ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A80

Classification

2100

Street

575 BOYLSTON ST STE 4R

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE ORGANIZATION WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS. TOGETHER, THEY PLAN, DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT IMPORTANT MAINTENANCE, RESTORATION, ENHANCEMENT AND PROGRAMMATIC PROJECTS AND EVENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO VISIT THE PARK EACH YEAR. THE ORGANIZATION'S WORK FOCUSES ON: -PROJECTS DESIGNED TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE USE, AESTHETICS AND SAFETY OF THE PARK, INCLUDING MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF BALLFIELDS, PATHWAYS, AND PLAYGROUNDS, INSTALLATION OF NEW WAYFINDING SIGNAGE, COMMISSIONING OF PUBLIC ART, AND THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE LEE POOL SITE INTO A FIRST-RATE GATHERING, RECREATIONAL AND OPERATIONAL SPACE. - PROGRAMS THAT ENRICH THE ENJOYMENT OF VISITORS TO THE PARK, CONNECT PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND COMMUNITIES, AND PROMOTE A STRONG SENSE OF PARK OWNERSHIP, INCLUDING FREE FITNESS CLASSES, CONCERTS, CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES, TOURS, VOLUNTEER EVENTS, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AND MORE. - ADVOCACY FOR PUBLIC POLICIES AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION THAT HELP PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE PARK FOR THE BENEFIT OF DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. OTHER PROGRAMS: - ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK, SPECIFICALLY IN THE AREA OF GEESE CONTROL, LAWN MAINTENANCE, TREE CARE AND MAINTENANCE, SHORELINE VEGETATIVE MANAGEMENT, REHABILITATION OF MONUMENTS AND HISTORIC PARK ELEMENTS, TO PROMOTE A CLEAN AND CARED FOR NATURAL HABITAT; - PRODUCING OR HOSTING DONATION BASED ACTIVITIES INCLUDING A 5K RACE, BOSTON MARATHON TEAM, VOLUNTEER ACTIVITES, AND ANNUAL EVENTS: - COLLABORATION ON IMPROVING FOOD AND BEVERAGE OFFERINGS IN THE PARK AND ORGANIZING FREE FITNESS CLASSES.

  Expenses $2,513,328 · Grants $16,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $9,929,669

  Expenses

  $3,384,537

  Contributions

  $9,203,730

  Grants paid

  $16,000

• 2023

  Revenue

  $9,285,953

  Expenses

  $2,478,941

  Contributions

  $8,982,175

  Grants paid

  $84,223

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,880,542

  Expenses

  $1,993,602

  Contributions

  $2,764,132

  Grants paid

  $15,900

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

  $3,458,484

  Expenses

  $1,858,448

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,930,971

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,726,435

  Expenses

  $1,639,262

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,042,522

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,388,691

  Expenses

  $1,419,871

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,857,667

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,688,330

  Expenses

  $1,346,845

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,015,073

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,456,491

  Expenses

  $1,406,755

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,557,488

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,468,908

  Expenses

  $1,185,321

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,492,402

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,203,780

  Expenses

  $874,090

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,206,812

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $945,123

  Expenses

  $734,736

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,192,094

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $616,951

  Assets (EOY)

  $586,066

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $702,021

  Assets (EOY)

  $409,967

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

• CELEBRITY SERIES OF BOSTON

  $50,000

  2023 · MUSIC PROGRAM

• BOSTON ART AND MUSIC SOUL FEST INC

  $18,000

  2023 · MUSIC PROGRAM

• FRIENDS OF TEDDY EBERSOL'S RED SOX

  $16,223

  2023 · MAINTENANCE AND CARE

• FRIENDS OF TEDDY EBERSOL'S RED SOX

  $16,000

  2024 · MAINTENANCE AND CARE

• FRIENDS OF TEDDY EBERSOL'S RED SOX

  $15,900

  2022 · MAINTENANCE AND CARE

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $3,149,300

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,126,450

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,043,422

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $648,508

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• BOSTON FOUNDATION INC

  $247,500

  2023 · Capital Campaign

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $242,500

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $236,500

  2022 · ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS

• COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF GREATER BOSTON INC

  $156,000

  2023 · DAF - Environment

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $155,000

  2024 · ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS

• GIVENGAIN FOUNDATION USA

  $142,545

  2023 · Program Support

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

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