Foundations
Private foundations in Massachusetts
3,274 private foundations based in Massachusetts gave $3.3 billion in 70,741 grants in their latest year, and 847 of them accept applications.
Foundations that fund causes in Massachusetts
These count grants to recipients in Massachusetts, including from foundations based elsewhere.
Foundations by city in Massachusetts
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Massachusetts foundations that accept applications
- Fidelity Foundation · Boston
Accepts applications $156 million a year · typical grant $400 · Education - The Klarman Family Foundation · Boston
Accepts applications $82.2 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · International - Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Boston
Accepts applications $50.6 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Youth programs - Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Woburn
Accepts applications $38.2 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Education - The TJX Foundation Inc · Framingham
Accepts applications $28.1 million a year · typical grant $26.3 million - Yawkey Foundation II · Westwood
Accepts applications $19.1 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Education - Eastern Bank Foundation · Wakefield
Accepts applications $19.0 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Housing and homelessness - Linde Family Foundation · Boston
Accepts applications $16.8 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Arts and culture - Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation · Newton
Accepts applications $15.6 million a year · typical grant $35,606 · Health - Carequest Foundation Inc · Boston
Accepts applications $14.5 million a year · typical grant $125,000 · Health - The George I Alden Trust · Worcester
Accepts applications $11.5 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Education - Ann Theodore Foundation · Boston
Accepts applications $9.2 million a year · typical grant $200,000 · Education - The Kraft Family Foundation Inc · Foxborough
Accepts applications $8.8 million a year · typical grant $8.8 million - Amelia Peabody Foundation · Topsfield
Accepts applications $8.7 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · Youth programs - The Irene E and George A Davis Foundation · Springfield
Accepts applications $8.5 million a year · typical grant $8.5 million - The Lynch Foundation · Boston
Accepts applications $8.3 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education - Telemachus and Irene Demoulas Family Foundation · Chelmsford
Accepts applications $7.9 million a year · typical grant $200,000 · Health - The Ceres Foundation Inc · Groton
Accepts applications $7.9 million a year · typical grant $82,500 · Education - Technical Training Foundation · Beverly
Accepts applications $7.4 million a year · typical grant $200,000 · Education - MWC Foundation Inc · Boston
Accepts applications $7.1 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Environment and conservation - Gordon Foundation · Danvers
Accepts applications $6.7 million a year · typical grant $302,500 · Education - Stoddard Charitable Trust · Worcester
Accepts applications $5.6 million a year · typical grant $5.6 million - Eastern Cambridge Foundation · Wakefield
Accepts applications $5.5 million a year · typical grant $5.5 million - The Stephen Phillips Memorial Scholarship Fund Inc · Boston
Accepts applications $5.1 million a year · typical grant $8,500 · Education - The Hyams Foundation Inc · Boston
Accepts applications $4.9 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education - Philip and Bernice Krupp Foundation for Jewish Life · Boston
Accepts applications $4.9 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Faith communities - Hermann Foundation Inc · Worcester
Accepts applications $4.7 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Environment and conservation - Merck Family Fund · Boston
Accepts applications $4.6 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Environment and conservation - The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc · Foxboro
Accepts applications $4.4 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - Metrowest Health Foundation Inc · Framingham
Accepts applications $4.0 million a year · typical grant $12,500 · Health - The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · Pittsfield
Accepts applications $4.0 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation for Expanding Health · Boston
Accepts applications $3.9 million a year · typical grant $2.7 million - Knopf Family Foundation Inc · Wakefield
Accepts applications $3.9 million a year · typical grant $27,500 · Animals - Gerondelis Foundation Inc · Lynn
Accepts applications $3.5 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - George H & Jane A Mifflin Memorial Fund · Boston
Accepts applications $3.4 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education - The Fletcher Foundation · Worcester
Accepts applications $3.3 million a year · typical grant $10,500 · Environment and conservation - Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Taunton
Accepts applications $3.2 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education - Comet Foundation F/K/A the Steinert Family Foundation · Boston
Accepts applications $3.2 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education - Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockland
Accepts applications $2.7 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education - The Doe Family Foundation · Winchester
Accepts applications $2.6 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Food and hunger - The Beveridge Family Foundation · West Newbury
Accepts applications $2.6 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Environment and conservation - Edwin S Webster Foundation · Boston
Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Health - Charles H Hood Foundation · Manchesterbythesea
Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Health - Adelaide Breed Bayrd Foundation · Malden
Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $2.5 million · Education - Eos Foundation · Harwich Port
Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $7,500 · Community development - TBL Charitable Foundation · Newtonville
Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education - The Carney Family Charitable Foundation · Bridgewater
Accepts applications $2.4 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education - The Ludcke Foundation · Boston
Accepts applications $2.4 million a year · typical grant $2.4 million - Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation · Boston
Accepts applications $2.4 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Human services - Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc · Newburyport
Accepts applications $2.3 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Education
Largest foundations in Massachusetts
- The Rare Disease Charitable Foundation · Lexington
Preselected only $171 million a year · typical grant $171 million - Fidelity Foundation · Boston
Accepts applications $156 million a year · typical grant $400 · Education - Barr Foundation · Boston
Preselected only $123 million a year · typical grant $80,000 · Education - The Klarman Family Foundation · Boston
Accepts applications $82.2 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · International - Grantham Foundation for the Protection · Boston
Preselected only $67.0 million a year · typical grant $500,000 · Environment and conservation - Adelson Family Foundation · Needham
Preselected only $66.9 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Education - The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc · Boston
Preselected only $66.2 million a year · typical grant $395,000 · International - Popplestone Foundation · Boston
Preselected only $51.3 million a year · typical grant $737,500 · Community development - Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Boston
Accepts applications $50.6 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Youth programs - ONE8 Foundation · Boston
Preselected only $48.8 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education - Dr Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Medical Research Foundation · Needham
Preselected only $40.8 million a year · typical grant $674,036 · Health - Massmutual Foundation Inc · Springfield
Preselected only $39.7 million a year · typical grant $896,000 - Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Woburn
Accepts applications $38.2 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Education - Mellen Charitable Fdn (Fka TF Fdn) · Boston
Preselected only $35.7 million a year · typical grant $425,000 · Health - Mathworks Foundation Inc · Natick
Preselected only $35.4 million a year · typical grant $500,000 · Education - The Flatley Foundation · Braintree
Preselected only $32.8 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Education - Cummings Foundation Inc · Woburn
Preselected only $32.7 million a year · typical grant $1,000 · Health - Broad Reach Foundation · Boston
Preselected only $31.4 million a year · typical grant $875,000 · Health - The Stanton Foundation · Boston
Preselected only $28.3 million a year · typical grant $80,000 · Education - The TJX Foundation Inc · Framingham
Accepts applications $28.1 million a year · typical grant $26.3 million - State Street Foundation Inc · Boston
$26.9 million a year · typical grant $26.9 million - Growald Climate Fund Inc · Brookline
Preselected only $26.3 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · International - Flock Inc · Boston
Preselected only $24.0 million a year · typical grant $135,000 · Environment and conservation - Champions of Love Foundation Inc · Boston
Preselected only $22.4 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Education - Pobble Stone Foundation · Concord
Preselected only $21.5 million a year · typical grant $10.7 million - The Hausman Family Charitable Trust · Boston
Preselected only $19.6 million a year · typical grant $19.6 million - The Schooner Foundation · Boston
Preselected only $19.4 million a year · typical grant $90,000 · Health - Stamps Family Charitable Foundation Inc · Boston
Preselected only $19.4 million a year · typical grant $5,750 · Education - The Morningside Foundation · Newton Centre
Preselected only $19.2 million a year · typical grant $240,250 · Education - Yawkey Foundation II · Westwood
Accepts applications $19.1 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Education - Eastern Bank Foundation · Wakefield
Accepts applications $19.0 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Housing and homelessness - Mac Five Foundation Inc · Lincoln
Preselected only $17.7 million a year · typical grant $4.2 million - New Balance Foundation · Boston
Preselected only $16.8 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Youth programs - Linde Family Foundation · Boston
Accepts applications $16.8 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Arts and culture - Edward C Johnson Fund · Boston
Preselected only $16.5 million a year · typical grant $264,100 · Environment and conservation - Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation · Newton
Accepts applications $15.6 million a year · typical grant $35,606 · Health - Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust · Boston
Preselected only $15.2 million a year · typical grant $90,000 · Education - The Jaket Foundation · Boston
Preselected only $15.2 million a year · typical grant $250,000 · Education - Imago Dei Fund · Boston
Preselected only $15.1 million a year · typical grant $79,166 · International - Carequest Foundation Inc · Boston
Accepts applications $14.5 million a year · typical grant $125,000 · Health - Edward P Evans Foundation · Charlestown
Preselected only $14.2 million a year · typical grant $200,000 · Science and research - Peter and Ann Lambertus Family Foundatio · Norwood
Preselected only $13.9 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Health - Hevolution Foundation US · Boston
Preselected only $13.2 million a year · typical grant $6.2 million · Seniors - The Casey & Family Foundation · Boston
Preselected only $12.9 million a year · typical grant $275,000 · International - Wagner Foundation · Cambridge
Preselected only $12.5 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Health - Maurice & Carol Feinberg Family Foundation · Boston
Preselected only $12.4 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Arts and culture - Town Fair Tire Foundation Inc · Boston
Preselected only $12.4 million a year · typical grant $6.2 million - Dunleavy Foundation · Boston
Preselected only $12.2 million a year · typical grant $1.0 million · Education - The George I Alden Trust · Worcester
Accepts applications $11.5 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Education - Richard K Lubin Family Foundation · Boston
Preselected only $11.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Health
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