New England Patriots Charitable Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The foundation's stated focus is New England, so organisations working in that region are the ones it is set up to consider, and its grants have gone mainly to education and human services, which is worth checking against your own work.
- Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 of its 594 grants to organisations fall between $2,000 and $50,000, with a median of $10,000, so a request in that range is a realistic size, although its largest grant was about $260,000.
- Requests go through the online form at least six weeks before an event, and the site lets applicants track the request after submission, so plan your timing around that lead time.
- In its latest filing, 61% of grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so a relationship built over time seems to matter, though that does not bar a new applicant.
- Do not apply if you are an individual or family, a commercial entity, a registered 501(c)3 without a tax identification number, an organisation with no full-time staff person, or one that has existed for fewer than three years, and do not apply to its NFL Grassroots Field Grant Program if you are an all-volunteer organisation or a university or college campus.
Overview
New England Patriots Charitable Foundation is a US private foundation based in Foxboro, MA.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Foundation accepts donation requests from registered charitable organisations and seeks to support nonprofits located within New England. Its filed grant purposes show a broad portfolio, with education and human services among the main areas, alongside substantial support for youth and family services, health services and cancer research. Its public pages also describe community volunteer awards that direct grants to the charities of recognised volunteers. Organisations are asked to submit donation requests online at least six weeks before an event.
Themes
From its grants, not stated by the foundation:
- Education
- Human services
Geographic Focus
New England.
What They Don't Fund
- Game tickets
- Donations to benefit specific individuals or families
- Unsigned merchandise sent in for autographing
- Institutions' religious activities
- Requests from individuals or commercial entities
- NFL Grassroots Program only: all-volunteer organizations; Universities and college campuses
How to apply
Submit formal donation requests through the online request form; after submission, the site allows applicants to track the request status.
Deadlines: Requests are due at least six weeks before an event.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 61% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 594 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.
What the foundation says:
- Requests must come from a registered 501(c)3 charitable organisation and include a tax identification number.
- Applicants must have at least one full-time staff person.
- Applicants must have been in existence for at least three years.
- Applicants need a proven track record in real estate development and/or parks programming.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 3%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 1%
- The largest single recipient received 5% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 61% of grant dollars went to organisations New England Patriots Charitable Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 4% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 210 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $10,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Ron Burton Training Village · Education$261,0002024 tax year
- Tech Goes Home · Human Services$250,0002024 tax year
- Smithsonian Institution · Education$250,0002024 tax year
- Special Olympics of Massachusetts · Athletics/ education/ youth services$225,0002024 tax year
- Bridge Over Troubled Waters · Homeless Youth$125,0002024 tax year
- HopeWell · Youth Services$125,0002024 tax year
- Empowerment Plan · Youth and family services$112,5002024 tax year
- Boys & Girls Club of Boston · Youth Services$100,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Daniel A Kraft — Director
- Jonathan A Kraft — Director
- Joshua M Kraft — Treasurer
- Robert K Kraft — Chairman
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $3,701,648 | $3,262,161 | $5,024,499 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $4,746,622 | $4,240,277 | $5,354,384 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $4,953,802 | $4,374,775 | $5,456,707 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
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At a glance
Applying to New England Patriots Charitable Foundation?
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Contact
- (508) 384-9492
- Foxboro, MA
- patriots.com/community
Applying to New England Patriots Charitable Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (508) 384-9492
- Foxboro, MA
- patriots.com/community