Funding search · EIN 854148852 · Boston, MA

The 72 Fund

Name: The 72 Fund grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

15
grants reported: $6.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $250,000
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 “chien” · $2.6M

$800,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Donovan-chien family professorship
$1.8M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Donovan-chien family professorship

Grant history

All 15 reported grants, largest first.

$1.8M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Donovan-chien family professorship
$1.5M
Kingsley Montessori School · Boston, MA · 2024
Purchase of new school building
$1.0M
Unicef USA · Washington, DC · 2022
Ukraine war effort
$800,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Donovan-chien family professorship
$400,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Harvard medical school's general purpose fund
$300,000
Unicef USA · Washington, DC · 2023
International humanitarian aid
$250,000
Unicef USA · Washington, DC · 2024
Unicef heart strings grant
$250,000
Unicef USA · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable purposes
$160,000
Esperanza Academy · Lawrence, MA · 2023
Music therapy
$100,000
Esperanza Academy · Lawrence, MA · 2024
Ready to rise comprehensive campaign - esperanza grant
$100,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Benazir graduate leadership program fund
$49,000
The Joey Fund · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$30,000
Unicef USA · Washington, DC · 2023
Youth led action
$24,000
Kingsley Montessori School · Boston, MA · 2024
Strategic consulting for campaign
$10,000
Unicef USA · Washington, DC · 2023
Earthquake relief

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.