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Foundations that fund education in Massachusetts

7,043 private foundations gave $1.6 billion for education to organizations in Massachusetts in their latest year. The largest was Gates Foundation, with $359 million in 108 grants.

Foundations ranked by education grants to recipients in Massachusetts, latest year
FoundationGrantsAmountAccepts applications
Gates Foundation (Washington)108$359 millionYes
Initiative for Digital Engineering (Maine)1$49.1 millionNo
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation (California)4$31.5 millionNo
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation (California)28$30.9 millionNo
The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc (New York)4$26.6 millionNo
The Morningside Foundation6$18.7 millionNo
Walton Family Foundation Inc (Arkansas)22$18.3 millionNo
Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc)228$17.3 millionYes
Lilly Endowment Inc (Indiana)9$16.0 millionYes
The Simons Foundation Inc (New York)86$15.4 millionNo
Barr Foundation111$15.2 millionNo
The Flatley Foundation71$13.7 millionNo
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation (New York)15$12.7 millionYes
Harold Alfond Foundation (Maine)1$12.0 millionYes
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (New Jersey)59$11.2 millionYes
Denise and Michael Kellen Foundation Inc (New York)1$10.1 millionNo
Clark Charitable Foundation Inc DBA A James & Alice B Clark Foundation (Maryland)1$10.0 millionNo
Gerson Bakar Foundation (California)1$10.0 millionNo
Lunder Foundation (Maine)8$8.9 millionYes
The Paul J Dimare Foundation (Florida)1$8.9 millionNo
The Edgerley Family Foundation (Kansas)7$8.5 millionNo
The George I Alden Trust59$8.3 millionYes
John Templeton Foundation (Pennsylvania)22$8.2 millionYes
Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc158$8.2 millionYes
ONE8 Foundation46$8.1 millionNo

Amounts count grants whose purpose or recipient matches education, paid to recipients in Massachusetts. A foundation based in another state appears when it gives here.

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