Who funds Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc?
Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 04-2103550 · NTEE A690 · 501(c)(3)
208 private foundations paid Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc 428 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $13.7M in all. Its IRS activity code (NTEE A690) places it in arts & culture.
All years on file, including returns before 2022.
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Foundations that funded it
The 200 largest by total, of 209 on file.
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Largest grants since 2022
Largest first. The purpose is what the foundation wrote on its return, for the tax year shown.
- Martha Dana Mercer Trust · 2024 - Unrestricted general$1,217,032
- Martha Dana Mercer Trust · 2023 - Unrestricted general$1,196,461
- Cecile Higginson Murphy Charitable Foundation · 2024 - General Purpose$500,000
- Cecile Higginson Murphy Charitable Foundation · 2023 - General Purpose$500,000
- The 1916 Foundation · 2024 - General support$350,000
- Alchemy Foundation · 2024 - General Support$292,660
- Berry Drew Family Foundation · 2023 - Charitable purposes$220,000
- Berry Drew Family Foundation · 2025 - Charitable purposes$200,000
- Stephen D and Susan W Paine Foundation · 2024 - General charitable purposes$200,000
- K M D Foundation · 2023 - Accomplish mission$196,650
- K M D Foundation · 2024 - Accomplish mission$176,743
- Stephen D and Susan W Paine Foundation · 2023 - General charitable purposes$150,000
- The Jaket Foundation · 2023 - Match funding for donations raised through the end of december 2023$150,000
- Berry Drew Family Foundation · 2024 - Charitable purposes$125,000
- Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · 2023 - For empowerment.$120,000
- Miriam Shaw Fund · 2024 - Unrestricted general$119,520
- Richard K Lubin Family Foundation · 2024 - To provide support for the needs of the organization.$110,000
- The Oxford League Inc · 2025 - Business partners/pres at the pops$105,600
- Li-Qiu Family Foundation · 2025 - 2025 concert for the city fall 2025(boston)$100,000
- Li-Qiu Family Foundation · 2024 - Funding for the concert for the city fall 2024 (boston)$100,000
- Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · 2024 - For arts and culture.$100,000
- Linde Family Foundation · 2024 - Support for tanglewood learning center's non-orchestral community programing$100,000
- Afeyan Family Foundation · 2023 - General & Unrestricted$100,000
- Linde Family Foundation · 2023 - Symphony & tanglewood annual funds$100,000
- Richard K Lubin Family Foundation · 2023 - To provide support for the needs of the organization.$100,000
Organizations the same foundations fund
Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.
- Museum of Fine ArtsBoston, MA · 44 shared funders
- Trustees of ReservationsBoston, MA · 40 shared funders
- Womens Lunch Place IncBoston, MA · 24 shared funders
- Rosies Place IncBoston, MA · 36 shared funders
- Pine Street Inn IncBoston, MA · 35 shared funders
- Massachusetts Audubon Society IncLincoln, MA · 23 shared funders
- The Greater Boston Food Bank IncBoston, MA · 39 shared funders
- Boston Medical Center CorporationBoston, MA · 22 shared funders
By tax year of the funder's return
| Year | Grants | Foundations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | 71 | $1.8M |
| 2024 | 164 | 157 | $6M |
| 2023 | 171 | 160 | $5.6M |
| 2022 | 20 | 19 | $287K |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | $4,000 |
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How this page is made
Each grant comes from a foundation's IRS Form 990-PF and was linked to this EIN only when this was the single organization in the IRS Business Master File with that name in that state. Grants written under a different spelling, or where several organizations share the name, are not counted here, so the real totals can be higher. Government grants and gifts from individuals do not appear on these returns.
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 04-2103550
- IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)
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