Organization · EIN 04-2103993 · Boston, MA · Arts, culture & humanities

Who funds The Childrens Museum?

26 private foundations reported paying The Childrens Museum $788,740 on returns for tax year 2023.

26 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 26

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Yawkey Foundation II
Dedham, MA
$150,000 EDUCATION & ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSERVED YOUTH
Filed as “BOSTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM”
Same address 0.77 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust
Boston, MA
$125,000 CAPITAL
Filed as “THE CHILDREN MUSEUM”
Same address 0.92 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Lilly Endowment
Indianapolis, IN
$100,000 CHARACTER THROUGH CHILDRENS MUSEUMS
Filed as “CHILDRENS MUSEUM”
Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Liberty Mutual Foundation
Boston, MA
$100,000
2 grant lines
ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION AT BOSTON CHILDRENS MUSEUM +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
New Balance Foundation
Boston, MA · Preselected only
$60,000 GENERAL SUPPORT
Filed as “BOSTON CHILDRENS MUSEUM”
Same address 0.77 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 11/2024
Richard K Lubin Family Foundation
Boston, MA · Preselected only
$52,500 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE NEEDS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
Filed as “BOSTON CHILDRENS MUSEUM”
Same address 0.77 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc)
Woburn, MA
$50,000 Education
Filed as “BOSTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM”
Same address 0.77 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Highland Street Connection
Newton, MA · Preselected only
$26,000 FOR COMMUNITY.
Filed as “BOSTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM”
Same address 0.77 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Alchemy Foundation
Cambridge, MA · Preselected only
$25,000 General Support
Filed as “The Children's Museum (aka The Boston Children's Museum)”
Same address 0.77 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Li-Qiu Family Foundation
Andover, MA · Preselected only
$22,596 2023 CREATED BY FESTIVAL
Filed as “BOSTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM”
Same address 0.77 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Lynch Foundation
Boston, MA
$10,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
Filed as “BOSTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM”
Same address 0.77 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Highland Partners Charitable Fund
Boston, MA · Preselected only
$10,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
Filed as “BOSTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM”
Same address 0.77 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
J Crayton Pruitt Foundation
St Petersburg, FL · Preselected only
$10,000 ANNUAL FUND
Filed as “BOSTON CHILDRENS MUSEUM”
Same address 0.77 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Slater Foundation
Boynton Beach, FL · Preselected only
$10,000 GENERAL SUPPORT
Filed as “BOSTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM”
Same address 0.77 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Werner Family Foundation
Los Angeles, CA · Preselected only
$10,000 PIONEERING INTERACTIVE LEARNING CONCEPTS, AND EXHIBITS TO CREATE UNIQUE AND ENLIGHTENING EXPERIENCES FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES
Filed as “BOSTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM”
Same address 0.77 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 09/2024
Suffolk Cares Charitable Foundation
Boston, MA · Preselected only
$7,500 CHARITABLE DONATION FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S GENERAL PURPOSE
Filed as “BOSTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM”
Same address 0.77 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 08/2024
Barr Foundation
Boston, MA · Preselected only
$6,954
3 grant lines
MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM: FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT +2 more
Filed as “CHILDREN'S MUSEUM”
Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
First Eagle Investments Foundation
Wilmington, DE · Preselected only
$5,000 Corporate Connection Executive Level - First Eagle Investment fund Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Menemsha Family Fund
Chicago, IL
$3,000 ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH ORGANIZATION.
Filed as “BOSTON CHILDRENS MUSEUM”
Same address 0.77 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Charlotte, NC
$2,575
3 grant lines
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like The Childrens Museum

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with The Childrens Museum, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
    Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $549K to them
  2. Eastern Bank Foundation Lynn, MA
    Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $730K to them
  3. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $750K to them
  4. Analog Devices Foundation Boston, MA
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $30.7K to them
  5. The Arons Family Foundation Cambridge, MA
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $9,600 to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. Edwin S Webster Foundation Boston, MA
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $480K to them
  7. Saquish Foundation Boston, MA
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $255K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. Amica Companies Foundation Lincoln, RI
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $94.3K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Museum of Science Boston, MA
    11 shared funders · 91 funders in all
  2. Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston, MA
    10 shared funders · 162 funders in all
  3. Pine Street Inn Boston, MA
    14 shared funders · 207 funders in all
  4. Greater Boston Food Bank Boston, MA
    13 shared funders · 281 funders in all
  5. The Massachusetts General Hospital Somerville, MA
    11 shared funders · 390 funders in all
  6. Boston Foundation Boston, MA
    11 shared funders · 92 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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