Sawyer Parks Charitable Foundation
Boston, MA · EIN 04-6088774. Reported 265 grants totalling $985,032 to 75 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Sawyer Parks Charitable Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $250 and $1,500; the smallest was $100 and the largest $66,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffolk University | Boston, MA | $242,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rosie's Place | Boston, MA | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mass Eye & Ear Infirmary | Boston, MA | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Reach Foundation | Boston, MA | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mspca | Boston, MA | $68,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Braille Press | Boston, MA | $43,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Boston Food Bank | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Hundred Club of Ma | Boston, MA | $31,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Boston | Boston, MA | $26,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Haitian Health Foundation | Norwich, CT | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lawrence Catholic Academy | Lawrence, MA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pine Street Inn | Boston, MA | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boca Regional Hospital | Boca Raton, FL | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foster Parrots | Rockland, MA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Elizabeth Stone House | Roxbury, MA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Heifer Project International | Little Rock, AR | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cor Unum | Lawrence, MA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Home for Little Wanderers | Boston, MA | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Morgan Memorial Goodwill | Boston, MA | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children Inc | Richmond, VA | $5,232 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boston Rescue Mission-Kingston House | Boston, MA | $4,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Saint Francis House | Boston, MA | $4,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Town | Boys Town, NE | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brigham & Women's Hospital | Boston, MA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dorchester Bay | Dorchester, MA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Globe Santa | Boston, MA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Habitiat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Newton Country Day School | Newton, MA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shriners Hospital | Tampa, FL | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Jude Children's Hospital | Memphis, TN | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Valley Settlement Project | Carbondale, CO | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| WGBH | Boston, MA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Woman's Lunch Place | Boston, MA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Canton, MA | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Topeka, KS | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Crossroads for Kids | Duxbury, MA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Booth Hill Farms | Scituate, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boston Public Library | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bridge Over Troubled Waters | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dana Farber - Perini Family Survivors Center | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation | Bloomfield, CT | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Four Paws International | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Larz Anderson Auto Museum | Brookline, MA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Museum of Fine Arts | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New England Aquarium | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hoffman Insitute Foundation | San Rafael, CA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Vest Dogs | Walpole, MA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Woods Hole, MA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Marathon Daffodils | Charlestown, MA | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boston Children's Hospital | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Crossroads Urban Campfire | Duxbury, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mass Audubon Society | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Saint Joseph Indian School | Chamberlain, SD | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Saint Labre Indian School | Ashland, MT | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Samaritans Organization | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Merrifield, VA | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Animal Rescue League of Boston | Boston, MA | $800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| ASPCA | Washington, DC | $800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Associated Alumni of the Sacred Heart | St Louis, MO | $800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Black Beauty Ranch-Fund for Animals | New York, NY | $800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hospice of the Good Shepherd | Newton, MA | $800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northeast Animal Shelter | Salem, MA | $800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boston Raiders Yfc | Dorchester, MA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Service Stars | West Newton, MA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brookline Library Foundation | Brookline, MA | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brookline Mental Health Center | Brookline, MA | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Highland Beach Library | Highland Beach, FL | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gumbo Limbo | Boca Raton, FL | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Poodle Rescue | Somerville, MA | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brookline Firefighter Association | Brookline, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brookline Police Mutual Aid Association | Brookline, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mercy Ships | Lindale, TX | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Francis House | Boston, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
68 of 75 (91%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 97%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 120 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61 | $245,108 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 66 | $214,208 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 67 | $250,558 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 71 | $275,158 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 91% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Sawyer Parks Charitable Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 200 Newbury Street 4TH Floor, Boston, MA, 02116. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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