Funds preselected organizations onlyPhilanthropy and grantmaking98 grants on file · $1.5M · FY2016–2024IRS 990-PF · FY2024
Can I apply?
Funds preselected organizations only
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it gives only to organizations it has already chosen and does not accept unsolicited requests. An introduction is usually the only route.
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Deadlines
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Not publishedBROOKLINE, MA, 02445The filing names a person as the application contact. We publish role-based contacts (a committee, an office, a shared inbox) but not named individuals.a phone number for applications is on the filing. On the filing, not published; see “How to reach them” for any published channel.
Application policy: Funds preselected organizations only, as stated on the FY2024 return.
What its returns show
Stated this way on 4 of 9 Form 990-PF returns on record (FY2016 to FY2024). 5 returns said: . The most recent of them is the FY2020 return.
On its FY2024 Form 990-PF return this foundation listed grants to 12 named recipients.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Financials
Giving
$282K
FY2024 · qualifying distributions
Total assets
$691K
FY2024 · end of year
Revenue
$38.9K
FY2024
Expenses
$315K
FY2024
Giving by year
Total assets by year
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Giving
Assets
Net assets
FY2024
990-PF
$38,878
$315,413
$281,573
$691,411
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
Education$250K · 5
Philanthropy and grantmaking$42.5K · 4
Youth development$38K · 3
Medical research$8,100 · 2
Disease research$5,000 · 4
Recreation and sports$2,849 · 1
Where recipients are
MA$1.4M · 77
NY$16.9K · 5
MD$10K · 5
RI$8,500 · 3
GA$5,000 · 1
VA$4,500 · 3
CA$3,333 · 2
VT$2,849 · 1
Based on the 26% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
Officers and directors
Name
Title
Hours / week
Compensation
Jeffrey Leerink
PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR
1.00
$0
Kristi Leerink
DIRECTOR
1.00
$0
Judith Leerink
VICE PRESIDENT
15.00
$30,546
Andrew Newman
DIRECTOR
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
$686,411
FY2023
990-PF
$42,388
$261,498
$208,429
$967,946
$962,946
FY2022
990-PF
$1,109,844
$282,670
$252,211
$1,187,056
$1,182,056
FY2021
990-PF
$28,326
$169,485
$126,384
$354,882
$354,882
FY2020
990-PF
$2,295
$162,376
$105,000
$496,041
$496,041
FY2019
990-PF
$499,006
$175,829
$148,100
$657,652
$657,652
FY2018
990-PF
$15,136
$150,461
$118,167
$339,591
$339,591
FY2017
990-PF
$717,137
$193,375
$165,243
$474,818
$474,818
FY2016
990-PF
$399,506
$175,061
$169,223
$195,902
$195,902
see
list, MA
general
$141,756
2016
BBBS OF MASSACHUSETTS BAYBOSTON, MA
UNRESTRICTED GIFT
$76,260
2017
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERSBOSTON, MA
UNRESTRICTED GIFT
$75,000
2020
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERSBOSTON, MA
UNRESTRICTED GIFT
$74,500
2019
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERSBOSTON, MA
UNRESTRICTED GIFT
$67,500
2021
THE PARK SCHOOL - ANNUAL FUNDBROOKLINE, MA
GENERAL
$50,000
2023
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERSBOSTON, MA
UNRESTRICTED GIFT
$50,000
2018
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTSMatched to this organization because 6 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2022 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.BOSTON, MA
CAMP HARBOR VIEWMatched to this organization because 8 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.BOSTON, MA
PRESIDENTS AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGEMatched to this organization because 7 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.CAMBRIDGE, MA