Funding search · EIN 046004808 · Boston, MA

The Devonshire Foundation

Name: The Devonshire Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

134
grants reported: $9.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
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.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Bikes Not Bombs2 grants · $510,000
United South End Settlements3 grants · $471,200
College Bound Dorchester2 grants · $450,000
Breaktime2 grants · $445,000
Silver Lining Mentoring4 grants · $410,000
Manomet3 grants · $401,000
The Loop Lab3 grants · $375,000
Coaching for Change3 grants · $332,500
Tech Goes Home Incorporated1 grant · $290,471
Friends of the Children Boston2 grants · $280,000

Giving over time

$3.3M

2022

$3.1M

2023

$3.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 134 grants.

$300,000
College Bound Dorchester · Dorchester, MA · 2022
College bound dorchester's three-year grant will support creating and sustaining the uncornered apprenticeship program. This program will recruit and train individuals who have participated in the uncornered program to … read allCollege bound dorchester's three-year grant will support creating and sustaining the uncornered apprenticeship program. This program will recruit and train individuals who have participated in the uncornered program to become professional community-based mentors. less
$290,471
Tech Goes Home Incorporated · Boston, MA · 2024
Tech goes home's three-year grant supports expansion of their development and earned revenue teams to increase fundraising and earned revenue income. The grant will help tech goes home build internal capacity to support… read allTech goes home's three-year grant supports expansion of their development and earned revenue teams to increase fundraising and earned revenue income. The grant will help tech goes home build internal capacity to support long-term expansion and deepen their impact. less
$279,600
Boston Food Forest Coalition · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
Three-year grant to support building out a fully staffed development department with the tools needed to support and increase fundraising efforts and sustainability.
$275,000
Friends of the Children Boston · Roxbury, MA · 2023
Friends of the children, boston's three-year grant supports increasing their fundraising capacity and resiliency, to increase fundraising by 50% over the next five years. Throughout the grant period, friends of the chil… read allFriends of the children, boston's three-year grant supports increasing their fundraising capacity and resiliency, to increase fundraising by 50% over the next five years. Throughout the grant period, friends of the children, boston aims to double the number of youth and families served. less
$275,000
Bikes Not Bombs · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
Three-year grant supports increasing staff capacity to double the number of youth served and increase annual fundraising capacity.
$253,400
Tech Goes Home · Boston, MA · 2023
Tech goes home's three-year grant supports expansion of their development and earned revenue teams to increase fundraising and earned revenue income. The grant will help tech goes home build internal capacity to support… read allTech goes home's three-year grant supports expansion of their development and earned revenue teams to increase fundraising and earned revenue income. The grant will help tech goes home build internal capacity to support long-term expansion and deepen their impact. less
$251,000
United South End Settlements · Boston, MA · 2024
United south end settlements' (uses) three-year grant supports uses's financial sustainability through improved fundraising and earned revenue. The grant supports development staffing needs, upgrading uses's website and… read allUnited south end settlements' (uses) three-year grant supports uses's financial sustainability through improved fundraising and earned revenue. The grant supports development staffing needs, upgrading uses's website and working with a government affairs and relations consultant. less
$250,000
Friends of the Children-Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Three-year grant supports increasing fundraising capacity.
$250,000
Urban Farming Institute · Mattapan, MA · 2024
Three-year grant supports building their internal capacity to strengthen fundraising, finance and marketing infrastructure allowing the organization to grow overall revenue and fundraising.
$249,843
Third Sector New England (Mattapan Food and Fitness) · Mattapan, MA · 2024
Three-year grant supports program, operations, and development staff hires to help expand mffc's programmatic reach and increase fundraising
$240,000
Breaktime · Boston, MA · 2022
Three-year capacity building grant to support breaktime's statewide expansion through building organizational capacity and increased development efforts.
$235,000
Bikes Not Bombs · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
Three-year grant supports increasing staff capacity to double the number of youth served and increase annual fundraising capacity.
$215,200
United South End Settlements · Boston, MA · 2023
United south end settlements' (uses) three-year grant supports uses's financial sustainability through improved fundraising and earned revenue. The grant supports development staffing needs, upgrading uses's website and… read allUnited south end settlements' (uses) three-year grant supports uses's financial sustainability through improved fundraising and earned revenue. The grant supports development staffing needs, upgrading uses's website and working with a government affairs and relations consultant. less
$210,000
Manomet · Plymouth, MA · 2022
Manomets three-year grant supports embedding dei into its education and outreach work, and to develop a sustainably funded pipeline into conservation, sustainability, and ornithology careers for diverse students and ear… read allManomets three-year grant supports embedding dei into its education and outreach work, and to develop a sustainably funded pipeline into conservation, sustainability, and ornithology careers for diverse students and early career professionals. less
$205,000
Breaktime · Boston, MA · 2023
Three-year capacity building grant to support breaktime's statewide expansion through building organizational capacity and increased development efforts.
$200,000
Science Club for Girls · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Three-year grant supports the development, operations, and communications teams to increase fundraising and support operational infrastructure.
$200,000
Young Man With a Plan · Boston, MA · 2024
Three-year grant supports development and operations staff hires to help increase fundraising and the number of young men served
$200,000
Ywca Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
Yw bostons three-year multi-year grant supports doubling inclusionbostons program revenue, and enabling yw to increase the number of organizations that participate in inclusionboston by at least 100%.
$195,000
Coaching for Change · Taunton, MA · 2023
Coaching for change's three-year grant supports the hiring of a director of development, the implementation of a learning management system and systems integration throughout the grant period, c4c aims to increase fundr… read allCoaching for change's three-year grant supports the hiring of a director of development, the implementation of a learning management system and systems integration throughout the grant period, c4c aims to increase fundraising revenue by 50% and improve organizational efficiency. less
$190,000
Manomet · Plymouth, MA · 2023
Manomets three-year grant supports embedding dei into its education and outreach work, and to develop a sustainably funded pipeline into conservation, sustainability, and ornithology careers for diverse students and ear… read allManomets three-year grant supports embedding dei into its education and outreach work, and to develop a sustainably funded pipeline into conservation, sustainability, and ornithology careers for diverse students and early career professionals. less
$185,000
Silver Lining Mentoring · Boston, MA · 2022
Silver lining mentorings (slm) three-year grant supports increasing its communications capacity to meet the mentor recruitment and fundraising goals.
$180,000
Breaktime United · Boston, MA · 2024
Three-year capacity building grant to support breaktime's statewide expansion through building organizational capacity and increased development efforts.
$175,000
The Loop Lab · Cambridge, MA · 2022
The loop lab's (tll) three-year, capacity building grant supports expanding tll's income earning production capacity and significantly enhancing development efforts, enabling tll to increase the annual number of media a… read allThe loop lab's (tll) three-year, capacity building grant supports expanding tll's income earning production capacity and significantly enhancing development efforts, enabling tll to increase the annual number of media arts apprentices they graduate. less
$164,885
Trustees of Boston University Dba Wbur · Boston, MA · 2023
Wbur's three-year grant supports building the reporting capacity of earthwhile, wbur's environmental journalism vertical and increasing earthwhile's audience engagement through a newsletter and events.
$161,539
Trustees of Boston University (Wbur) · Boston, MA · 2022
Wbur's three-year grant supports building the reporting capacity of earthwhile, wbur's environmental journalism vertical and increasing earthwhile's audience engagement through a newsletter and events.
$155,000
Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust · Lowell, MA · 2024
Three-year grant supports development, operations and program staff hires to help increase fundraising and expand programmatic reach.
$150,000
College Bound Dorchester · Dorchester, MA · 2023
College bound dorchester's three-year grant will support creating and sustaining the uncornered apprenticeship program. This program will recruit and train individuals who have participated in the uncornered program to … read allCollege bound dorchester's three-year grant will support creating and sustaining the uncornered apprenticeship program. This program will recruit and train individuals who have participated in the uncornered program to become professional community-based mentors. less
$150,000
Silver Lining Mentoring · Boston, MA · 2023
Silver lining mentorings (slm) three-year grant supports increasing its communications capacity to meet the mentor recruitment and fundraising goals.
$145,000
Chica Project · Quincy, MA · 2022
Chica project's three-year grant supports increasing the staff capacity needed to increase the number of young underserved latinas and other young women of color and expand the program to other communities.
$130,000
Fathers' Uplift · Dorchester, MA · 2022
Fathers' uplift's three-year grant supports enabling its facilities, services, and clinicians to become carf certified and to increase staff and the manualization of its approach, with an overall goals of increasing ear… read allFathers' uplift's three-year grant supports enabling its facilities, services, and clinicians to become carf certified and to increase staff and the manualization of its approach, with an overall goals of increasing earned revenue and building the capacity of its operations. less
$127,500
Coaching for Change · Taunton, MA · 2024
Coaching for change's three-year grant supports the hiring of a director of development, the implementation of a learning management system and systems integration throughout the grant period, c4c aims to increase fundr… read allCoaching for change's three-year grant supports the hiring of a director of development, the implementation of a learning management system and systems integration throughout the grant period, c4c aims to increase fundraising revenue by 50% and improve organizational efficiency. less
$125,000
Building Audacity · Lynn, MA · 2022
Building audacity's three-year grant supports overall fundraising and the hiring the strategic partnerships director to help scale building audacity's, on the grow program.
$125,000
Mystic River Watershed Association · Arlington, MA · 2022
Mystic river watershed association's (myrwa) three-year grant supports myrwa to build a more robust annual giving program, and to put myrwa in a position to be able to articulate the importance of this work for all of i… read allMystic river watershed association's (myrwa) three-year grant supports myrwa to build a more robust annual giving program, and to put myrwa in a position to be able to articulate the importance of this work for all of its community members. less
$120,000
The Loop Lab · Cambridge, MA · 2023
The loop lab's (tll) three-year, capacity building grant supports expanding tll's income earning production capacity and significantly enhancing development efforts, enabling tll to increase the annual number of media a… read allThe loop lab's (tll) three-year, capacity building grant supports expanding tll's income earning production capacity and significantly enhancing development efforts, enabling tll to increase the annual number of media arts apprentices they graduate. less
$120,000
Hale · Westwood, MA · 2022
Hale's three-year, capacity building grant supports building hales digital presence through a new website, accessible applications, and targeted communications.
$100,000
Building Audacity · Lynn, MA · 2023
Building audacity's three-year grant supports overall fundraising and the hiring the strategic partnerships director to help scale building audacity's, on the grow program.
$100,000
Chica Project · Quincy, MA · 2023
Chica project's three-year grant supports increasing the staff capacity needed to increase the number of young underserved latinas and other young women of color and expand the program to other communities.
$100,000
Doc Wayne Youth Services · Boston, MA · 2022
Doc waynes three-year grant supports continuing to solidify the launch of the champions network, empowering positive youth development professionals across communities with skills to support the mental health of youth i… read allDoc waynes three-year grant supports continuing to solidify the launch of the champions network, empowering positive youth development professionals across communities with skills to support the mental health of youth in their care. less
$100,000
Louis D Brown Peace Institute · Dorchester, MA · 2022
The louis d. Brown peace institute's three-year grant supports increasing board capacity and staff sustainability, developing and monetizing products and increasing its overall earned income.
$80,000
The Loop Lab · Cambridge, MA · 2024
The loop lab's (tll) three-year, capacity building grant supports expanding tll's income earning production capacity and significantly enhancing development efforts, enabling tll to increase the annual number of media a… read allThe loop lab's (tll) three-year, capacity building grant supports expanding tll's income earning production capacity and significantly enhancing development efforts, enabling tll to increase the annual number of media arts apprentices they graduate. less
$80,000
Doc Wayne Youth Services · Boston, MA · 2023
Doc waynes three-year grant supports continuing to solidify the launch of the champions network, empowering positive youth development professionals across communities with skills to support the mental health of youth i… read allDoc waynes three-year grant supports continuing to solidify the launch of the champions network, empowering positive youth development professionals across communities with skills to support the mental health of youth in their care. less
$75,000
Mystic River Watershed Association · Arlington, MA · 2023
Mystic river watershed association's (myrwa) three-year grant supports myrwa to build a more robust annual giving program, and to put myrwa in a position to be able to articulate the importance of this work for all of i… read allMystic river watershed association's (myrwa) three-year grant supports myrwa to build a more robust annual giving program, and to put myrwa in a position to be able to articulate the importance of this work for all of its community members. less
$75,000
Origination Cultural Arts Center · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
Origination's three-year grant supports hiring development staff to increase fundraising and manage development efforts.
$75,000
Origination Cultural Arts Center · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
Origination's three-year grant supports hiring development staff to increase fundraising and manage development efforts.
$70,000
Ace · Roxbury, MA · 2023
Three-year grant supports increasing internal financial control and infrastructure.
$70,000
Hale · Westwood, MA · 2023
Hale's three-year, capacity building grant supports building hales digital presence through a new website, accessible applications, and targeted communications.
$70,000
Ace · Roxbury, MA · 2022
Three-year grant supports increasing internal financial control and infrastructure.
$70,000
Company One Theatre · Boston, MA · 2022
Company one's three-year grant supports an increase in fundraising and earned revenue. Through this grant, company one will expand its in-school and community program as well as increase its individual donor base.
$60,000
Medicine Wheel Productions · Boston, MA · 2022
Grant to support hiring process for executive staff
$55,000
Building Audacity · Lynn, MA · 2024
Building audacity's three-year grant supports overall fundraising and the hiring the strategic partnerships director to help scale building audacity's, on the grow program.
$50,000
Roca · Chelsea, MA · 2024
Matching grant
$50,000
Louis D Brown Peace Institute · Dorchester, MA · 2023
Matching grant
$50,000
Mystic River Watershed Association · Arlington, MA · 2023
Matching grant
$50,000
Silver Lining Mentoring · Boston, MA · 2023
Matching grant
$50,000
Social Innovation Forum · Boston, MA · 2023
Environmental justice track partner
$50,000
Greenroots · Chelsea, MA · 2022
Matching grant
$50,000
Social Innovation Forum · Boston, MA · 2022
Environmental justice track partner
$50,000
Social Innovation Forum · Boston, MA · 2022
Matching grant
$47,754
The Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Distribution for the devonshire foundation's board member donor advisory account
$30,000
Louis D Brown Peace Institute · Dorchester, MA · 2024
Matching grant
$25,000
College for Social Innovation · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$25,000
Fathers' Uplift · Dorchester, MA · 2024
Matching grant
$25,000
Institute for Nonprofit Practice · Needham, MA · 2024
Matching grant
$25,000
Social Innovation Forum · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$25,000
The Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Distribution for the devonshire foundation's board member donor advisory account
$25,000
Ywca Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$25,000
Building Audacity · Lynn, MA · 2023
Building audacity's three-year grant supports overall fundraising and the hiring the strategic partnerships director to help scale building audacity's, on the grow program.
$25,000
Company One Theatre · Boston, MA · 2023
Matching grant
$25,000
Louis D Brown Peace Institute · Dorchester, MA · 2022
Matching grant
$25,000
Mystic River Watershed Association · Arlington, MA · 2022
Matching grant
$25,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Arboretum Youth Scientists) · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Matching grant
$25,000
Silver Lining Mentoring · Boston, MA · 2022
Matching grant
$20,000
Hale Education · Westwood, MA · 2024
Hale's three-year, capacity building grant supports building hales digital presence through a new website, accessible applications, and targeted communications.
$20,000
Philanthropy Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2024
Gma environmental justice collaborative fund
$16,779
Tufts University · Medford, MA · 2024
Distribution for xanthaky memorial scholarship fund
$16,411
Tufts University · Medford, MA · 2023
Distribution for xanthaky memorial scholarship fund
$15,805
Tufts University · Medford, MA · 2024
Distribution for xanthaky memorial scholarship fund
$15,000
Chica Project · Quincy, MA · 2024
Matching grant
$14,923
Tufts University · Medford, MA · 2023
Distribution for xanthaky memorial scholarship fund
$13,000
Philanthropy Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2023
Annual membership
$12,750
Philanthropy Ma · Boston, MA · 2022
Annual membership
$11,990
Tufts University · Medford, MA · 2022
Distribution for xanthaky memorial scholarship fund
$10,990
Tufts University · Medford, MA · 2022
Distribution for xanthaky memorial scholarship fund
$10,000
Browning the Green Space · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$10,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$10,000
Elevated Thought · Lawrence, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$10,000
Resist (Boston Climate Action Network) · Boston, MA · 2024
One-year grant to support general operating.
$10,000
Sociedad Latina · Roxbury, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$10,000
Boys and Girls Club of Boston (Youthconnect) · Boston, MA · 2022
One-time, matching grant for youthconnect's annual breakfast
$10,000
Cambridge Camping Association · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
Coaching for Change · Taunton, MA · 2022
One-year grant to support general operating.
$10,000
Science Club for Girls · Cambridge, MA · 2022
One-year grant to support general operating.
$10,000
The Preparatory Inc (Young Man With a Plan) · Boston, MA · 2022
One-year grant to support general operating.
$10,000
Third Sector New England (Mattapan Food and Fitness) · Mattapan, MA · 2022
One-year grant to support general operating.
$8,975
Philanthropy Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2024
Annual membership
$8,593
American Foreign Service Association Scholarship Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Distribution for xanthaky memorial scholarship fund
$8,009
American Foreign Service Association Scholarship Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Distribution for xanthaky memorial scholarship fund
$7,458
American Foreign Service Association · Washington, DC · 2023
Distribution for xanthaky memorial scholarship fund
$6,943
American Foreign Service Association · Washington, DC · 2023
Distribution for xanthaky memorial scholarship fund
$6,132
American Foreign Service Association · Washington, DC · 2022
Distribution for xanthaky memorial scholarship fund

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