Funding search · EIN 263548021 · Needham, MA

The Bulens Family Foundation

Name: The Bulens Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

263
grants reported: $4.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
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

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.

Top recipients

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

Boston Childrens Hospital5 grants · $1.3M
Bellesini Academy6 grants · $584,400
Brigham & Women'S Hospital1 grant · $200,000
Family Services of the Merrimack Valley6 grants · $161,810
Drupal Association4 grants · $146,397
Lewis & Clark3 grants · $142,017
The Sports Museum4 grants · $125,200
Womens Fund of Essex County5 grants · $115,000
Notre Dame Cistro Rey High School4 grants · $105,200
Brigham & Womens Hospital1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$749,346

2022

$1.4M

2023

$956,393

2024

$1.2M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 263 grants.

$690,193
Boston Childrens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$370,000
Boston Childrens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025
General
$294,150
Bellesini Academy · Lawrence, MA · 2025
General
$262,000
Boston Childrens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$200,000
Brigham & Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$145,000
Bellesini Academy · Lawrence, MA · 2022
General
$100,000
Brigham & Womens Hospital · Somerville, MA · 2025
General
$100,000
Adelante Education Center · Lawrence, MA · 2024
General
$100,000
Family Services of the Merrimack Valley · Lawrence, MA · 2022
General
$95,000
Drupal Association · Portland, OR · 2024
General
$67,500
Bellesini Academy · Lawrence, MA · 2024
General
$62,500
Bellesini Academy · Lawrence, MA · 2023
General
$60,000
Lewis & Clark · Portland, OR · 2024
General
$57,017
Lewis & Clark · Portland, OR · 2025
General
$40,000
Merrimack Valley Ymca · Lawrence, MA · 2022
General
$35,600
The Sports Museum · Boston, MA · 2025
General
$35,600
The Sports Museum · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$35,000
Notre Dame Cistro Rey High School · Lawrence, MA · 2023
General
$35,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$34,000
The Sports Museum · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$30,000
Bagly · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$27,700
Family Services of the Merrimack Valley · Lawrence, MA · 2025
General
$26,000
Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence · Lawrence, MA · 2023
General
$25,580
Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence · Lawrence, MA · 2025
General
$25,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2025
General
$25,000
Drupal Association · Portland, OR · 2025
General
$25,000
Hopewell · Dedham, MA · 2025
General
$25,000
Womens Fund of Essex County · Danvers, MA · 2025
General
$25,000
Notre Dame Cistro Rey High School · Lawrence, MA · 2024
General
$25,000
West Parish Garden Cemetery · Andover, MA · 2024
General
$25,000
Womens Fund of Essex County · Danvers, MA · 2024
General
$25,000
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$25,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$25,000
Lewis & Clark · Portland, OR · 2023
General
$25,000
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$25,000
Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence · Lawrence, MA · 2022
General
$25,000
Drupal Association · Portland, OR · 2022
General
$25,000
Notre Dame Cistro Rey High School · Lawrence, MA · 2022
General
$25,000
Womens Fund of Essex County · Danvers, MA · 2022
General
$25,000
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$20,200
Notre Dame Cistro Rey High School · Lawrence, MA · 2025
General
$20,000
The Ellie Fund · Needham, MA · 2025
General
$20,000
Suffolk University · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$20,000
The Ellie Fund · Needham, MA · 2024
General
$20,000
Suffolk University · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$20,000
Womens Fund of Essex County · Danvers, MA · 2023
General
$20,000
Neighbors in Need · Andover, MA · 2022
General
$20,000
Suffolk University · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$20,000
The Sports Museum · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$20,000
Womens Fund of Essex County · Danvers, MA · 2022
General
$19,720
Lazarus House Ministries · Lawrence, MA · 2024
General
$17,550
Mechanica Llc · Newburyport, MA · 2022
General
$17,500
Do It for the Love · Oakland, CA · 2023
General
$17,000
Family Services of the Merrimack Valley · Lawrence, MA · 2024
General
$16,000
Cathedral High School · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$15,320
Lazarus House Ministries · Lawrence, MA · 2023
General
$15,000
Bagly · Boston, MA · 2025
General
$15,000
Hopewell · Dedham, MA · 2023
General
$15,000
West Parish Garden Cemetery · Andover, MA · 2023
General
$15,000
Lazarus House Ministries · Lawrence, MA · 2022
General
$15,000
St Ann'S Episcopal Church · Windham, ME · 2022
General
$14,678
West Parish Garden Cemetery · Andover, MA · 2025
General
$12,500
Ywca of Lawrence · Lawrence, MA · 2023
General
$12,500
Ywca of Lawrence · Lawrence, MA · 2022
General
$11,510
Family Services of the Merrimack Valley · Lawrence, MA · 2023
General
$11,000
Neighbors in Need · Andover, MA · 2023
General
$10,311
Umass Amherst Annual Fund · Amherst, MA · 2024
General
$10,266
Pan Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2024
General
$10,259
Umass Amherst Annual Fund · Amherst, MA · 2022
General
$10,250
Umass Amherst Annual Fund · Amherst, MA · 2023
General
$10,150
The Spirit of Adventure Council · Woburn, MA · 2023
General
$10,000
Lazarus House Ministries · Lawrence, MA · 2025
General
$10,000
Umass Amherst Annual Fund · Amherst, MA · 2025
General
$10,000
Cathedral High School · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$10,000
Express Yourself · Beverly, MA · 2024
General
$10,000
Cathedral High School · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$10,000
Sense Insights · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
Bellesini Academy · Lawrence, MA · 2022
General
$10,000
Boston Childrens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$10,000
Hopewell · Brooklandville, MD · 2022
General
$10,000
West Parish Garden Cemetery · Andover, MA · 2022
General
$8,825
Pan Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2023
General
$8,698
Neighbors in Need · Andover, MA · 2025
General
$8,212
Pan Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2025
General
$8,000
Ywca of Lawrence · Lawrence, MA · 2024
General
$7,580
Essex County Community Foundation · Beverly, MA · 2025
General
$7,500
Andover Center for History & Culture · Andover, MA · 2024
General
$7,500
Neighbors in Need · Andover, MA · 2024
General
$7,500
Andover Historical Society · Andover, MA · 2023
General
$7,500
Andover Historical Society · Andover, MA · 2022
General
$7,435
Pan Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2022
General
$6,200
Svc Club of Andover · Andover, MA · 2023
General
$6,000
Hawc · Salem, MA · 2022
General
$5,583
Givebutter · Wilmington, DE · 2023
General
$5,400
Adopt a Student · Worcester, MA · 2024
General
$5,400
The Ashley G Charitable Foundation · Pawleys Island, SC · 2022
General
$5,250
Bellesini Academy · Lawrence, MA · 2022
General
$5,150
Proctor Academy · Andover, MA · 2025
General
$5,125
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2025
General
$5,100
Proctor Academy · Andover, MA · 2024
General

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