Funding search · EIN 046046756 · Boston, MA

Rowland Foundation

Name: Rowland Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

153
grants reported: $8.6M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $50,000
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

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.

Familyaid Boston2 grants · $425,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Familyaid Boston2 grants · $400,000
Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center2 grants · $310,000
Northeastern University3 grants · $300,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center3 grants · $275,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Rosie'S Place2 grants · $200,000
Rosie'S Place2 grants · $182,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Roxbury Community College Foundation2 grants · $169,000
Uaspire2 grants · $150,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Uaspire2 grants · $150,000

Giving over time

$2.2M

2021

$2.1M

2022

$2.0M

2023

$2.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 153 grants.

$225,000
Familyaid Boston · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable
$200,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Familyaid Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$200,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Familyaid Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$200,000
Familyaid Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$160,000
Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2021
Charitable
$150,000
Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
Charitable
$125,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Rosie'S Place · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$119,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Roxbury Community College Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$107,000
Rosie'S Place · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
Smart From the Start · Roxbury, MA · 2021
Charitable
$80,000
New England Center for the Arts & Technology · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable
$75,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Berklee College of Music · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$75,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Casa Myrna Vazquez · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$75,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Institute of Contemporary Art · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$75,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$75,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Literations · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$75,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Uaspire · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$75,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Uncornered · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$75,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Berklee College of Music · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$75,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Casa Myrna Vazquez · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$75,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo College Bound Dorchester · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$75,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Institute of Contemporary Art · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$75,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$75,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Literations · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$75,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$75,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Rosie'S Place · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$75,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Uaspire · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$75,000
Institute of Contemporary Art · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$75,000
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$75,000
Literations · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$75,000
Political Asylum Immigration Representation Project · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$75,000
Uaspire · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$75,000
Bethel Institute for Social Justice · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2021
Charitable
$75,000
Boston Arts Academy Foundation · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable
$75,000
Institute of Contemporary Art · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable
$75,000
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable
$75,000
Literations · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable
$75,000
Political Asylum Immigration Representation Project · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable
$75,000
Rosie'S Place · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable
$75,000
Uaspire · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable
$70,000
The Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$70,000
Y2y Network · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Charitable
$65,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Boston Music Project · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$65,000
Casa Myrna Vazquez · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$65,000
Casa Myrna Vazquez · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable
$61,000
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable
$60,000
College Bound Dorchester · Dorcherster, MA · 2022
Charitable
$60,000
Horizons for Homeless Children · Roxbury, MA · 2022
Charitable
$60,000
Berklee College of Music · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable
$52,000
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo a Safe Place · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Boston Arts Academy · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Boston Ballet · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Boston Children'S Chorus · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Boston Plan for Excellence · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Duet · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo More Than Words · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo North Bennet Street School · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Rogerson Communities · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Smart From the Start · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo the Sportsmen'S Tennis & Enrichment Center · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Saheli · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - the Triennial · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo a Safe Place · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Boston Arts Academy · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Boston Ballet · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Boston Children'S Chorus · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Duet · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo More Than Words · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo North Bennet Street School · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Roxbury Community College Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Smart From the Start · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo the Sportsmen'S Tennis & Enrichment Center · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
A Safe Place · Nantucket, MA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Berklee College of Music · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Boston Arts Academy Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Boston Ballet · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Boston Childrens Chorus · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Duet · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
More Than Words · Waltham, MA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
North Bennet Street School · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Roxbury Community College · Roxbury Crossing, MA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Smart From the Start · Roxbury, MA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
The Boston Foundation - Fbo Rogerson Communities · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Up Together · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
A Safe Place · Nantucket, MA · 2021
Charitable
$50,000
Boston Ballet · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable
$50,000
Boston Childrens Chorus · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable
$50,000
College Bound Dorchester · Dorcherster, MA · 2021
Charitable
$50,000
Duet · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable
$50,000
More Than Words · Waltham, MA · 2021
Charitable
$50,000
Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable

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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.