Public Charity

Boston Foundation Inc

Boston Foundation Inc is a Public Charity headquartered in Boston, MA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $426.7M revenue, $279.9M expenses, $2.1B total assets. 294 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $209.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 042104021 Boston, MA Community Foundations NTEE: T31 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$426.7M
Total Expenses$279.9M
Total Assets$2.1B
Grant Records294
Funding Total$209.3M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation devotes its resources to expanding opportunities, improving lives and strengthening communities. See Schedule OThe Foundation fulfills this mission in three principal ways: (1) Working with nonprofit organizations through grantmaking and deep partnership to address our community's critical challenges;(2) Partnering with donors, nonprofit organizations, and companies to pursue philanthropy that is not only effective, but values-aligned and fulfilling; and (3) Utilizing civic leadership and engagement, through research, convening, and advocacy to advance justice and equity in Greater Boston.

Where $100 goes at Boston Foundation Inc

How Boston Foundation Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$91 Programs the work itself
$7 Management running the organization
$2 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $91 for programs

$46
Major goals and objectives:We have chosen four interconnected pathways to equity where we believe we can have the greatest impact
50% of program spending
$45
Carry out and evaluate philanthropic programs for individual donors, families, foundations, and corporations
About 50% (cost not reported)
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Frmr CFO&Treasurer Alfred F Van Ranst Jr
Director Andrew Arnott
Director Betty Francisco
Director Brian Conway
CFO & Treasurer Brian Douglas
Director Ca Webb

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$198,983,177 209 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$2,691,920 8 grants
Human & Social Services
$2,314,707 11 grants
Health & Medicine
$994,868 11 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
$780,747 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $426.7M $279.9M $2.1B
2024 $210.4M $215.3M $1.9B
2023 $161.3M $209.9M $1.7B
2022 $324.7M $228.4M $1.7B
2021 $325.6M $198.3M $1.7B

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $325.6M to $426.7M (+31%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.1B.

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