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Boston Bullpen Project Inc

Preselected recipients only West Roxbury, Massachusetts · EIN 815329905

Boston Bullpen Project Inc is a private foundation in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. In tax year 2024 it gave $388,686 in 52 grants; the typical grant was $3,436 and the largest $97,479. It only gives to organizations it selects itself and does not accept unsolicited applications.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $329,437 the year before.

19% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$329,43749$0
2024$388,68652$0

How to apply

Boston Bullpen Project Inc says in its IRS filing that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations, so unsolicited applications are unlikely to be considered. Organizations it funds are usually invited.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Boston Bullpen Project Inc funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts52$388,686

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 52 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Social Equity Access Fund
Boston, MA
Rent, Utilities, Funeral Costs$97,479
Open Sky
Worcester, MA
Furniture and personal needs$32,263
Boston Health Care for the Homeless
Boston, MA
Bills$26,618
Womenss Lunch Place
Boston, MA
Rent, Utilities, Appliances$19,258
Foundation To Be Named Later
Boston, MA
Computer, transportation, personal needs$16,406
One Family
South Boston, MA
Personal Needs, utilites, rent$14,497
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center
Cambridge, MA
Utilities and Personal Needs$13,546
BMC Immigrant and Refugee Health Center
Boston, MA
Computers,Education, Utilities$12,537
Inner City Weightlifting
Boston, MA
Utilities and transportation needs$11,557
Brookline Center for Comm Mental Health
Brookline, MA
Rent, Utilities$11,512
Office of Veteran Services
Boston, MA
Grocery/Food Related$10,840
La Colaborativa
Chelsea, MA
Mattress, personal needs$9,803
Womens Money Matters
Boston, MA
Rent, Medical, personal needs$9,372
Elders Living at Home
Boston, MA
Furniture, Personal Needs$8,679
Boston Community Pediatrics
Boston, MA
Rent, utilities$8,676
Fenway Health
Boston, MA
Rent, Utilities, Personal Needs$8,451
More than Words
Boston, MA
Personal needs$6,933
Housing Families Inc
Malden, MA
Housing needs$5,688
Room to Grow
Boston, MA
Personal needs$4,632
Louis D Brown Peace Institute
Dorcheter, MA
Funeral exp, transportation$4,253
Jewish Family and Childrens Service
Waltham, MA
Furniture and personal needs$4,227
Office of Returning Citizens
Boston, MA
Therapy, transportation, personal needs$4,088
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Boston, MA
Rent, phones$3,877
Year Up
Boston, MA
Transportation and personal needs$3,604
Heading Home
Boston, MA
Personal needs, Moving Costs$3,570
New England Center and Home for Veterans
Boston, MA
Veteran Needs$3,507
Catholic Charities - Worcester
Worcester, MA
Personal needs$3,365
Sommerville Family Learning Collab
Somerville, MA
Personal needs$2,708
Haven Project
Lynn, MA
Computer, Personal Needs$2,250
Breaktime
Boston, MA
Personal Items$2,123
Franciscan Hospital
Brighton, MA
Rent and personal items$2,097
Pine Street Inn
Boston, MA
Personal Needs$1,348
Codman Square Neighborhood Devlpmnt
Dorchester Center, MA
Personal needs$1,199
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
Personal needs$1,150
Home for Little Wanderers
Boston, MA
Personal needs$1,053
Dismas House
Worcester, MA
Transportation, personal needs$1,052
Family Promise Metrowest
Natick, MA
Rent$1,050
Father Bills
Brockton, MA
Personal needs$1,050
Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Devlpmnt Corp
Jamaica Plain, MA
Utilities, personal needs$1,050
Wily Network
Newton, MA
Education$1,050

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Boston Bullpen Project Inc accept grant applications?

No. Its IRS filing says it only makes contributions to preselected organizations.

How much does Boston Bullpen Project Inc give?

$388,686 in tax year 2024, across 52 grants, with a typical grant of $3,436.

Who runs Boston Bullpen Project Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Steven Alperin (President), Micahel Connelly (Treasurer), Alan Stern (Secretary) and Benjamin Levin (Clerk).

What does Boston Bullpen Project Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health, human services and housing and homelessness.

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