Social Venture Partners Boston Inc
Svp boston, a group of diverse, highly skilled professionals, collaborates with carefully selected boston area non-profits by investing their time, skills, and money to increase the capacity of these non-profits to deliver meaningful social impact. In its combination of funding and volunteering, svp boston provides a unique, targeted, and highly leveraged philanthropic funding source to the boston area non-profit community, while also enabling its grant recipients to access strategic-level volunteers, advice, contacts, and organizational practices.in addition to providing funding and volunteer expertise to carefully selected boston area nonprofits, svp boston also seeks to develop effective philanthropy in the boston area by educating its partners to be informed, effective, life-long philanthropists. As such, svp boston is a catalyst for charitable giving and for making charitable gifts more effectively in the boston area.
Social Venture Partners Boston Inc at a glance
- Total assets
- $66,902
- +101.4% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $265,235
- -7.0% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $229,490
- -3.8% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Social Venture Partners Boston Inc
Open Grants
2 open opportunities from Social Venture Partners Boston Inc
2026 Consulting Grant
Social Venture Partners Boston Inc
Amount
$5,000 minimum (financial grant after 6 months); Pro bono consulting valued at $250,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
SVP Boston Unrestricted Grants
Social Venture Partners Boston Inc
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who Social Venture Partners Boston Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
12 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 12 grants of 12 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
How Social Venture Partners Boston Inc gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2019 to 2022 (−14%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2022, annual grant giving ranged from $123K (2021) to $206K (2020). In 2022 it made 6 grants totaling $144K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Eden Roslindale, MA | General Operating Support | $25,500 |
| Strategies for Youth Cambridge, MA | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| Bikes Not Bombs Inc Jamaica Plain, MA | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| Leadership Brainery Inc Boston, MA | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| Breaktime United Inc Boston, MA | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| About Fresh Boston, MA | General Operating Support | $18,750 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $66,902 | $265,235 | $229,490 | — | — | — |
| 2024 | $33,216 | $285,219 | $238,610 | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $45,998 | $313,183 | $406,101 | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $164,025 | $436,162 | $458,952 | $144,250 | 6 | — |
| 2021 | $131,950 | $479,979 | $441,651 | $122,500 | 6 | — |
| 2020 | $164,954 | $478,280 | $504,938 | $205,750 | 8 | $1 |
| 2019 | $127,142 | $468,059 | $445,687 | $167,500 | 7 | $1 |
About Social Venture Partners Boston Inc
Based on IRS filings
Social Venture Partners Boston Inc is a public charity, based in Boston, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $67K in total assets.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Social Venture Partners Boston Inc is led by Karin Cassel Mitterando, Chief Executive Officer on every filing since 2024; 1 of 9 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Karin Cassel Mitterando
Chief Executive Officer
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$28K (2024) → $203K (2025)
Kim Willingham
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Kirkwood
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Rosenblatt
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ana Balcarcel
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cliff Manko
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marva Serotkin
Co-Chair
Co-Chair → Chair, 2023
Chair → Co-Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bill Asher
Co-Chair
Director → Co-Chair, 2022
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Megan Williams
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (21)
- Former: Jason Williams (2021–2024) — Former President & Chief Executive
- Former: Joel Rosen (2022–2024) — Former Director
- Former: Terrie Perella (2022–2024) — Former Clerk
- Former: Elicia Wilson (2023–2024) — Former Director
- Former: Monica Noether (2020–2023) — Former Treasurer
- Former: Nikhil Gavai (2022–2023) — Former Clerk
- Former: Gary Garber (2019–2022) — Former Director
- Former: John Valpey (2019–2022) — Former Clerk
- Former: Keyur Patel (2019–2022) — Former Director
- Former: Charles Daniels (2021–2022) — Former Director
- Former: Jason Allen (2021–2022) — Former Director
- Former: Jessie Cronan (2019–2021) — Former Executive Director
- Former: Julia Karol (2020–2021) — Former Director
- Former: Monalisa Smith (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Steve Kenney (2020–2021) — Board Co-Chairman
- Former: Lauren D'amico (2021) — Director
- Former: David Ferreira (2019–2020) — Former President
- Former: Laura Hockett (2019–2020) — Former Treasurer & Director
- Former: Jeffrey Kushner (2019) — Director
- Former: Kathy Spiegelman (2019) — Director
- Former: Larry Wallach (2019) — Secretary
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "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 $203K, to Karin Cassel Mitterando (Chief Executive Officer).
Frequently asked questions about Social Venture Partners Boston Inc
How large is Social Venture Partners Boston Inc?
Social Venture Partners Boston Inc reported $67K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $265K.
Where does Social Venture Partners Boston Inc operate?
Social Venture Partners Boston Inc has awarded grants in Massachusetts.
What is Social Venture Partners Boston Inc's EIN?
Social Venture Partners Boston Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 45-4230249. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 15, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 12, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 11, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 12, 2023)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 24, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024
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