2026 Bank of America Boston Marathon Official Charity Program Members Announced

 2026 Bank of America Boston Marathon Official Charity Program Members Announced

Organizations to fundraise ahead of 130^th Boston Marathon on April 20

 

BOSTON – The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) has announced that 193 organizations have been selected for the 2026 Bank of America Boston Marathon^® Official Charity Program. Organizations will raise funds for worthy causes ahead of the 130^th Boston Marathon presented by Bank of America on Monday, April 20, 2026.

 

The Bank of America Boston Marathon Official Charity Program provides invitational entries into the Boston Marathon to select non-profit organizations. Comprising almost 10% of the total field size, organizations utilize entries to recruit athletes who pledge to raise funds for their cause.

 

“The Boston Marathon touches countless lives beyond its 30,000 participants on race day.  Through the Bank of America Boston Marathon Official Charity Program, almost 200 organizations will have the opportunity to raise critical funds in support of causes near and dear to us all,” said Jack Fleming, B.A.A. President and CEO. “By the time we reach Patriots’ Day, tens of millions of dollars will be raised, making the Boston Marathon presented by Bank of America, one of the most impactful fundraising events in the United States.”

 

The selected organizations directly support residents of the eight cities and towns that make up the Boston Marathon route, raising critical funds that provide indispensable resources to those communities. In 2025, the Bank of America Boston Marathon Official Charity Program reached a new record fundraising level of $50.4 million. Since the Official Charity Program’s inception in 1989, more than $600 million has been raised surrounding the Boston Marathon.

 

“The good work of the nearly 200 organizations in the 2026 Bank of America Boston Marathon Official Charity Program will benefit the lives of hundreds of thousands of people,” said Miceal Chamberlain, President of Bank of America Massachusetts. “By harnessing the power of the Boston Marathon, these organizations and their charity runners are demonstrating how sport can pull us together and positively impact the community around us.”  

 

A complete list of Bank of America Boston Marathon Official Charity Program organizations can be found below, while information on the official charity program and selected charities can be found HERE.

 

The Boston Athletic Association will field its own fundraising team for the Boston Marathon.  Members of the B.A.A. Gives Back Marathon Team will fundraise to help expand the B.A.A.’s youth and community initiatives, bringing the benefits of running and healthy lifestyles to greater Boston. Applications are currently being accepted for the 2026 B.A.A. Official Charity Team.

 

The B.A.A. is committed to a world where all people can access and benefit from running and an active lifestyle. 

 

2026 Bank of America Boston Marathon Official Charity Program Members

261 Fearless

50 Legs in 50 Days

A Leg Forever Foundation

Abby Mac Foundation

Achilles International - Boston

Adaptive Sports New England

Agassiz Village

ALS Therapy Development Institute

ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Alzheimer's Association MA/NH Chapter

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - Massachusetts Chapter

American Heart Association

American Liver Foundation

American Red Cross

Back On My Feet

Bay Cove Human Services

Bay State Games

Best Buddies Massachusetts & Rhode Island

Beth Israel Lahey Health

Big Brothers Big Sister Association of Eastern Massachusetts

Bionic Project

Black Girls RUN! Foundation

Blood Cancer United

Boston Athletic Academy

Boston Athletic Association

Boston Bruins Foundation

Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center

Boston Community Pediatrics

Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Boston MedFlight

Boston Medical Center

Boston Plan for Excellence

Boston Public Library Fund

Boston Scores

Boston Theater Company

Bottom Line

Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence

Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston

Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester

Brain Aneurysm Foundation

Breakthrough T1D

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Brittany Fund for Trauma and Recovery

Camp Casco

Camp Harbor View Foundation

Camp Shriver at UMass Boston

Cardinal Cushing Centers

Caring for a Cure

Casa Myrna Vasquez

Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School

Charles River Watershed Association

Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County

Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation

Colin's Joy Project

Community Rowing

Cops For Kids with Cancer

Corey C. Griffin Foundation

Cradles to Crayons

CYCLE Kids

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dave McGillivray Finish Strong Foundation

David Ortiz Children's Fund

DetecTogether

Doc Wayne Youth Services

Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism

Dream Big!

Ellie Fund

Esplanade Association

Every Mother Counts

Expect Miracles Foundation

Family Reach

FamilyAid Boston

Fast Feet Running and Athletics

Fenway Health

Fisher House Boston

Franciscan Children's Hospital

Girls on the Run Greater Boston

Golf Fights Cancer

Good Sports

Gronk Nation Youth Foundation

Hale Education

Haymakers for Hope

Healthworks Community Fitness

Herren Project

Homes For Our Troops

Horizons for Homeless Children

Hospice Of The Good Shepherd

House of Possibilities

IMPACT Melanoma

In My Running Shoes

Include U: The Play Brigade

InnerCity Weightlifting

Joe Andruzzi Foundation

John M. Barry Boys & Girls Club of Newton

Journey Forward

Light Foundation

Lingzi Foundation

Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Mass Eye and Ear

Mass Mentoring Partnership

Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress

Massachusetts General Hospital

Matt Brown Foundation

McLean Hospital

MEB Foundation

MetroWest YMCA

Minds Matter Boston

Muscular Dystrophy Association

National Braille Press

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

National Ovarian Cancer Coalition: MA Chapter

New England Center and Home for Veterans

New England Patriots Foundation

Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Next Step

Officer Sean A. Collier Memorial Fund

One Mission

One Summit

One World Strong Foundation

Pedro Martinez Foundation

Pine Street Inn

Project Hope Boston

Project Purple

Rebekah's Angels Foundation

Red Sox Foundation

Rosie's Place

Roxbury Community College Foundation

Runway for Recovery

Samaritans

Semper Fi & America's Fund

SG United Foundation

Silver Lining Mentoring

South Boston Neighborhood House

South Shore Health

Spaulding Rehabilitation

Special Olympics Massachusetts

Spoonfuls

Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center

Squashbusters

St. Francis House

Stride for Stride

TargetCancer Foundation

Team IMPACT

Tedy's Team

Tenacity

The ALS Association

The Bill Belichick Foundation

The Born to Run Foundation

The Boston Bulldogs Running Club

The Boston Foundation, Krystle Campbell Memorial Fund

The Boston Police Foundation

The Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest

The Cam Neely Foundation

The Children's Room

The Dimock Center

The Gillian Reny Stepping Strong Center for Trauma Innovation

The Greater Boston Food Bank

The Heather Abbott Foundation

The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp

The Home for Little Wanderers

The Hoyt Foundation

The James Gang

The Louis D. Brown Peace Institute

The McCourt Foundation

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

The Michael Lisnow Respite Center

The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation

The New England Center for Children

The Play Ball Foundation

The Progeria Research Foundation

The ReM.A.R.C.able Foundation Network

The Skating Club Of Boston

The Sports Museum

The Webb Norden Foundation

The3PointFoundation

Trinity Boston Connects

Tufts Medical Center

Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

UMass Chan Medical School Foundation

United Service Organizations Incorporated (USO)

Vanessa T. Marcotte Foundation

Walker

Waypoint Adventure

West End House Boys & Girls Club

Women's Lunch Place

World Central Kitchen

Year Up

YMCA of Greater Boston

Youth Advocacy Foundation

Youth Enrichment Services (YES)