The East Boston Foundation
EIN 31-1601979 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 18 grants · $860.6k
Who it funds most
27 of its 37 grantees were funded in more than one year.
The East Boston Foundation's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 37 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202503179349306225
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
A year with no bar has no grants on file yet: its returns may not be loaded. It is not a year without giving.
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Form 990 | $1.4m | — | $688.1k |
| 2023 | Form 990 | $1.5m | — | $502.8k |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns6 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202503179349306225 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202413119349301831 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202343199349300144 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202233069349301348 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202123019349302077 | IRS batch file |
| 2018 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 201903059349300245 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
The East Boston Foundation made 118 grants across 2018–2024, totalling $2.6m as filed.
- Grants
- 118
- Total, as filed
- $2.6m
- Years
- 2018–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| EAST BOSTON MAIN STREET | 1 | $0 |
| OTIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 1 | $0 |
| CITY OF BOSTON | 2 | $576.0k |
| EASTIE FARM | 5 | $214.7k |
| EB APAC (ABCD SUMMERWORKS) | 6 | $206.1k |
| SALESIAN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB | 6 | $192.9k |
| ZUMIX | 5 | $160.0k |
| EB SOCIAL CENTERS - ALL PROGRAMS | 6 | $140.0k |
| HARBORSIDE COUNCIL - ALL PROGRAMS | 4 | $122.0k |
| PIERS PARK SAILING CENTER | 6 | $120.0k |
| NEIGHBORHOOD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING INC | 4 | $85.6k |
| YMCA (ALL PROGRAMS) | 5 | $67.5k |
| SELF ESTEEM BOSTON | 5 | $62.5k |
| THE FUND FOR PARKS AND RECREATION BOSTON | 5 | $55.0k |
| EB LITTLE LEAGUE | 6 | $52.9k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 14 | $317.1k |
| 2020 | 26 | $259.6k |
| 2021 | 16 | $692.0k |
| 2022 | 16 | $329.1k |
| 2023 | 23 | $408.1k |
| 2024 | 23 | $595.3k |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-311601979. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified