Franklin Square House Foundation Inc
Belmont, MA · EIN 04-2103780. Reported 157 grants totalling $5,762,267 to 84 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Franklin Square House Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $40,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,720 and $50,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $150,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Shelter Association | Lynn, MA | $195,818 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Transition House | Cambridge, MA | $169,681 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Family Aid Boston | Boston, MA | $165,593 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Casparbaycove | Somerville, MA | $161,830 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Horizons for Homeless Children | Roxbury, MA | $156,035 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Emmaus | Haverhill, MA | $152,636 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nurtury | Roxbury, MA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Empath | Boston, MA | $144,836 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Health Imperatives | Brockton, MA | $135,435 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Woburn Council for Social Concern | Woburn, MA | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| CASA Myrna Vazquez | Boston, MA | $119,043 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Pathways for Children | Gloucester, MA | $108,270 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lazarus House | Lawrence, MA | $108,034 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Brockton Day Nursery | Brockton, MA | $107,648 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| St Mary's Women and Children | Dorchester, MA | $107,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Teamwork | Lowell, MA | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Housing Assistance Corporation | Hyannis, MA | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Paige Academy | Boston, MA | $104,991 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Beverly Children's Learning Center | Beverley, MA | $104,258 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester | Boston, MA | $103,010 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Northstar Learning Centers Inc | New Bedford, MA | $101,006 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Volunteers of America | Jamaica Plain, MA | $100,985 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Abcd | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Crispus Attucks Childcare Center | Dorchester, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Psycological Center | Lawrence, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YWCA of Greater Newburyport | Newburyport, MA | $99,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Greater Lawrence Commuity Action | Lawrence, MA | $98,252 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Guild of St Agnes | Worcester, MA | $93,012 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Father Bills & Mainspring | Brockton, MA | $88,550 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| People Incorporated | Fall River, MA | $86,588 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Atask - Asian Task Force | Boston, MA | $86,320 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Victory Programs | Boston, MA | $86,132 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| House of Hope | Lowell, MA | $83,240 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| YWCA of Central Ma | Worcester, MA | $81,903 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pine Street Inn | Boston, MA | $78,940 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Respond | Somerville, MA | $72,474 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Centerboard | Lynn, MA | $71,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Heading Home | Charlestown, MA | $68,403 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Action Inc | Haverill, MA | $67,570 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Project Kompass | North Chelmsford, MA | $60,929 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Citizens Inn | Peabody, MA | $59,504 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Iba | Boston, MA | $57,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Second Step | Newtonville, MA | $56,894 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Project Hope | Roxbury, MA | $53,992 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Leo Inc | Lynn, MA | $53,181 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Greater Boston | Boston, MA | $52,890 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| East Boston Social Centers | East Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jfk Family Services | Charlestown, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Triumph Inc | Taunton, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YWCA of Ne Ma | Lawrence, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YWCA of Northeastern Ma | Lawrence, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bridge Over Troubled Waters | Boston, MA | $49,633 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Harborcov | Chelsea, MA | $49,545 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cape Cod YMCA | West Barnstable, MA | $47,331 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Association | Boston, MA | $47,250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| South Shore Stars | Weymouth, MA | $46,444 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Abby's House | Worcester, MA | $45,616 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dimock | Roxbury, MA | $44,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women in Transition Inc Dba Alternative House | Lowell, MA | $42,722 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Plymouth Area Coalition for the Homeless | Kingston, MA | $40,890 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| CASA Esperanza | Roxbury, MA | $40,711 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sojourner House | Boston, MA | $39,972 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Healthlink | Worcester, MA | $34,950 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ellis Memorial | Boston, MA | $32,307 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Action of Cape Cod & the Islands | Hyannis, MA | $32,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rosie's Place | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United South End Settlements | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reach Beyond Domestic Violence | Waltham, MA | $20,720 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Daycare of Lawrence | Lawrence, MA | $19,873 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Boston's Homeless | Jamaica Plain, MA | $16,889 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ascentria Care Alliance | Worcester, MA | $16,472 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bridgewell | Peabody, MA | $12,072 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Citizens for Adequate Housing | Salem, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Edwina Martin House | Brockton, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Focus Inc | Wellesley, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healing Abuse Working for Change | Salem, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Hope | Attleboro, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry | Roxbury, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Action Inc | Gloucester, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Housing Families | Malden, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Middlesex Opportunity Council (smoc) | Framingham, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Dimock Center | Roxbury, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| YMCA of Northeastern Ma | Lawrence, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ascentria Community Service | Worcester, MA | $4,387 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
46 of 84 (55%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 18%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Horizons for Homeless Children
LIBRARY AND BOOKS AT NEW BUILDING - Transition House
HOUSING AND SHELTER GRANTS - Family Aid Boston
COVID EMERGENCY AND FOOD SECURITY GRANT - The Psycological Center
HOUSING & SHELTER - COVID EMERGENCY GRANT - Atask - Asian Task Force
HOUSING GRANT - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER - Lynn Shelter Association
COVID EMERGENCY AND CAPITAL GRANT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 96 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52 | $969,988 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 30 | $1,352,886 | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 23 | $1,147,682 | $49,991 |
| 2024 | 27 | $1,109,138 | $40,911 |
| 2025 | 25 | $1,182,573 | $49,545 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $40,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Franklin Square House Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 78037, Belmont, MA, 02478. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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