A museum gallery with a large landscape painting in a gilt frame

Grant recipient EIN 04-2619695Arts and culture

Who funds Boston Critic Inc?

14 private foundations gave Boston Critic Inc in Cambridge, MA $2.7 million across 43 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2024.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2024, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

43 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2024

    For general operating support

    $200,000
  2. Egg Foundation DBA Cameron Schrier FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2024

    General support

    $75,000
  3. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2024

    For website design

    $70,000
  4. Democracy Fund IncWashington, DC 2024

    Program support for a forum on multi-party democracy

    $50,000
  5. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2024

    For general operating support

    $50,000
  6. Joan & James Shapiro Foundation IncChicago, IL 2024

    See above

    $1,000
  7. Egg Foundation DBA Cameron Schrier FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2023

    General support

    $75,000
  8. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2023

    For general operating support

    $50,000
  9. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2023

    For general operating support

    $50,000
  10. The Spencer FoundationChicago, IL 2023

    2023 General Support

    $15,000
  11. Ron Beller and Jennifer Moses Family Foundation IncAspen, CO 2023

    General Purpose

    $5,000
  12. Joan & James Shapiro Foundation IncChicago, IL 2023

    See above

    $500
  13. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2022

    For a project to reimagine the ways we think about political economy in a post-neoliberal world

    $250,000
  14. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    Core support for its black voices in the public sphere fellowship

    $100,000
  15. Egg Foundation DBA Cameron Schrier FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2022

    General support

    $50,000
  16. The Spencer FoundationChicago, IL 2022

    2022 General Support

    $15,000
  17. Falcon Foundation IncWyckoff, NJ 2022

    General support

    $1,000
  18. The FB Heron FoundationNew Haven, CT 2022

    General Support

    $250
  19. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2021

    For a project to reimagine the ways we think about political economy in a post-neoliberal world

    $250,000
  20. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    Core support for its black voices in the public sphere fellowship

    $100,000
  21. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2021

    For the opportunity after neoliberalism project

    $100,000
  22. Egg Foundation DBA Cameron Schrier FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2021

    General support

    $75,000
  23. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2021

    For general operating support

    $50,000
  24. Ron Beller and Jennifer Moses Family Foundation IncAspen, CO 2021

    General purpose

    $22,500
  25. The Hundt Family Foundation IncChevy Chase, MD 2021

    Unrestricted

    $2,500
  26. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2020

    For a project to reimagine the ways we think about political economy in a postneoliberal world

    $250,000
  27. Egg Foundation DBA Cameron Schrier FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2020

    General support

    $75,000
  28. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2020

    For a convening and publication on industrial policy

    $75,000
  29. Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNew York, NY 2020

    As a one-time grant for support of a fellowship program that expands career opportunities for underrepresented voices in the media industry

    $50,000
  30. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2020

    For general operating support

    $50,000
  31. Ron Beller and Jennifer Moses Family Foundation IncAspen, CO 2020

    General purpose

    $10,000
  32. Ann & Richard Sarnoff Family FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    General

    $1,500
  33. Annie E Casey Foundation IncBaltimore, MD 2020

    Charitable contribution through the matching gifts program

    $100
  34. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    Core support for the publication of its Arts in Society special literary issue Allies

    $50,000
  35. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2019

    For general operating support

    $50,000
  36. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2019

    For a project to put voices across the ideological spectrum into direct conversation with each other

    $41,000
  37. Ron Beller and Jennifer Moses Family Foundation IncAspen, CO 2019

    General purpose

    $15,000
  38. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2018

    For "reimagining democracy" an editorial series on the prospects for a democratic society

    $250,000
  39. Incite Labs IncSan Francisco, CA 2018

    To support the organization

    $50,000
  40. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2018

    For general operating support

    $50,000
  41. Ron Beller and Jennifer Moses Family Foundation IncAspen, CO 2018

    General purpose

    $10,000
  42. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    Ford Foundation Matching Gift Program

    $750
  43. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    $50,000 To support Boston Reviews Winter 2018 issue Fifty Years Since MLK G11911

    $0

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Cambridge, MA and are not among Boston Critic Inc’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 121 grants Preselected only $9,710 to similar organizations
  2. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 15 grants Preselected only $1,925 to similar organizations
  3. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 36 grants Accepts applications $150,525 to similar organizations
  4. Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation IncCambridge, MA 11 grants Preselected only $51,125 to similar organizations
  5. Eastern Bank FoundationWakefield, MA 10 grants Accepts applications $22,550 to similar organizations
  6. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 5 grants Accepts applications $2,550,000 to similar organizations
  7. Wagner FoundationCambridge, MA 10 grants Preselected only $210,000 to similar organizations
  8. Alchemy FoundationCambridge, MA 11 grants Preselected only $79,200 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 04-2619695 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.