Richard K Lubin Family Foundation C/O Castle Rock Advisors
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About Richard K Lubin Family Foundation C/O Castle Rock Advisors
The Richard K. Lubin Family Foundation concentrates its giving on major Boston-area institutions, providing large, often unrestricted operating support to prominent health, cultural, educational and Jewish community organizations. Grants are sizable and directed to established nonprofits—frequently repeated to the same beneficiaries—suggesting a preference for sustaining flagship local institutions rather than project-level or small grassroots funding.
Focus Areas
Cancer research and patient care (major support to Dana‑Farber)Boston visual arts institutions (Museum of Fine Arts — general operating)Independent private secondary education for girls (Winsor School)Jewish communal life and services (Combined Jewish Philanthropies)Broad community service and capacity support (United Way — regional unrestricted funding)
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizations (grantee itself)
Giving Approach
Concentrated, high-dollar grants primarily to a small set of established Greater Boston institutions; multiple grants to the same organizations and predominantly unrestricted/‘support for needs’ funding.
About Richard K Lubin Family Foundation C/O Castle Rock Advisors
A $2,063,317 grant to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in 2025 is the clearest example of how Richard K Lubin Family Foundation C/o Castle Rock Advisors gives: large, operating-style support to established Boston institutions. The foundation’s recent grant list also shows repeated support for the Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, Combined Jewish Philanthropies, United Way, and Winsor School, each funded at seven-figure or near-seven-figure levels across 2024 and 2025. That pattern points to a portfolio built around sustaining major organizations rather than one-off projects. Across its recent awards, the foundation supports medical research and clinical care, arts and culture, education, and Jewish communal life. Several grants go to Boston-based institutions with long operating histories, including Boston Children’s Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Boston Public Schools. The grantmaking pattern is consistent with unrestricted or general support for core institutional needs, and the same beneficiaries often appear in more than one year. It also includes support for a few organizations outside Boston, such as the University of Pennsylvania and Childrens Aid, but the center of gravity remains in Greater Boston.
What Richard K Lubin Family Foundation C/O Castle Rock Advisors Funds
Medical research and clinical care are a major part of the foundation’s activity. In 2025 it gave $251,000 to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and $150,000 to Boston Children’s Hospital, alongside a $170,000 grant in 2024 to Damon Runyon Cancer Res Fdn. The foundation also runs a Lubin Family Foundation Scholar Award for four-year support of early-career physician-scientists in Greater Boston. Arts and culture are another clear theme. The Museum of Fine Arts - Boston received $1,130,000 in 2025 and $1,100,000 in 2024, while New England Conservatory received $275,000 in 2025 and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum received $155,000 in 2024. Education support includes Boston Public Schools, which received $412,500 in 2025 and $150,000 in 2024, plus Boston Educational Development, which received $306,000 in 2024 and $300,000 in 2025. The foundation also funded Park School Corporation in Brookline.
How Richard K Lubin Family Foundation C/O Castle Rock Advisors Gives
Typical grants cluster around a $10,000 median, with a $2,500 p25 and $50,000 p75, but the recent grant list also includes much larger operating gifts at the six- and seven-figure level. The pattern is repeat giving: several recipients appear in both 2024 and 2025, including Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, Winsor School, United Way, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The foundation is classified as a Regular Funder, not a DAF or program-related investment vehicle. Its active programs all show unsolicited applications as false, indicating a managed grantmaking process rather than open submission.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$11.1M
Total Assets
$223.4M
Total Revenue
$47.5M
Total Expenses
$13.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $3K and $50K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
Regional14 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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