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THE FUND FOR PARKS AND RECREATION IN BOSTON

EIN 04-2784811 BOSTON, MA

Revenue 2023
$9,998,889
Expenses 2023
$6,888,625

Program services were 59.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S99
Classification
1000
Street
1010 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS AND VISTORS WITH CLEAN, GREEN, SAFE, AND ACCESSIBLE OPEN SPACE IN MORE THAN 2,300 ACRES OF PARK LAND THROUGHOUT THE CITY INCLUDING PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, ATHLETIC FACILITIES, CITY SQUARES, URBAN WILDS, STREET TRESS, THREE ACTIVE CEMETERIES, SIXTEEN HISTORIC BURYING GROUNDS, AND TWO GOLF COURSES. OUR DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 217 CITY PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS AND ATHLETIC FIELDS, TWO GOLF COURSES, 65 SQUARES, 17 FOUNTAINS, 75 GAME COURTS, 16 HISTORIC AND THREE ACTIVE CEMETERIES, URBAN WILDS, FOUR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC FIELDS, AND APPROXIMATELY 125,000 TREES, ALL COVERING 2,346 ACRES, 1,000 OF WHICH COMPRISE THE HISTORIC EMERALD NECKLACE. WE ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN 35,000 STREET TREES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O.

  • FUNDS, GRANTS OR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE USED TO PROVIDE BOSTON RESIDENTS WITH RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $2,447,688

  • FUNDS, GRANTS OR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE USED TO PROVIDE BOSTON RESIDENTS WITH RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS AT THE FRANKLIN PARK GOLF COURSE.

    Expenses $939,966 · Revenue $1,708,743

  • FUNDS, GRANTS OR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE USED TO PROVIDE BOSTON RESIDENTS WITH RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS AT THE GEORGE WRIGHT GOLF COURSE.

    Expenses $681,231 · Revenue $2,237,246

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Ryan Woods

    CHAIR & COMMISSIONER

    Total calculated
    $145,787
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $118,632
    Other
    $27,155
    Hours/week
    1 + 35 related

  • Scott R Allen

    EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

    Total calculated
    $135,471
    From this org
    $131,277
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,194
    Hours/week
    35

  • Jerica Bradley

    1ST ASST. COLLECTOR-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $132,498
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $122,875
    Other
    $9,623
    Hours/week
    1 + 35 related

  • Kevin Frawley

    HEAD GOLF PROFESSIONAL

    Total calculated
    $125,291
    From this org
    $121,817
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,474
    Hours/week
    35

  • Leonard Curtin

    GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT

    Total calculated
    $125,291
    From this org
    $121,817
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,474
    Hours/week
    35

  • Russell Heller

    GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT

    Total calculated
    $125,291
    From this org
    $121,817
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,474
    Hours/week
    35

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,998,889
    Expenses
    $6,888,625
    Contributions
    $4,160,881
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,649,321
    Expenses
    $9,501,618
    Contributions
    $4,335,622
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,298,863
    Expenses
    $4,811,497
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,398,937

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,711,889
    Expenses
    $4,925,756
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,922,090

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,781,114
    Expenses
    $5,410,865
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,652,008

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,386,320
    Expenses
    $11,914,791
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,252,065

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,379,144
    Expenses
    $8,751,876
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,515,757

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,543,600
    Expenses
    $5,798,458
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,483,169

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,955,252
    Expenses
    $6,305,547
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,068,571

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,779,331
    Expenses
    $4,578,067
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,963,623

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,398,522
    Expenses
    $5,619,627
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,076,482

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,957,190
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,454,718

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

  • CITY OF BOSTON

    115 · Governmental · MA

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.