The Boston Foundation donations received

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Donee donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 25 137,000 214,706 1,500 5,000 7,500 27,660 50,000 137,000 150,000 150,000 250,000 400,000 2,000,000
FIXME 17 150,000 255,598 1,500 5,000 6,000 25,000 27,660 150,000 150,000 250,000 300,000 650,000 2,000,000
Communities 5 78,000 134,500 7,500 7,500 7,500 50,000 50,000 78,000 78,000 137,000 137,000 400,000 400,000
Job Opportunities 2 50,000 100,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000
1 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000

Donation amounts by donor and year for donee The Boston Foundation

Donor Total 2018 2017 2016 2015 2013 2006 2004 2002 1993
Barr Foundation (filter this donee) 4,039,160.00 250,000.00 827,660.00 2,555,000.00 230,000.00 176,500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
MacArthur Foundation (filter this donee) 306,000.00 0.00 0.00 300,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6,000.00
John Merck Fund (filter this donee) 200,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 150,000.00 0.00 0.00
Smith Richardson Foundation (filter this donee) 150,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 150,000.00 0.00
Knight Foundation (filter this donee) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total 4,695,160.00 250,000.00 827,660.00 2,855,000.00 230,000.00 176,500.00 50,000.00 150,000.00 150,000.00 6,000.00

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Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (25 donations)

Graph of top 10 donors (for donations with known year of donation) by amount, showing the timeframe of donations

Graph of donations and their timeframes
DonorAmount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 25)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
Barr Foundation250,000.0062018-01-31FIXMEhttps://www.barrfoundation.org/grantmaking/grants/-- To support Massachusetts United for Puerto Rico Fund relocation services grantmaking and overall staffing.
Barr Foundation650,000.0022017-12-05FIXMEhttps://www.barrfoundation.org/grantmaking/grants/-- To support the next two rounds of Live Arts Boston to provide grants, artistic and professional development, and marketing supports to performing artists in Greater Boston.
Barr Foundation150,000.0082017-12-05FIXMEhttps://www.barrfoundation.org/grantmaking/grants/-- To support the Boston Opportunity Agenda.
Barr Foundation27,660.00182017-11-21FIXMEhttps://www.barrfoundation.org/grantmaking/grants/-- To provide a one-time grant to support the Civic Leadership Fund.
Barr Foundation2,000,000.0012016-10-19FIXMEhttps://www.barrfoundation.org/grantmaking/grants/-- To support the Martin's Park Maintenance Fund.
Barr Foundation300,000.0042016-09-28FIXMEhttps://www.barrfoundation.org/grantmaking/grants/-- To support Success Boston, a citywide college completion initiative.
Barr Foundation5,000.00232016-06-28FIXMEhttps://www.barrfoundation.org/grantmaking/grants/-- Barr Foundation membership dues for New England International Donors.
Barr Foundation250,000.0062016-06-13FIXMEhttps://www.barrfoundation.org/grantmaking/grants/-- To partner in the Live Arts Boston (LAB) fund for new artistic work.
MacArthur Foundation300,000.0042016FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- to support the Health Starts at Home initiative, which aims to bring together housing and health-care organizations to support new interventions that stabilize families in homes and improve children’s health outcomes. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Massachusetts; affected cities: Boston.
Barr Foundation150,000.0082015-10-28FIXMEhttps://www.barrfoundation.org/grantmaking/grants/-- To support the Boston Opportunity Agenda.
Barr Foundation50,000.00152015-09-25FIXMEhttps://www.barrfoundation.org/grantmaking/grants/-- To support the organizational review of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education.
Barr Foundation25,000.00192015-08-24FIXMEhttps://www.barrfoundation.org/grantmaking/grants/-- To support The Boston Foundation Centennial Gala.
Barr Foundation5,000.00232015-06-29FIXMEhttps://www.barrfoundation.org/grantmaking/grants/-- Barr Foundation membership dues for New England International Donors.
Barr Foundation1,500.00252013-12-04FIXMEhttps://www.barrfoundation.org/grantmaking/grants/-- Barr Foundation membership dues for New England International Donors.
Barr Foundation25,000.00192013-06-27FIXMEhttps://www.barrfoundation.org/grantmaking/grants/-- To support the Civic Leadership Fund.
Barr Foundation150,000.0082013-06-12FIXMEhttps://www.barrfoundation.org/grantmaking/grants/-- To support staffing and operations of the Boston Opportunity Agenda.
John Merck Fund50,000.00152006-12Job Opportunitieshttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To help low-skill, low-income residents move to family sustaining jobs, and help employers find and retain skilled employees.
John Merck Fund150,000.0082004-09Job Opportunitieshttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To help unemployed and underemployed Boston residents find and retain quality jobs while also helping employers find and retain skilled workers.
Smith Richardson Foundation150,000.0082002--http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/smith-richardson-foundation/--
MacArthur Foundation6,000.00221993FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the first National Invitational Meeting on Materials Recycling and Economic Development. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Massachusetts; affected cities: Boston.
Knight Foundation50,000.0015--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6025-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/01/2014; goal: This partnership will launch a statewide education reporting project creating space for thoughtful conversation around improving Massachusetts schools. This partnership—between the Boston Foundation, public radio station WBUR and Glass Eye Media—will launch a statewide education reporting project creating space for thoughtful conversation around improving Massachusetts schools. The project will use Glass Eye Media’s structured beat approach used in its site Homicide Watch, WBUR’s editorial resources and the Boston Foundation’s connection to the education community to build data, tools and change. The project will increase the station’s capacity to cover education, and build a replicable framework for effective coverage of education reform in other regions and states.
Knight Foundation137,000.0013--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5505-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2013; goal: To encourage the more effective use of data in reporting, The Boston Foundation will train journalists and community members to access information and create compelling data visualizations that can be embedded in news stories and on blogs and websites. The foundation and its partners will use a new, open-source data analysis and visualization platform to engage and train journalists from major community-based and social media outlets. Its efforts to engage and mobilize organizations and residents will focus in three Boston neighborhoods: Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan. It will also coordinate a free one-day conference around the topic of data.
Knight Foundation78,000.0014--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4832-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2011; goal: To engage residents and increase understanding of citizens' political motivations by enhancing the interactivity of CommonWealth Online To empower more residents to voice their opinions on Massachusetts issues by providing polling software for a website centered on politics and policy.
Knight Foundation400,000.003--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4478-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2010; goal: To support the reporting depth and on-line reach of this award-winning, quarterly journal of MassINC, a non-profit, Boston think-tank This grant will help transform CommonWealth Magazine from a paper-based quarterly journal to an interactive, digital resource. Produced by a Boston think tank, CommonWealth will launch an investigative reporting unit with an additional reporter and researcher to focus primarily on the public sector. The magazine will seek to hold government agencies accountable for their work. It will also develop a “What Works” desk to report on programs and policies that are successful in spots around the nation.
Knight Foundation7,500.0021--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4485-- Grant period: 10/01/2008 - 09/30/2009; goal: For the City to City Boston 2008 Leadership Visit at Viscaya Museum and Gardens on October 21, 2008.