The New Commonwealth Racial Equity and
Roxbury, MA · EIN 85-1850139. Reported 111 grants totalling $3,033,150 to 107 organizations across tax years 2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For The New Commonwealth Racial Equity and, the IRS classifies it under civil rights rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE R30) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 107 distinct organizations, with 6% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $12,500 and $25,000; the smallest was $6,000 and the largest $180,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxbury Community College | Boston, MA | $180,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Agncy Design Inc | Boston, MA | $155,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Justice for Housing Inc | Boston, MA | $142,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leadership Brainery | Boston, MA | $135,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $110,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Beginnings Reentry Services Inc | Roxbury, MA | $102,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Clubhouse Network Inc | Roxbury, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Luminosity Behavioral Health Services Inc | Brockton, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Resist Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $92,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sisters Unchained Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bme Networks | Miami, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Citizens for Juvenile Justice Inc | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fathers Uplift Inc | Dorchester, MA | $42,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Third Sector New England Inc | Boston, MA | $42,500 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Justice Resource Institute Inc | Needham, MA | $37,500 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| We Are Better Together Warren Daniel Hairston Project Inc | Roxbury, MA | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nopi Inc | Norfolk, MA | $35,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beat the Odds | Dorchester, MA | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Step Inc Symphony Hall | Boston, MA | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Front Porch Arts Collective of Boston | Cambridge, MA | $31,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Legendary Legacies Inc | Worcester, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Higher Education Resource Center | Boston, MA | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corporation | Dorchester, MA | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 2GETHER We Eat Inc | Worcester, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Epiphany School Inc | Dorchester, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Multicultural AIDS Coalition Inc | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The American City Coalition Inc | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Urban Farming Institute of Boston Inc | Mattapan, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United South End Settlements | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Womens Fund Inc | Cambridge, MA | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Innocent Convicts Inc | Boston, MA | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Meryls Safe Haven Inc | Worcester, MA | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Teachers Lounge Inc | Roslindale, MA | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beheard World Inc | Cambridge, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Black Economic Council of Massachusetts Inc | Roxbury Crossing, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Debate League | Roxbury Xing, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston Inc | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Calculus Project Inc | Braintree, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Service Care Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Compass Working Capital Inc | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Everyday People for Change Inc | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fortaleza Inc | Lowell, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Inquilinos Boricuas En Accion Inc | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| On the Rise Inc | Cambridge, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Origination | Roslindale, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Phoenix Charter Academy Foundation | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Raw Art Works Inc | Lynn, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Resilient Sisterhood Project Inc | Cambridge, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Baseball Inc | Roxbury, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trinity Boston Connects | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vietnamese American Initiative for Development Inc | Dorchester, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Street Theory Collective | Cambridge, MA | $18,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Esperanza Academy | Lawrence, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Peoples Project Inc | Cambridge, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Zeck Inc | Huntington Woods, MI | $13,900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Abilities Dance Incorporated | Brookline, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Accompany Doula Care Inc | Boston, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amplify Poc Cape Cod | Hyannis, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bagly Inc | Boston, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bams Fest Inc | Dorchester, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bdc Community Capital Corp | Wakefield, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Be Inclusive | Walpole, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Childrens Chorus Inc | Boston, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Impact Initiative Fund | Jamaica Plain, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston String Academy Inc | Boston, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brockton Workers Alliance | Brockton, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Browning the Green Space Inc | Boston, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Castle of Our Skins Inc | Roxbury, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Centro De Ayuda Y Esperanza Latina Inc | New Bedford, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chica | Quincy, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Health Awareness Network Grows Equity Inc | Worcester, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Teamwork Inc | Lowell, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Concord Prison Outreach Inc | Concord, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Drop Lwop New England | Cambridge, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Elevated Thought Inc | Lawrence, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Boston Interfaith Organization Sponsoring Comm Inc | Roxbury, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harborcov Inc | Chelsea, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| He Is Me Institute Inc | Dorchester, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jeremiah Program | Minneapolis, MN | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Living Stones Church | East Boston, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition Inc | Worcester, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nectar Community Investments Inc | Lowell, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Odaa Community Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Onegoal | Chicago, IL | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Palante Transformative Justice Inc | Holyoke, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Partakers Inc | Auburndale, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Taunton Diversity Network Inc | Taunton, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Fountain Fund | Charlottesville, VA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The United Church of Christ | Cleveland, OH | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Theater Offensive Inc | Boston, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Umass Memorial Health Care Inc | Worcester, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| We Are Alx Inc | Wellesley, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Greater Springfield Inc | Springfield, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 826 Boston Inc | Roxbury, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Company One Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| El Buen Samaritano Food Program Inc | Worcester, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Innercity Weightlifting Inc | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New England Innocence Project | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project R I G H T Inc | Dorchester, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shadida Solution | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Union Capital Boston Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urban Impact Initiative Massachusetts | Springfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| We Move in Color Collaborative Inc | Las Vegas, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Home Inc | Dorchester, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Agncy Design Inc
SUPPORT TEAMS AND LEADERS TO ACHIEVE EQUITY IN JUSTICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES - Justice for Housing Inc
ENDING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AND HOMELESSNESS - Leadership Brainery
ADDRESSING INEQUITABLE ACCESS TO ADVANCED DEGREES - New Beginnings Reentry Services Inc
REENTRY SERVICES FOR RETURNING CITIZENS - Boston Foundation Inc Fbo Wellwithall
INCREASE HEALTHCARE ACCESS - Clubhouse Network
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT BY USING TECHNOLOGY
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 96 of 107 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Where its money goes
92% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $15,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The New Commonwealth Racial Equity and's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 1 return. Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 110 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 1 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 67 Kemble Street Suite 33, Roxbury, MA, 02119.
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