Funding search · EIN 454072533 · Boston, MA

The Bigbird Fund

Name: The Bigbird Fund grants, 2022–2025
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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.

79
grants reported: $2.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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

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Top recipients

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Huntington Theatre Company4 grants · $1.7M
The Base2 grants · $100,000
Phoenix Charter Academy3 grants · $68,060
Site Santa Fe2 grants · $60,000
Aquidneck Land Trust4 grants · $40,000
Institute of Contemporary Art4 grants · $36,500
Massart - Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation3 grants · $31,750
Pioneer Institute2 grants · $30,000
Womens Foundation of Boston3 grants · $28,400
The Odyssey School1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$1.1M

2022

$766,650

2023

$246,875

2024

$174,941

2025

Grant history

All 79 reported grants, largest first.

$966,960
Huntington Theatre Company · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$625,000
Huntington Theatre Company · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$50,000
The Base · Roxbury, MA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Site Santa Fe · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
General support
$50,000
The Base · Roxbury, MA · 2022
General support
$40,000
Huntington Theatre Company · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$34,000
Huntington Theatre Company · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$28,060
Phoenix Charter Academy · Chelsea, MA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Arbor Brothers · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$25,000
Phoenix Charter Academy · Chelsea, MA · 2024
General support
$25,000
The Odyssey School · Timonium, MD · 2024
General support
$20,000
Pioneer Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Newport Festivals Foundation · Newport, RI · 2025
General support
$15,000
Institute of Contemporary Art · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$15,000
Phoenix Charter Academy · Chelsea, MA · 2023
General support
$13,400
Womens Foundation of Boston · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$13,000
Institute of Contemporary Art · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$11,750
Massart - Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Aquidneck Land Trust · Middletown, RI · 2025
General support
$10,000
Massart - Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Newton Wellesley Hospital · Newton, MA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Pioneer Institute · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$10,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$10,000
Aquidneck Land Trust · Middletown, RI · 2024
General support
$10,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Seal Legacy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
General support
$10,000
Site Santa Fe · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
General support
$10,000
Womens Foundation of Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Aquidneck Land Trust · Middletown, RI · 2023
General support
$10,000
Newport Festivals Foundation · Newport, RI · 2023
General support
$10,000
Aquidneck Land Trust · Middletown, RI · 2022
General support
$10,000
Massart - Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$10,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$8,400
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2025
General support
$7,500
Nativity Preparatory School of Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$7,500
Nativity Preparatory School of Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$6,000
Institute of Contemporary Art · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Norman Bird Sanctuary · Middletown, RI · 2025
General support
$5,000
Soccer Unity Project · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$5,000
The Camphill School · Glenmoore, PA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Boston Art Review · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Friends of Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Healthy Waltham · Waltham, MA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Horizons for Homeless Children · Roxbury, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Iamholdenon Inc (Dba Hope Givers) · Lagrange, GA · 2023
General support
$5,000
The Camphill School · Glenmoore, PA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Womens Foundation of Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
About Fresh · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Commonwealth Kitchen · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Newton Wellesley Hospital · Newton, MA · 2022
General support
$4,750
Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$3,875
Newton Wellesley Hospital · Newton, MA · 2024
General support
$3,500
The Philanthropy Connection · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General support
$3,000
The Norman Bird Sanctuary · Middletown, RI · 2024
General support
$2,650
Hms Medscience · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$2,500
Institute of Contemporary Art · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$2,500
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$2,500
Newton Wellesley Hospital · Newton, MA · 2023
General support
$2,500
York Land Trust · York, ME · 2023
General support
$2,500
Belmont High School · Belmont, MA · 2022
General support
$2,500
The Reaching Back Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$2,330
The Public Theater · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$2,250
Friends of the High Line · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$2,000
Rosie'S Place · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$1,500
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$1,500
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$1,001
Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund · Norton, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Gaining Ground · Concord, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
The Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Root North Shore · Salem, MA · 2023
General support
$1,000
The Philanthropy Connection · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General support
$1,000
United South End Settlements · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Crohns & Colitis Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,000
My Life My Choice · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$1,000
St Paul'S Episcopal Church · Brookline, MA · 2022
General support
$500
Newport Film · Newport, RI · 2024
General support

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