The Parks Family Foundation makes a small number of unrestricted operating grants focused largely on education and youth programs. Their giving is concentrated—two-thirds to higher education (Boston College) with the remainder to a youth-focused arts/creative writing organization (Austin Bat Cave)—suggesting priorities in university support and creative youth development rather than place-based philanthropy.
Concentrated, low-volume giving: few grants (3 total), modest total dollars ($30k), repeat support to a single higher-education recipient and one one-off gift to a youth arts organization; grants are unrestricted operating contributions rather than project-restricted funding.
Notable grantees: Boston College, Austin Bat Cave
Parks Family Foundation C/o Burruano & Company LLP’s recent giving is marked by a very large unrestricted contribution to itself in 2025, alongside a small set of operating grants to education and youth-serving organizations. The pattern points to flexible support rather than restricted project funding. In 2024, the foundation gave $10,000 to Austin Bat Cave for unrestricted contribution, and in the same year it also awarded $10,000 to Boston College for unrestricted contribution. Earlier grants in the record include a 2023 unrestricted contribution to Boston College, showing repeat support for that university over multiple years. The remaining grants are much smaller, which underscores a mix of one larger institutional transfer and a handful of modest grants. The foundation’s giving also reaches outside the United States, with one grant to Fortrose Academy in the UK, while most recipients are U.S.-based. Across the recent record, the foundation’s support centers on education, youth programming, and other nonprofit operating needs rather than a broad spread of issue areas.
Education is the clearest thread in the foundation’s grantmaking. Boston College received $10,000 in 2024 for unrestricted contribution, after another $10,000 unrestricted contribution in 2023, indicating support that continued across years. Youth arts and creative writing also appear in the record: Austin Bat Cave received $10,000 in 2024 for unrestricted contribution. Smaller grants extend beyond those two anchors. Fortrose Academy received $1,450 in 2023, suggesting support for an education-related institution outside the U.S. The foundation also made $1,000 unrestricted contributions to Christ Memorial Chapel, The Institute for the Study of War, and Seacoast National Hobe Sound Community, showing that its giving includes a few modest gifts outside its main education pattern.
Typical grants are small: p25 is $1,000, median is $1,450, and p75 is $10,000. The distribution is uneven because one 2025 contribution of $725,763 sits far above the rest of the record, while most other grants fall in the low-thousands. The foundation also shows repeat giving rather than purely one-off support, with Boston College appearing in both 2023 and 2024. The available records show unrestricted contributions rather than project-specific awards, and the foundation does not make program-related investments or grants to individuals.
$760K
$0
$251K
$729K
Most grants fall between $1K and $10K, with a median of $1K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$1K
75th Percentile
$10K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in FL.
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Parks Family Foundation C/O Burruano & Company Llp.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 7 | $759K | 87.5% |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 1 |
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Grant recipients are mostly in the United States, with 87.5% of grants going to U.S.-based organizations and one grant going to the UK. Among named recipient locations, Chestnut Hill, MA appears more than once through Boston College, Austin, TX appears through Austin Bat Cave, and Hobe Sound, FL appears twice in the smaller-grant record. Florida is the top state by grant count, while the foundation’s headquarters is in Armonk, NY.
The record points most clearly to education and youth-related organizations. Boston College received unrestricted contributions in both 2023 and 2024, and Austin Bat Cave received a $10,000 unrestricted contribution in 2024 for its youth arts and creative writing work.
Yes. Boston College appears in the grant record in 2023 and again in 2024, both times as an unrestricted contribution of $10,000.
The typical grant sizes are small: the 25th percentile is $1,000, the median is $1,450, and the 75th percentile is $10,000.
Most grants go to U.S. recipients, with 7 of the 8 recent grants in the United States and 1 in the UK. Florida is the top state by grant count, and Hobe Sound, FL appears twice in the recent record.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| $1K |
12.5% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARKS FAMILY FOUNDATION | ARMONK, NY | $725,763 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION |
| BOSTON COLLEGE | CHESTNUT HILL, MA | $10,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION |
| AUSTIN BAT CAVE | AUSTIN, TX | $10,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION |
| BOSTON COLLEGE | CHESTNUT HILL, MA | $10,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION |
| FORTROSE ACADEMY | FORTROSE | $1,450 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION |
| SEACOAST NATIONAL HOBE SOUND COMMUNITY | HOBE SOUND, FL | $1,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION |
| CHRIST MEMORIAL CHAPEL | HOBE SOUND, FL | $1,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION |
| THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR | WASHINGTON, DC | $1,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION |
PARKS FAMILY FOUNDATION
$725,763UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION
BOSTON COLLEGE
$10,000UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION
AUSTIN BAT CAVE
$10,000UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION
BOSTON COLLEGE
$10,000UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION
FORTROSE ACADEMY
$1,450UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION
SEACOAST NATIONAL HOBE SOUND COMMUNITY
$1,000UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION
CHRIST MEMORIAL CHAPEL
$1,000UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION
THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR
$1,000UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION