Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc
Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc is a private foundation based in Newton, Massachusetts. It continues the Boston Evening Clinic’s healthcare mission through grants to charitable organizations serving people with low incomes, their families, and older adults.
Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc at a glance
In short: Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc gave $409K across 58 grants in 2025 (avg $7K), mostly in Massachusetts. 28% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $408,731
- +27.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 58
- +48.7% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $7,047
- -14.4% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $7,500
- Total assets
- $6,476,579
- +6.7% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 28% first-time grantees (16 of 58, 2025)
- Primary geography
- Massachusetts (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc
- How to Apply
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Applicants must submit the Philanthropy Massachusetts Common Proposal Form as a hard copy by mail or courier. Required materials include information on funding, goods, or services pledged or received for the proposal; a list of other grantors solicited; a current fiscal-year financial statement; the most recent independent certified audit or financial statement; and a board-approved budget for the program. Required documentation must be submitted before an award can be made. Previously funded organizations must submit a full report of prior grant expenditures before another proposal will be reviewed. The foundation ordinarily considers only one application per agency each year.
- Review Cycle
- Proposals are due on January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15. The foundation states that applications are capped at 16 per cycle; the board reviews proposals after each deadline.
- Deadline
- Proposals are due on January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15.
- Contact
Application contact: Kathleen Curran Clerkdirector
Mailing address: 1087 Beacon Street Suite 301, Newton, MA 02459
Phone: (617) 969-9900
Website: https://bostoneveningclinicfoundation.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Bay Cove Human Services Inc ($10K). Together the top 10 received $100K.
Grant Size Distribution
205 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 205 grants of 205 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The foundation’s guidelines specify that applicants must serve the Greater Boston area within Interstate 128. In filing year 2025, all reported grant dollars went to Massachusetts recipients.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 58 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc open to new grantees?
28%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 16 of 58 grantees (28%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $5K; repeat grants $8K. How we count
Medians: $5K first-time, $8K repeat.
- 45% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving grew 42% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 165% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2021–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $267K (2021) to $409K (2025). In 2025 it made 58 grants totaling $409K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Bay Cove Human Services Inc Boston, MA | To Purchase 5 Mindray DPM3 Vital Signs Monitors | $10,000 |
| Beth Israel Deaconesss Medical Center Boston, MA | Support the Survivor Leadership Collective | $10,000 |
| De Novo Center for Justice Cambridge, MA | Support the provision of affordable psychological counseling to low income people | $10,000 |
| Enroot Cambridge, MA | Support Tutoring & Leadership Development Program | $10,000 |
| Franciscan Hospital for Children Brighton, MA | To Support Pediatric Research Project | $10,000 |
| Hyde Square Task Force Jamaica Plain, MA | To support the jovenes en accion & college success program | $10,000 |
| Norwell Visiting Nurse Association & Hospital Norwell, MA | To Support the Pat Roche Hospice Home | $10,000 |
| Suffolk University Boston, MA | To support enhancements to the ph.d in clinical psychology program | $10,000 |
| The Home for Little Wanderers Boston, MA | Grant for Therapeutic After School Program | $10,000 |
| Victory Programs Boston, MA | To Support Vistory Pgroams Mobile Prevfention Team | $10,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $6,476,579 | $900,575 | $715,098 | $408,731 | 58 | $462,804 | $449,533 | $281,247 |
| 2024 | $6,068,722 | $558,192 | $709,761 | $321,017 | 39 | $376,876 | $105,213 | $256,077 |
| 2023 | $5,568,721 | $457,596 | $667,927 | $302,560 | 40 | $380,667 | $78,726 | $236,650 |
| 2022 | $5,279,316 | $951,107 | $657,130 | $288,500 | 32 | $373,965 | $545,029 | $259,251 |
| 2021 | $6,150,493 | $543,376 | $656,270 | $266,722 | 36 | — | $140,759 | $247,238 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc reported a distributable amount of $281K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The foundation says it continues the clinic’s mission by supporting organizations that provide healthcare services focused on the needs of people with low incomes, their families, and older adults. Its funding interests include general medical and primary care, mental health, pediatric care, women’s health, outreach, home healthcare, and hospice. Grants may support direct care, medical equipment, case management, startup or ongoing programs, special programs, and occasionally renovations. The foundation also expresses interest in effective collaboration among agencies.
Eligible applicants are tax-exempt 501(c)(3) agencies serving the Greater Boston area within Interstate 128. The foundation prioritizes community-based healthcare agencies serving low-income people, their families, and older adults. It does not fund general operating expenses, new construction, endowments, cash reserves, loans, or individuals.
Examples of 2024 grantees illustrate the range of organizations it has supported. The Home for Little Wanderers describes its mission as helping vulnerable children and families build permanent, positive change. Interfaith Social Services says it provides South Shore residents resources for a healthy and fulfilling life, including hunger relief, mental health counseling, homelessness prevention, and programs for children. Rogerson Communities describes its work as providing residential, recreational, health, and day care services for older or low-income people.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the foundation reported grants totaling $408,731 to 58 organizations. Grants ranged from $3,000 to $10,000, with a median of $7,500. All grant dollars reported for that year went to recipients in Massachusetts.
Among the largest 2025 grants were $10,000 each to Bay Cove Human Services for vital signs monitors; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for its Survivor Leadership Collective; De Novo Center for Justice for affordable psychological counseling for low-income people; Franciscan Hospital for Children for pediatric research; and Norwell Visiting Nurse Association & Hospital for its hospice home. Other $10,000 grants included support for programs at Enroot, Hyde Square Task Force, Suffolk University, The Home for Little Wanderers, and Victory Programs, as well as equipment for Community Servings’ day rehabilitation clinic.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Anthony Catanese as president, Kathleen Curran as vice president, Phillip Finocchiaro as treasurer, Dina Drapeau as clerk, and Elizabeth Holmes and Lauren Girard as directors.
Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc is led by Anthony Catanese, President since 2024 (on filings since 2021); 2 of 6 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Anthony Catanese
President
Vice President → President, 2024
On filings since 2021
10 hrs/week
$89K (2025)
Elizabeth Holmes
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lauren Girard
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dina Drapeau
Clerk
On filings since 2024
10 hrs/week
$19K (2024) → $18K (2025)
Phillip Finocchiaro
Treasurer
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kathleen Curran
Vice President
Clerk & Director → President, 2024
President → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (2)
- Former: Dennis P. Girard (2021–2024) — Past President · Filing note: Deceased
- Former: Kathleen Girard (2021) — Clerk & Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2021–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $89K, to Anthony Catanese (President). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc
How much does Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc give each year?
Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc gave $409K across 58 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $321K across 39 grants.
What is Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc's typical grant size?
Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc's median grant in 2025 was $7,500, and its average grant was $7,047, across 58 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc that year got $5K on average.
Where does Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc give grants?
Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc gives mostly in Massachusetts: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Boston, MA (19 grants), Cambridge, MA (4 grants), Newton, MA (4 grants) and Jamaica Plain, MA (3 grants).
Does Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 58 grants with a stated purpose on Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support.
Who are Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Bay Cove Human Services Inc ($10,000), Beth Israel Deaconesss Medical Center ($10,000) and De Novo Center for Justice ($10,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 7% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc?
Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc reported $6.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $463K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $281K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What does Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc fund?
The foundation says it continues the clinic’s mission by supporting organizations that provide healthcare services focused on the needs of people with low incomes, their families, and older adults. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc?
Applicants must submit the Philanthropy Massachusetts Common Proposal Form as a hard copy by mail or courier. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc's EIN?
Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-2106776. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2021–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(2)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2021–2024
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