Boston Bruins Charitable Foundation Inc
Boston, MA · EIN 20-0172439. Reported 301 grants totalling $12.2M to 168 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
168organizations funded
$12,149median reported grant
$12.2Mgranted, 2020-2023
56%of grantees funded again the next year
9%of dollars to its largest recipient
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Boston Bruins Charitable Foundation Inc, the IRS classifies it as a public foundation -- a grantmaker that raises its money from many sources rather than from one donor (NTEE T30).
- How spread out its giving is. 168 distinct organizations, with 9% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 56% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $12,149. Half of what it reported fell between $7,879 and $30,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $442,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healing Heroes Foundation Inc | Hudson, MA | $1,109,234 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Martin W Richard Charitable | Dorchester, MA | $943,345 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Hockey Inc | Duxbury, MA | $922,722 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Thomas E Smith Foundation (the) | Andover, MA | $736,569 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc | Needham, MA | $683,221 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts Charitable Trust | Boston, MA | $666,572 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery | Cambridge, MA | $485,920 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Eod Warrior Foundation Inc | Niceville, FL | $416,423 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Coalition of Police S Charity Fund Inc | Millbury, MA | $325,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Bruins Alumni Association | Boston, MA | $311,200 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kappa Sigma Fraternity | Charlottesvle, VA | $274,889 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 100 Club of Buffalo Inc | Buffalo, NY | $231,442 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc | Marlborough, MA | $216,913 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $182,639 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| 22MOHAWKS | Sharon, MA | $164,515 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bourque Family Foundation Inc | Woburn, MA | $148,586 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Tufts Medical Center Parent Inc | Boston, MA | $140,325 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Score Hockey Inc | Dorchester Center, MA | $138,966 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boston Public Library Fund Inc | Boston, MA | $135,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Spam Benevolent Fund Inc | Boston, MA | $131,287 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Atrium Health Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Garden Neighborhood Charities Inc | Boston, MA | $103,010 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Concepts Incorporated | Lewiston, ME | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce | Lewiston, ME | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Legends Street Hockey Inc | Gloucester, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Fund for Parks and Recreation in Boston | Boston, MA | $97,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Team Impact Inc | Quincy, MA | $95,505 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Federal Law Enforcement Officers Foundation | Oradell, NJ | $94,429 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Fisher House of Boston Inc | Walpole, MA | $83,566 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Operation Hat Trick | Hampton, NH | $80,510 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Downs Syndrome Congress Inc | Burlington, MA | $74,245 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rhode Island Hospital Foundation | Providence, RI | $72,017 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Boston, MA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Concussion Legacy Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $69,034 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Sports Museum of Ne Inc | Boston, MA | $63,543 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Corrections Officers Federated Union | Milford, MA | $62,554 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Franciscan Hospital for Children | Brighton, MA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | Tampa, FL | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tommys Place Foundation Inc | Quincy, MA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $54,476 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Live Boston 617 Inc | Charlestown, MA | $54,042 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brain Aneurysm Foundation Incorporated | Hanover, MA | $53,518 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Why Me Inc | Worcester, MA | $50,507 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carnegie Initiative | Lexington, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Corey C Griffin Charitable Foundation | Framingham, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Familia Family Memorial Fund | Worcester, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lawrence Catholic Academy of Lawrence Massachusetts Inc | Lawrence, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Windward Sails Charitable Foundation Inc | Ipswich, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Inc | Boston, MA | $33,527 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Fraxa Research Foundation Inc | Newburyport, MA | $33,486 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Ambulance Foundation | Burlington, MA | $33,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Progeria Research Foundation Inc | Peabody, MA | $31,941 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Positive Coaching Alliance | Oakland, CA | $30,211 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Greg Hill Foundation | Woburn, MA | $30,034 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| One Mission Inc | Marlborough, MA | $30,003 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Granite State Adaptive | Mirror Lake, NH | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| West End House Inc | Allston, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boston Firefighters Burn Foundation | Dorchester, MA | $28,408 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Family Reach Foundation | Boston, MA | $27,632 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Best Buddies International Inc | Miami, FL | $27,432 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $27,203 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Newton Firefighters Childrens Fund | West Newton, MA | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Marys Center for Women & Children Inc | Dorchester, MA | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Red River Valley Foundation | Red River, NM | $25,954 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Make An Impact Foundation Inc | Davidson, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Marthas Vineyard Inc | Vineyard Haven, MA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Welcome Home Military Heroes | Arroyo Grande, CA | $23,346 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Pal of Massachusetts Inc | Boston, MA | $22,149 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Childrens Hospital Corporation | Boston, MA | $21,913 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Born to Run Foundation Inc | Medfield, MA | $21,699 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boston Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $21,438 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Tomorrow Fund | Providence, RI | $21,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hoyt Foundation Inc | Sturbridge, MA | $21,259 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hackdiversity Inc | Boston, MA | $21,180 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nashville Predators Foundation | Nashville, TN | $20,581 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Law Enforcement | Springfield, MA | $20,520 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Victorias Victory Foundation | Stratham, NH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Claddagh Fund Charities Inc | Boston, MA | $19,841 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Friends Of@martins Park Inc | Dorchester, MA | $19,373 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| For Kids Sake Foundation Incorporated | N Attleboro, MA | $18,535 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $18,433 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Cancer Society Inc | Brockton, MA | $17,650 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of New Hampshire Foundation Incorporated | Durham, NH | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Ambulance Foundation | Burlington, MA | $17,176 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Columbus Foundation | Columbus, OH | $15,495 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Travis Manion Foundation | Doylestown, PA | $15,352 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rodman for Kids Inc | Foxboro, MA | $15,191 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Joe Andruzzi Foundation Inc | North Attleboro, MA | $15,004 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colin Michael Cronin Foundation | North Andover, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Monarch School of New England | Rochester, NH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc | Foxborough, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Power Forward Inc | Marshfield, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Roxbury Community College Foundation Inc | Roxbury, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Brookhaven, GA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Windrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation Inc | North Andover, MA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Seal Legacy Foundation | Buda, TX | $14,810 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Higashi School Inc | Randolph, MA | $13,900 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Light Foundation | Greenville, OH | $13,254 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation for Boston Centers for Youth & Families Inc | Boston, MA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Matt Brown Foundation Inc | Norwood, MA | $12,821 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boston Pride Hockey Inc | Haverhill, MA | $12,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Movember Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $11,070 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of National Guard Families | Swampscott, MA | $10,982 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association | Providence, RI | $10,357 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New England Humane Society Inc | Cumberland, RI | $10,249 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Operation Service Inc | Fitchburg, MA | $10,140 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aleppo Shriners | Wilmington, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Amesbury Youth Hockey League | Amesbury, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Association of African American Museums | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Born to Run Foundation Inc (the) | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boston College Trustees | Chestnut Hill, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cardinal Cushing Centers Inc | Hanover, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Servings Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dave Mcgillivray Finish Strong Foundation Inc | North Andover, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Extra Steps Pediatric Therapies Inc | Concord, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Falmouth Youth Hockey League Inc | East Falmouth, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Good Sports Inc | Braintree, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heading Home Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| High Five Adventure Learning Center Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Horizon Healthcare Partners | Providence, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lungstrong Inc | Amesbury, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers | Dorchester, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Special Hockey | Norwell, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neads Inc | Princeton, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Operation Homefront Inc | San Antonio, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Salvation Army National Corp | Alexandria, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Red Sox Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| USA Hockey Inc | Colorado Spgs, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Baseball Inc | Roxbury, MA | $9,285 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Mclean Hospital Corporation Employee and Retiree Medical Trust | Somerville, MA | $8,614 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vital Cxns Inc | Roslindale, MA | $8,549 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $8,408 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation | Lincoln, RI | $8,326 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Noticeability Inc | Cambridge, MA | $8,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $7,984 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Include Compete Empower Adaptive Sports | Natick, MA | $7,868 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation of the Northern Alleghenies | St Marys, PA | $7,790 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Big Sister Association of Greater Boston Inc | Boston, MA | $7,602 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Association Inc | Chicago, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Titus Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $6,667 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Strengthens Foundation | Marblehead, MA | $6,656 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island Inc | Providence, RI | $6,396 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heroes in Transition Inc | Mashpee, MA | $6,065 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Unified Special Hockey of Maine | Unity, ME | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dream Big Inc | Needham, MA | $5,711 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Achilles International Inc | New York, NY | $5,336 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hayden Synchronized Skating Teams Inc | Woburn, MA | $5,329 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bina Farm Inc | Lexington, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc | Dorchester, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cassidy Murray Foundation Inc | Milton, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catholic Memorial School Foundation Inc | West Roxbury, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center Inc | Manchester, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dorchester Youth Hockey Inc | Dorchester, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Kansas City, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fund for Catholic Schools Inc | Braintree, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Genesis Foundation for Children | Georgetown, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hug Foundation of Ma Inc | Abington, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Michael Dunleavy Foundation Inc | Winchester, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mission of Deeds Inc | Reading, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Museum of Afro American History Inc | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Partners in Learning Child Development Center Inc | Salisbury, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| School on Wheels of Massachusetts Inc | E Bridgewtr, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Bottom Line Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Genesis Foundation for Children Inc | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
74 of 168 (44%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
It also reported 1 group of grants to individuals -- scholarships, emergency assistance and similar. Schedule I reports these by category with a headcount and never by name, so there is nothing here we could publish about the recipients even if we wanted to.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 128 of 168 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 44 | $1,485,240 | $10,322 |
| 2021 | 74 | $2,992,887 | $13,026 |
| 2022 | 77 | $3,513,497 | $14,119 |
| 2023 | 106 | $4,190,085 | $10,115 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
83% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $12,149 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Boston Bruins Charitable Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 106 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 100 Legends Way, Boston, MA, 02114.
EIN 20-0172439 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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