Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation Inc
Boston, MA · EIN 04-3174933. Reported 126 grants totalling $6,522,290 to 67 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
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. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 67 distinct organizations, with 31% 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. 62% 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 $25,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $5,500 and the largest $500,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nba Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $2,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | Baltimore, MD | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $420,114 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Project 351 Inc | Boston, MA | $325,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Berklee College of Music Inc | Boston, MA | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston Inc | Boston, MA | $200,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Childrens Hospital Corporation | Boston, MA | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Horizons for Homeless Children Inc | Roxbury, MA | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children | Lexington, MA | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Perkins School for the Blind | Watertown, MA | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| KIPP Academy Lynn Collegiate | Lynn, MA | $184,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc | Foxborough, MA | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc | Boston, MA | $165,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Inc | Boston, MA | $110,260 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chuck Cooper Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Positive Coaching Alliance | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Wang Center for the Performing Arts Inc | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| THE3POINTFOUNDATION Inc | Brighton, MA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Mentoring Partnership Incorporated | Boston, MA | $80,432 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New England Baptist Hospital | Boston, MA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boston Bruins Charitable Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jo Jo White Scholarship Charity Inc | Mckinney, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Lewiston, ME | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New England Civil Rights Fund | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc | Canton, MA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Team Impact | Quincy, MA | $41,385 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corporation | Dorchester, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| West End House Inc | Allston, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jetblue Grants Foundation | Long Island City, NY | $28,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Olivia O Delgado Angel Fund Inc | Peoria, AZ | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Foundation of Utah Inc | Phoenix, AZ | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sunflower of Peace | Newton, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Fund for Parks and Recreation in Boston | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest Inc | Marlborough, MA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Museum of Science | Boston, MA | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Best Buddies International Inc | Miami, FL | $16,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society Inc | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inc 1150 West Columbus Ave | Springfield, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roxbury Community College Foundation Inc | Roxbury, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forward Impact | Los Angeles, CA | $14,499 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dallas Mavericks Foundation | Dallas, TX | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Second Servings of Houston | Houston, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 7UICE Foundation Inc | Waltham, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| A Shot for Life Incorporated | Watertown, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boston Medical Center Corporation | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dimock Community Foundation Inc Group Return | Roxbury, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Edward Charles Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Joe Andruzzi Foundation Inc | North Attleboro, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of Maine Inc | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marcus Smarts Youngamechanger Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shaquille Oneal Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Smithsonian Institute | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Childrens Museum | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youth Advocacy Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Marshfield Inc | Marshfield, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Plymouth Inc | Plymouth, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Billerica Inc | Billerica, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salem Inc | Salem, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Worcester | Worcester, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc | Taunton, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lawrence Boys Club & Girls Club Inc | Lawrence, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Sportmens Tennis & Enrichment Center Inc | Dorchester, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sports Museum of Ne Inc | Boston, MA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
29 of 67 (43%) 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.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 59 of 67 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 | $1,342,385 | $18,000 |
| 2022 | 41 | $2,255,105 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 35 | $1,619,100 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 32 | $1,305,700 | $25,000 |
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
54% 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
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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 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 $25,000 -- 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 Celtics Shamrock Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 19 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 13 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 Causeway Street 1210, Boston, MA, 02114.
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