Funding search · EIN 205702918 · Weston, MA
Inner Spark Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 72
- grants reported
- $1.8M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $10,300
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Project Glimmer4 grants · $350,338
- Camp No Limits4 grants · $320,000
- Coro4 grants · $225,000
- Meals On Wheels Sf4 grants · $145,500
- Babson College8 grants · $140,000
- Homeless Prenatal Program4 grants · $131,316
- Uc Berkeley4 grants · $110,000
- Explrdept of Education2 grants · $65,000
- Tenacity5 grants · $60,000
- Ticket To Dream4 grants · $41,190
Giving over time
Grant history
All 72 reported grants, largest first.
- $100,000
Camp No Limits · Wales, ME · 2024
General Support
- $100,000
Project Glimmer · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Support
- $100,000
Camp No Limits · Wales, ME · 2023
General Support
- $100,000
Project Glimmer · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General Support
- $75,338
Project Glimmer · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General Support
- $75,000
Coro · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Support
- $75,000
Project Glimmer · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Support
- $60,000
Camp No Limits · Wales, ME · 2022
General Support
- $60,000
Camp No Limits · Wales, ME · 2021
General Support
- $50,000
Coro · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General Support
- $50,000
Coro · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Support
- $50,000
Babson College · Babson Park, MA · 2021
General Support
- $50,000
Coro · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General Support
- $50,000
Meals On Wheels Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General Support
- $40,000
Uc Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General Support
- $40,000
Explrdept of Education · Washington, DC · 2023
STEM Festival
- $37,500
Meals On Wheels Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Support
- $35,000
Homeless Prenatal Program · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Support
- $35,000
Homeless Prenatal Program · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General Support
- $31,316
Homeless Prenatal Program · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Support
- $30,000
Uc Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Cal Tennis
- $30,000
Homeless Prenatal Program · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General Support
- $30,000
Meals On Wheels Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General Support
- $30,000
Uc Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Cal Tennis
- $30,000
Babson College · Babson Park, MA · 2022
General Support
- $28,000
Meals On Wheels Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Support
- $25,000
Explrdept of Education · Washington, DC · 2024
STEM Festival
- $25,000
Wwcf - Holiday Heroes · Palo Alto, CA · 2021
General Support
- $15,000
Newton Wellesly Hospital Fdn · Newton, MA · 2024
General Support
- $15,000
Tenacity · Boston, MA · 2023
General Support
- $15,000
Tenacity · Boston, MA · 2022
General Support
- $15,000
Tenacity · Boston, MA · 2021
General Support
- $10,300
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
General Support
- $10,300
Land Sake'S Farm · Weston, MA · 2023
General Support
- $10,300
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2023
General Support
- $10,300
Ticket To Dream · Roseville, CA · 2023
General Support
- $10,300
Ticket To Dream · Roseville, CA · 2022
General Support
- $10,300
Ticket To Dream · Roseville, CA · 2021
General Support
- $10,290
Ticket To Dream · Roseville, CA · 2024
General Support
- $10,000
Babson College · Babson Park, MA · 2024
Swimming Program
- $10,000
Babson College · Babson Park, MA · 2024
Carol Hacker Student Fund
- $10,000
Babson College · Babson Park, MA · 2024
CWEL Board
- $10,000
Tenacity · Boston, MA · 2024
General Support
- $10,000
Babson College · Babson Park, MA · 2023
Swimming Program
- $10,000
Babson College · Babson Park, MA · 2023
CWEL Board
- $10,000
Babson College · Babson Park, MA · 2023
Carol Hacker Student Fund
- $10,000
Emerald Necklace Conservation · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
General Support
- $10,000
Wender Weis Fdn for Children · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Holiday Heroes
- $10,000
Emerald Necklace Conservation · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
General Support
- $10,000
Emerald Necklace Conservation · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2021
General Support
- $10,000
Uc Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2021
General Support
- $8,000
San Francisco Historical Society · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General Support
- $7,500
San Francisco Historical Society · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Support
- $5,750
San Francisco Historical Society · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General Support
- $5,150
Land Sake'S Farm · Weston, MA · 2024
General Support
- $5,113
America'S Charities · Chantilly, VA · 2023
Play Without Limits Program
- $5,000
San Francisco Historical Society · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Support
- $5,000
Tenacity · Boston, MA · 2024
General Support
- $5,000
Harper for Kids · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General Support
- $5,000
Smith Farm at Borderland State Park · Norton, MA · 2021
General Support
- $4,060
Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Support
- $4,060
Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General Support
- $3,680
Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Support
- $3,000
Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2022
General Support
- $2,500
Wender Weis Fdn for Children · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Holiday Heroes
- $2,000
Harper for Kids · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Support
- $2,000
Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General Support
- $2,000
Xaverian Brothers High School · Westwood, MA · 2021
General Support
- $1,500
Stonehill College Center · Easton, MA · 2021
General Support
- $1,000
Usf · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Leo McCarthy Center
- $513
Pan-Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2024
General Support
- $500
Uc San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Support
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