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Private foundations in Cambridge, Massachusetts

95 private foundations are based in Cambridge. Together they paid $87.3 million in grants in their latest year, and 23 of them accept applications. The largest is Wagner Foundation, with $12.5 million.

The 50 largest of 95 foundations in Cambridge, by grants paid
FoundationGrants paidTypical grantAccepts applications
Wagner Foundation$12.5 million$50,000No
Probalistic Computing Foundation Inc$10.8 million$300,000No
The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation$10.1 million$20,000No
Moderna Charitable Foundation Inc$5.3 million$41,008No
China Medical Board Inc$5.1 million$60,000No
Afeyan Foundation For Armenia Inc$4.5 million$325,000No
PDB Foundation$4.4 million$50,000No
Caroline & Sigmund Schott Fund$3.3 million$18,750No
The Once Here Foundation$2.8 million$137,500No
Akamai Foundation Inc$2.7 million$10,000No
The Vallee Foundation Inc$2.2 million$2.2 millionNo
Constellation Charitable Foundation$1.9 million$6,250No
Stevenson Family Charitable Trust$1.8 million$1,000No
Greenwald Family Foundation Inc$1.8 million$907,956No
Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc$1.7 million$4,000No
The Hagerty Family Foundation$1.2 million$25,000No
Fresh Sound Foundation Inc$1.1 million$25,000No
The Hsiao Family Foundation$1.0 million$1.0 millionNo
Minow Family Foundation$960,000$75,000Yes
Maxwell Sedel Family Foundation Inc$842,052$10,000No
Defense Against Thought Control Foundation Inc$759,000$10,000No
Ethel Kennedy Foundation$708,000$7,000No
John & Janice Howie Foundation$700,000$50,000No
Gerald Flaxer Charitable Foundation$670,558$7,400No
Beone Care Foundation Inc$620,000$40,000No
Turimiquire Foundation Inc$504,369$504,369No
Pyle Nye Family Foundation$477,000$5,000No
The Louis Foundation$439,493$4,000Yes
The Access Strategies Fund$426,500$30,000Yes
Phillip and Susan Ragon Foundation$400,592$200,296No
Real Colegio Complutense Inc$382,672$382,672Yes
Bonsen Foundation$330,000$330,000No
Eleanore Bennett Charitable Trust #1$306,750$5,000Yes
The River Foundation$296,000$48,000No
Melvoin Foundation$205,269$2,500Yes
Miner-Nagy Family Foundation$203,000$70,000No
Philips Electronics North America Foundation$191,250$2,500No
Neal & Lynne Miller Family Foundation$190,250$17,500No
Sirad Foundation Inc$174,900$16,000No
The Jonathan and Amy Poorvu Foundation$163,000$81,500Yes
The Vine's Branch Foundation$150,000$150,000No
Gravestar Foundation$147,500$5,000Yes
Sand County Charitable Trust$144,000$22,500No
Barbara Lee Family Foundation Inc$139,275$69,638No
Edith W and John A Dockray Charitable Foundation Inc$132,135$10,000No
Walking Stick Family Fund$125,600$2,000No
Direct Action for Women Now World-Wide Inc Formerly Indias Daughters Inc$120,276$35,200No
The Lagemann Foundation$120,000$3,000No
The Open Gate Inc$118,855$2,500No
The Redwall Foundation Inc$100,000$100,000No

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