Funding search · EIN 263791607 · Boston, MA

Play 2 Dream Charitable Foundation Fka

Name: Play 2 Dream Charitable Foundation Fka 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.

45
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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

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Zoo New England3 grants · $274,586
Newton Wellesley Hospital3 grants · $249,999
Wish Project2 grants · $245,494
Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation2 grants · $135,000
The Wish Project1 grant · $70,195
Shamrock Foundation2 grants · $65,000
Celtics United1 grant · $50,000
Beth Israel Deaconess1 grant · $50,000
Cathedral High School Foundation1 grant · $40,000
Camp Harbor View1 grant · $30,000

Giving over time

$164,250

2022

$249,778

2023

$326,785

2024

$611,211

2025

Grant history

All 45 reported grants, largest first.

$215,086
Zoo New England · Boston, MA · 2025
General
$174,542
Wish Project · North Chelmsford, MA · 2025
General
$83,333
Newton Wellesley Hospital · Newton, MA · 2025
General
$83,333
Newton Wellesley Hospital · Newton, MA · 2024
General
$83,333
Newton Wellesley Hospital · Newton, MA · 2023
General
$70,952
Wish Project · North Chelmsford, MA · 2024
General
$70,195
The Wish Project · North Chelmsford, MA · 2023
General
$70,000
Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$65,000
Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$50,000
Beth Israel Deaconess · Boston, MA · 2025
General
$50,000
Shamrock Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025
General
$50,000
Celtics United · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$50,000
Zoo New England · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$40,000
Cathedral High School Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
General
$30,000
Camp Harbor View · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$15,000
Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation · Hatteras, NC · 2025
General
$15,000
Shamrock Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$10,000
Catholic Schools Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025
General
$10,000
Curtis Island Lighthouse · Camden, ME · 2025
General
$10,000
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$10,000
Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$10,000
Building Minds Scholarship Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$10,000
Inova Schar Cancer · Fairfax, VA · 2024
General
$10,000
St Judes Childrens Hospital - Legends for Charity · Memphis, TN · 2024
General
$10,000
Building Minds Scholarship Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$10,000
Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation · Hatteras, NC · 2023
General
$10,000
Innercity Scholarship Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General
$9,500
Zoo New England · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$5,000
United Way of the Greater Capital Region · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$4,500
Dorrace Dance · New York, NY · 2023
General
$2,500
Dorrance Dance · New York, NY · 2024
General
$2,500
Riverhill School · Florence, AL · 2024
General
$2,500
Postpartum Support International · Portland, OR · 2022
General
$1,250
Health Care Nepal · Center Sandwich, NH · 2024
General
$1,000
Dorrance Dance · New York, NY · 2025
General
$1,000
Kitty Hawk Baptist Church · Kitty Hawk, NY · 2025
General
$1,000
Health Care Nepal · Center Sandwich, NH · 2023
General
$1,000
Health Care Nepal · Center Sandwich, NH · 2022
General
$750
Pan Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2025
General
$750
Pan Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2024
General
$750
Pmc Jimmy Fund · Needham, MA · 2023
General
$750
Pmc Jimmy Fund · Needham, MA · 2022
General
$500
Hatteras Island Rescue · Buxton, NC · 2025
General
$500
Hatteras Island Rescue · Buxton, NC · 2024
General
$500
Dare County Association of Fire Officers · Nags Head, NC · 2022
General

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