Funding search · EIN 237423946 · Boston, MA

Lincoln & Therese Filene Foundation

Name: Lincoln & Therese Filene 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.

143
grants reported: $5.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
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.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts3 grants · $2.3M
Skidmore College3 grants · $525,000
The Neighborhood Developers3 grants · $120,000
Jewish Vocational Services3 grants · $105,000
Found in Translation3 grants · $80,000
Ria House3 grants · $75,000
Bill of Rights Institute2 grants · $70,000
Friends of the Children-Boston3 grants · $60,000
Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice2 grants · $60,000
Generation Citizen3 grants · $60,000

Giving over time

$2.1M

2022

$1.4M

2023

$1.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 143 grants.

$1.2M
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts · Vienna, VA · 2022
Building improvement costs at the park
$550,000
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts · Vienna, VA · 2024
Building project; wolf trap opera, filene artist residence, wto career grants, institute for early learning through the arts, virginia expansion:teaching artist training and recruitment
$550,000
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts · Vienna, VA · 2023
Building project; wolf trap opera, filene artist residence, wto career grants, institute for early learning through the arts, virginia expansion:teaching artist training and recruitment
$175,000
Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024
Filene music program
$175,000
Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
Filene music program
$175,000
Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
Filene music scholarship/helen filene ladd concert h
$45,000
Bill of Rights Institute · Arlington, VA · 2023
Professional development for boston area teachers
$40,000
Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice · Boston, MA · 2024
Expanding access to justice in boston
$40,000
The Neighborhood Developers · Chelsea, MA · 2024
Connect one-on-one financial and employment coaching program
$40,000
The Neighborhood Developers · Chelsea, MA · 2023
Connect one-on-one financial and employment coaching program
$40,000
The Neighborhood Developers · Chelsea, MA · 2022
Connect's one-on-one financial coaching program
$36,000
Sportsmen'S Tennis & Enrichment Center · Dorchester, MA · 2022
School to sportsmen's program
$35,000
Jewish Vocational Services · Boston, MA · 2024
Nurses aid and pharmacy technician training programs
$35,000
Jewish Vocational Services · Boston, MA · 2023
Nurses aid and pharmacy technician training programs
$35,000
Jewish Vocational Services · Boston, MA · 2022
Nurses aid and pharmacy technician training programs
$30,000
Found in Translation · Boston, MA · 2024
Language access fellowship
$30,000
Meryl'S Safe Haven · Worcester, MA · 2024
To support meryl's safe haven inc.
$25,000
Bill of Rights Institute · Arlington, VA · 2024
Professional development for boston area teachers
$25,000
Friends of the Children-Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Professional mentoring for high-risk youth
$25,000
Ria House · Framingham, MA · 2024
Clinical therapy services for human trafficking survivors
$25,000
Found in Translation · Boston, MA · 2023
Language access fellowship
$25,000
My Life My Choice a Program of Justice Resource · Boston, MA · 2023
Survivor empowerment initiative: bridging the gap to adulthood
$25,000
Ria House · Framingham, MA · 2023
Clinical therapy services for human trafficking survivors
$25,000
Berks County Community Foundation · Reading, PA · 2022
Fund for ednannia ukraine relief
$25,000
Found in Translation · Boston, MA · 2022
Language access fellowship
$25,000
Ria House · Framingham, MA · 2022
Sisters leading sisters:clinical services
$25,000
United Help Ukraine · Gaithersburg, MD · 2022
Support for the ukraine relief efforts
$20,570
Primary Source · Watertown, MA · 2024
Investigating history:foundation for civic life
$20,000
Boston Casa · Boston, MA · 2024
Increasing boston casa's impact on traditional aged youth
$20,000
Boston College High School · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable contribution engaging diverse hs youth as volunteers in english and citizenship classes for adult immigrants
$20,000
Children'S Advocacy Center of Suffolk County · Boston, MA · 2024
Support to end exploitation now
$20,000
Discovering Justice · Boston, MA · 2024
Delivering impactful mock trial and mock appeal programs to students across greater boston
$20,000
Elevated Thought · Lawrence, MA · 2024
I am art. I am change apprenticeship
$20,000
Empath · Boston, MA · 2024
Abbot house
$20,000
Generation Citizen · New York, NY · 2024
Boston action civics education
$20,000
Playworks Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2024
Juinor coach leadership program serving vulnerable students at high need boston elementary schools
$20,000
Project Citizen · Calabasas, CA · 2024
Citizenship services and education for eastern massachusetts
$20,000
The Connecticut Democracy Center · Hartford, CT · 2024
To support the connecticut demorcracy center
$20,000
Zumix · East Boston, MA · 2024
94.9 fm zumix radio
$20,000
Boston Casa · Boston, MA · 2023
Increasing boston casa's impact on traditional aged youth
$20,000
Brookline Interactive Group · Brookline, MA · 2023
Civic brookline
$20,000
Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Financial fitness parties
$20,000
Children'S Advocacy Center of Suffolk County · Boston, MA · 2023
Support to end exploitation now
$20,000
Empath · Boston, MA · 2023
Abbot house
$20,000
Friends of the Children-Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
Professional mentoring for high-risk youth
$20,000
Generation Citizen · New York, NY · 2023
Boston action civics education
$20,000
Icivics · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Private 1: new civics resource for ma students
$20,000
La Colaborativa · Chelsea, MA · 2023
Year round jobs - apprenticeship program
$20,000
Primary Source · Watertown, MA · 2023
Investigating history:foundation for civic life
$20,000
Project Citizen · Calabasas, CA · 2023
Citizenship services and education for eastern massachusetts
$20,000
Sportsmen'S Tennis & Enrichment Center · Dorchester, MA · 2023
School to sportsmen's program
$20,000
Zumix · East Boston, MA · 2023
94.9 fm zumix radio
$20,000
Ascentria Community Services · Worcester, MA · 2022
Trafficking immigration legal assisstance program
$20,000
Discovering Justice · Boston, MA · 2022
Delivering impactful mock trial and mock appeal programs to students across greater boston
$20,000
Economic Mobility Pathways · Boston, MA · 2022
Abbot house -supportive housing for young mothers and their children
$20,000
Entrepreneurship for All · Lowell, MA · 2022
General fund
$20,000
Generation Citizen · New York, NY · 2022
Boston action civics education
$20,000
Icivics · Cambridge, MA · 2022
High school curriculum expansion: the executive branch of government
$20,000
La Colaborativa · Chelsea, MA · 2022
Year round jobs - apprenticeship program
$20,000
Maine Boys To Men · Portland, ME · 2022
Expanding youth access to reducing sexism and violence program (rsvp) to the greater boston area through delivery of training institute
$20,000
Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice · Boston, MA · 2022
Expanding access to justice in boston
$20,000
Victim Rights Law Center · Boston, MA · 2022
Survivors legal access fund for emergency grants
$20,000
Welcome Project · Somerville, MA · 2022
English for parents(efp)
$19,000
Zumix · East Boston, MA · 2022
94.9 fm zumix radio
$18,500
Primary Source · Watertown, MA · 2022
Inspiring civic engagement and democratic discourse through studying the voices and movements of the ongoing struggle for black liberation
$15,000
Boston Day and Evening Academy · Roxbury, MA · 2024
To support boston day and evening academy
$15,000
Boy'S and Girls Club of Dorchester · Dorchester, MA · 2024
Support of music therapy program
$15,000
Courageous Sailing · Boston, MA · 2024
Swim sail science program
$15,000
Julie'S Family Learning Program · Boston, MA · 2024
To support julie's family learning program
$15,000
League of Women Voters of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2024
Citizen education fund
$15,000
Making Music Matters · West Roxbury, MA · 2024
Making music matters ensemble
$15,000
Musiconnects · Roslindale, MA · 2024
Education programs
$15,000
Potencia · Malden, MA · 2024
Volunteer civic leadership training
$15,000
Read To a Child · Wellesley, MA · 2024
Read aloud mentoring program
$15,000
Boston Education Development Foundation · Roxbury, MA · 2023
Making music matters
$15,000
Boy'S and Girls Club of Dorchester · Dorchester, MA · 2023
Support of music therapy program
$15,000
Casa Myrna Vazquez · Boston, MA · 2023
Shelter & supportive services for domestic violence survivors and their children
$15,000
Courageous Sailing · Boston, MA · 2023
Swim sail science program
$15,000
Longy School of Music of Bard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Music as a healing art certificate
$15,000
Love Life Now Foundation · Avon, MA · 2023
The get safe fund
$15,000
Musiconnects · Roslindale, MA · 2023
Education programs
$15,000
Read To a Child · Wellesley, MA · 2023
Read aloud mentoring program
$15,000
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Project "home safe"
$15,000
Casa Myrna Vazquez · Boston, MA · 2022
Childrens services
$15,000
Friends of the Children-Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
Professional mentoring for high-risk youth
$15,000
Musiconnects · Roslindale, MA · 2022
Residency program
$15,000
Project Citizen · Calabasas, CA · 2022
Increase the naturalization rate in new england, with a focus on the most vulnerable and disadvantaged populations
$15,000
Suffolk University Law School · Boston, MA · 2022
The marshall-brennen constitutional literacy program
$13,700
Lower Cape Community Access Television · North Eastham, MA · 2022
Kidsnews22
$12,500
Shelter Music Boston · Arlington, MA · 2022
Classical music concerts in boston area homeless shelters, recovery centers, and after school programs
$12,000
826 Boston · Roxbury, MA · 2024
Amplifying youth vocie through after school writing and tutoring
$10,000
Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2024
Contribution for longy school of music at bard
$10,000
Boston Lyric Opera · Boston, MA · 2024
Create your own opera
$10,000
Casa Myrna Vazquez · Boston, MA · 2024
Shelter & supportive services for domestic violence survivors and their children
$10,000
Emerge · Columbia, MD · 2024
Support of responsible fatherhood program
$10,000
Epiphany School · Boston, MA · 2024
Summer intensive
$10,000
Family Services of the Merrimack Valley · Lawrence, MA · 2024
Nurturing fathers program
$10,000
Girlstart · Austin, TX · 2024
Year-round stem education for underserved girls in greater boston
$10,000
La Vida · Lynn, MA · 2024
Expanding equity in higher education for lynn and chelsea, ma
$10,000
Shelter Music Boston · Arlington, MA · 2024
Classical music concerts in boston area homeless shelters, recovery centers, and after school programs

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