Funding search · EIN 200922618 · Newton, MA

The Episode Foundation

Name: The Episode 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.

97
grants reported: $604,237
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,000
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

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.

The Institute of Contemporary Artboston3 grants · $130,000
Fidelity Charitable2 grants · $64,737
Institute of Contemporary Art Boston1 grant · $62,000
Artist for Humanity3 grants · $60,000
Grubstreet4 grants · $40,000
Boston Ballet3 grants · $25,000
Esplanade Association2 grants · $20,000
Nahant Historical Society2 grants · $20,000
Boston Art Review1 grant · $15,000
The Record Co3 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$291,000

2022

$186,237

2023

$127,000

2024

Grant history

All 97 reported grants, largest first.

$62,000
Institute of Contemporary Art Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable gift
$57,609
Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Charitable gift
$50,000
The Institute of Contemporary Artboston · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable gift
$40,000
The Institute of Contemporary Artboston · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$40,000
The Institute of Contemporary Artboston · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$20,000
Artist for Humanity · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable gift
$20,000
Artist for Humanity · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$20,000
Artist for Humanity · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$15,000
Boston Art Review · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable gift
$10,000
Boston Public Art Triennial · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable gift
$10,000
Brimmer and May School · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024
Charitable gift
$10,000
Grubstreet · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable gift
$10,000
Massart Art Museum · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable gift
$10,000
Grubstreet · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable gift
$10,000
Now There · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable gift
$10,000
Boston Ballet · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$10,000
Boston Ballet · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$10,000
Esplanade Association · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$10,000
Esplanade Association · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$10,000
Grubstreet · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$10,000
Grubstreet · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$10,000
Nahant Historical Society · Nahant, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$10,000
Nahant Historical Society · Nahant, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$7,128
Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Charitable gift
$5,000
Georgtown University · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable gift
$5,000
American Repertory Theater · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Charitable gift
$5,000
Boston Ballet · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable gift
$5,000
Georgtown University · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable gift
$5,000
Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable gift
$5,000
The Record Co · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable gift
$5,000
Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$5,000
Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$5,000
The Record Co · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$5,000
The Record Co · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$3,000
Trustees of Tufts University · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable gift
$2,500
Brimmer and May School · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2023
Charitable gift
$2,000
The Associates of the Boston Public Library · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable gift
$2,000
Boston Public Library · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable gift
$2,000
Cradles & Crayons · Newtonville, MA · 2023
Charitable gift
$2,000
American Repertory Theater · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$2,000
American Repertory Theater · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$2,000
My Brother Table · Lynn, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$2,000
My Brother Table · Lynn, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$2,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$2,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$2,000
Perkins School for the Blind · Watertown, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$2,000
Perkins School for the Blind · Watertown, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$2,000
Rosie'S Place · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$2,000
Rosie'S Place · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$2,000
The Eliot School · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
Charitable giftcharitable gift
$2,000
The Eliot School · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
Charitable giftcharitable gift
$2,000
The Farm School · Athol, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$2,000
The Farm School · Athol, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$2,000
The Old Schwamb Mill · Arlington, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$2,000
The Old Schwamb Mill · Arlington, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Arts After Hours · Lynn, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Arts After Hours · Lynn, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Boston Harbor Now · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Boston Harbor Now · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of America Lynn Ma · Lynn, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of America Lynn Ma · Lynn, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of America South Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of America South Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Environment Ma · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Environment Ma · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Friends of Nahant Library · Nahant, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Friends of Nahant Library · Nahant, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Georgtown University · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Georgtown University · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Kula Hospital · Kula, HI · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Kula Hospital · Kula, HI · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Lynn Museumlynnarts · Lynn, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Lynn Museumlynnarts · Lynn, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Mass Institue of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Mass Institue of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Mercy Ships · Garden Valley, TX · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Mercy Ships · Garden Valley, TX · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Save the Harborsave the Bay · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Save the Harborsave the Bay · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
South Boston Health Center · South Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
South Boston Health Center · South Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
The Home of Little Wanderers · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
The Home of Little Wanderers · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
The Italian Home for Children · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
The Italian Home for Children · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$500
Nahant Swim · Nahant, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$500
Nahant Swim · Nahant, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$500
Wbur · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$500
Wbur · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$500
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift
$500
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable gift

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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.