Our Grantees

Our grantmaking is shaped by the following Guiding Principles.

Trust - We trust our nonprofit partners to lead the way

Transformation - We fund compassionate leaders with bold, transformational ideas

Grace - We say no with love and without judgment

Access - We are accessible partners, ready to think things through together

Celebration - We celebrate recognition when it honors legacy or lifts our partners

Rigor - We perform rigorous due diligence and strive to be easy partners

Joy - Above all, we believe philanthropy should bring joy


The following is a list of organizations that have received more than $50,000 in Lifetime Giving from The Crimson Lion / Lavine Family Foundation™:

Abortion Care Network

About Fresh

Action Center for College Educational Services

Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation

America's Promise Alliance

American Friends of MAOZ-Seal

American Friends of Yitzhak Rabin

American Jewish World Service

American Red Cross

American Repertory Theater

Anti-Defamation League

Aspen Institute

Be the Change, Inc.

Berklee College of Music

Best Buddies International

Beth Israel Deaconess

Better Angels Society

Boston 2024 Partnership, Inc.

Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation

Boston Children's Chorus

Boston Medical Center

Boston Public Library Foundation

Boston University

Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston

Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester

Brandeis University

Breaktime United

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Broad Institute

Broadway Cares

Camp Harbor View

Case Method Institute for Education & Democracy

Catholic Schools Foundation

Center for American Progress

Chalkbeat Inc (now Civic News Company)

Children's Hospital Boston

City Year

Classical High School Alumni Association

Columbia University

Columbia-Barnard Hillel

Combined Jewish Philanthropy

Common Purpose Project

Connecticut Public Broadcasting

Courageous Parents Network

Cradles to Crayons

Cure Alzheimer's Fund

Cycle for Survival

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Dana Hall School

Edward Kennedy Institute For US Senate

Equal Justice Initiative

Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund

Facing History and Ourselves

Foundation to Combat Antisemitism

Friends of Excel Academy

Gann Academy

Giffords - Fight Against Gun Violence

Global Citizen Year

Greater Lawrence Health Center

GreenLight Fund

Harvard University

Hebrew Union College

Honeymoon Israel

Horizons for Homeless Children

Immigration Equality

Integrity First for America

International Medical Corps

IVUMED

JDRF

John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

Jupiter Medical Center

Liam's Lucky Charms MS Bike Ride

Lift, Inc.

Make-a-Wish Foundation

Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT)

Massachusetts General Hospital

Massachusetts Governors Conference for Women

MassINC

Matheny Medical and Educational Center

Media Matters for America

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership

Miriam Hospital Foundation

Moishe House

Museum of Fine Arts

NAACP

National MS Foundation

National MS Society

National Redistricting Foundation

New Profit, Inc.

Northern Essex Community College Foundation

Obama Foundation

Pan-Mass Challenge Trust

Peer Health Exchange

Philadelphia CVB Foundation

Project 351

Project Access

Reproductive Equity Now

Research for Learning and Development

Roger Williams University

Rosie's Place

Samaritans

Sandy Hook Promise

Share Our Strength

Squashbusters

Stand for Children

Team Impact

Temple Emanu-el

Temple Emunah

Temple Isaiah

Tenacity

The Boston Foundation

The Har Initiative

The Jed Foundation

Third Way Institute

Tides Foundation - Voter Action Fund

Trust Neighborhoods

Trustees of Tufts College

uAspire

UNICEF

Union for Reform Judaism

United Service Organizations

United States Holocaust Memorial

United Way

Upstream

Vet Voice Foundation

WBUR

West Palm Golf Community Trust

William Jefferson Clinton Foundation

With Honor Institute

Year Up