 organizations giving $15,832,386 in grants to THE RED SOX FOUNDATION INC, 78 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE RED SOX FOUNDATION INC?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,166,454 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE RED SOX 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 165 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