Funding search · EIN 043485146 · Boston, MA

The Lenny Zakim Fund

Name: The Lenny Zakim Fund grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

164
grants reported: $2.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

2 grants matching “sitter” · $20,000

$12,500
Sitters for Scholars · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$7,500
Sitters for Scholars · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating support

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

African Cultural Services3 grants · $60,000
We Are Better Together - the Warren Daniel Hairston Project3 grants · $60,000
Mount Olives Community Center3 grants · $50,500
Codesquad3 grants · $50,000
Building Bridges Through Music2 grants · $50,000
Centro Comunitario De Trabajadores (Cct)2 grants · $50,000
Sisters Unchained (the City School)3 grants · $44,000
Somali Parents Advocacy Ctr for Education3 grants · $40,000
I Have a Future3 grants · $40,000
To the Moon and Back3 grants · $37,500

Giving over time

$771,400

2022

$597,554

2023

$620,171

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 164 grants.

$35,000
Building Bridges Through Music · Lynn, MA · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Centro Comunitario De Trabajadores (Cct) · New Bedford, MA · 2023
General operating support
$30,000
African Cultural Services · Waltham, MA · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
We Are Better Together - the Warren Daniel Hairston Project · Roxbury, MA · 2022
General operating support
$27,500
Mount Olives Community Center · Hyde Park, MA · 2022
General operating support
$24,000
Sisters Unchained (the City School) · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Codesquad · Somerville, MA · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Codesquad · Somerville, MA · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Attleboro Area Interfaith Collaborative · Attleboro, MA · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Brazilian Women'S Group · Brighton, MA · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Centro Comunitario De Trabajadores (Cct) · New Bedford, MA · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Lysoa Inc(Lynn Youth Street Outreach Advocacy) · Lynn, MA · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Resilient Sisterhood Project (Black Ministerial Alliance) · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Transformational Prison Project (Community Works West) · Auburndale, MA · 2022
General operating support
$17,500
We Are Better Together - the Warren Daniel Hairston Project · Roxbury, MA · 2024
General operating support
$17,500
Autism Sprinter · Randolph, MA · 2022
General operating support
$15,000
African Cultural Services · Waltham, MA · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
My Brother'S Keeper 617 · North Easton, MA · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Neighborhood Counseling & Community Svcs · Somerville, MA · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Right To the City of Boston · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Somali Parents Advocacy Ctr for Education · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
The Upward Project · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
African Cultural Services · Waltham, MA · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Building Bridges Through Music · Lynn, MA · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Center for Economic Democracy · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Somali Parents Advocacy Ctr for Education · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Adaptive Sports New England · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating support
$15,000
African Bridge Network · Newton, MA · 2022
General operating support
$15,000
Ansaar of Worcester · West Boylston, MA · 2022
General operating support
$15,000
Asian Women for Health · Somerville, MA · 2022
General operating support
$15,000
Chinese Culture Connection · Malden, MA · 2022
General operating support
$15,000
Community Caring Clinic · Roxbury, MA · 2022
General operating support
$15,000
English at Large · Woburn, MA · 2022
General operating support
$15,000
Greater Boston Chapter of United Spinal Association · Woburn, MA · 2022
General operating support
$15,000
I Have a Future · Dorchester, MA · 2022
General operating support
$15,000
Kids in Tech · Lowell, MA · 2022
General operating support
$15,000
South Boston En Accion · South Boston, MA · 2022
General operating support
$15,000
Union of Minority Neighborhoods · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating support
$14,000
Brockton Workers Alliance · Brockton, MA · 2022
General operating support
$14,000
Bryce'S Journey · Hyde Park, MA · 2022
General operating support
$13,900
Lynn Worker Center · Lynn, MA · 2022
General operating support
$13,892
Cultural Exchange Through Soccer · Worcester, MA · 2024
General operating support
$13,845
South Coast Lgbtq Network · New Bedford, MA · 2024
General operating support
$13,300
Top Notch Scholars · Lawrence, MA · 2024
General operating support
$13,134
Pinnacle Partnerships · S Easton, MA · 2024
General operating support
$13,000
Mount Olives Community Center · Hyde Park, MA · 2023
General operating support
$12,500
Cape Ann Art Haven - Vendor · Gloucester, MA · 2024
General operating support
$12,500
City Strings United · Roxbury, MA · 2024
General operating support
$12,500
I Have a Future · Dorchester, MA · 2024
General operating support
$12,500
Love Life Now Foundation · Avon, MA · 2024
General operating support
$12,500
Neighbors United for a Better East Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$12,500
Resist · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$12,500
Sciboston · Woburn, MA · 2024
General operating support
$12,500
Sitters for Scholars · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$12,500
To the Moon and Back · Plymouth, MA · 2024
General operating support
$12,500
Youth Justice and Power Union at the City School · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$12,500
Community Caring Clinic · Roxbury, MA · 2023
General operating support
$12,500
I Have a Future · Dorchester, MA · 2023
General operating support
$12,500
My Brother'S Keeper 617 · North Easton, MA · 2023
General operating support
$12,500
To the Moon and Back · Plymouth, MA · 2023
General operating support
$12,500
Top Notch Scholars · Lawrence, MA · 2023
General operating support
$12,500
We Are Better Together - the Warren Daniel Hairston Project · Roxbury, MA · 2023
General operating support
$12,500
Youth Justice and Power Union at the City School · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating support
$12,500
Black and Pink Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating support
$12,500
Institute for Pan-African Cultural Educ · Roxbury, MA · 2022
General operating support
$12,500
To the Moon and Back · Plymouth, MA · 2022
General operating support
$12,429
Black and Pink Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating support
$12,000
Kodeconnect · Brockton, MA · 2022
General operating support
$11,000
Deafinitely · Newton Center, MA · 2022
General operating support
$10,625
South Coast Lgbtq Network · New Bedford, MA · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
2gether We Eat · Worcester, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Black and Pink Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Boston Affordable Housing Coalition (Massachusetts Alliance of Hud Tenant) · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Boston Lesbigay Urban Foundation · Roxbury, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Brockton Workers Alliance · Brockton, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Bryce'S Journey · Hyde Park, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Deafinitely · Newton Center, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
East Boston Community Soup Kitchen · East Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Global Village Farms · Grafton, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Mercy Meals & More · New Bedford, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Mount Olives Community Center · Hyde Park, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
New England Medical Association · Brookline, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
New Lynn Coalition · Lynn, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Nigerian American Multi-Service Ass'N · Hyde Park, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Open Door Immigration Services · Beverly, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Outstandinglife · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
P&O Behavioral Health Initiative · Haverhill, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Ctr · Worcester, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Refugees & Immigrants Cultural Empowerment Massachusetts · Worcester, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Sisters Unchained (the City School) · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
South Boston En Accion · South Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Teen Just-US at Temple Israel · Belmont, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
The Heart of a Giant · Milton, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
The History Project · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Translate Gender · Northampton, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Union of Minority Neighborhoods · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
2gether We Eat · Worcester, MA · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Boston Affordable Housing Coalition (Massachusetts Alliance of Hud Tenant) · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Brockton Workers Alliance · Brockton, MA · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Bryce'S Journey · Hyde Park, MA · 2023
General operating support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.