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Who funds Greater Boston Food Bank?

Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 042717782

324 private foundations reported grants to Greater Boston Food Bank in Boston, Massachusetts totaling $7.8 million across 341 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was The Sidney and Deanna Wolk Family Foundation, with $1.0 million.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Foundations that fund Greater Boston Food Bank

The 100 largest of 324 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
The Sidney and Deanna Wolk Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
General2$1.0 million
The Doe Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
Discretionary donation1$550,000
Eastern Bank Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025 · accepts applications
Exempt purpose2$515,542
Yawkey Foundation II
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
Capital project for hunger relief & food access2$505,000
Edwin S Webster Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025 · accepts applications
General operating support1$300,000
The KBK Foundation
Colorado · 2025
Support for those less fortunate1$250,000
Highland Partners Charitable Fund
Massachusetts · 2024
General operating support1$201,000
Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
Hunger relief for eastern massachusetts2$150,000
The Klarman Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
Unrestricted operating support1$135,000
Ledgeways Charitable Trust
Massachusetts · 2025
General fund1$125,000
Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
General support1$115,000
Fidelity Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
Operations support1$100,000
New Balance Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
General support1$100,000
ONE8 Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
Community1$100,000
The Afognak Fund
Wisconsin · 2025
General Operating Support1$100,000
The Hearst Foundation
New York · 2024 · accepts applications
To support produce purchasing for the Food Bank1$100,000
The Amg Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
Operating support1$100,000
Alvarium Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
Charitable1$100,000
PDB Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
Food insecurities1$100,000
Randi & Joel Cutler Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
Unrestricted1$100,000
Janey Fund Charitable Trust
Massachusetts · 2024
Unrestricted1$75,000
MWC Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
For hunger free by 2028 campaign1$75,000
Andreas Foundation
Michigan · 2024
Grant is for recipeints general fund1$75,000
The Bay State Federal Savings Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025 · accepts applications
General Operating Support1$55,000
The Baddour Family Foundation
Florida · 2024 · accepts applications
General support1$50,000
Eos Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
Hunger-Other1$50,000
Blanchard Arthur F Tr Uagree
Pennsylvania · 2024
General operating1$50,000
Linde Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
Operating support1$50,000
Robert L Corkin Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
General support1$50,000
Richard & Natalie Jacoff Foundationinc
New York · 2025
Operations1$50,000
Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
For donee's exempt purpose1$50,000
WLG Charitable Foundation 2556-11-15
Pennsylvania · 2024
General charitable purpose1$50,000
Gilson Family Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2025
Charitable donation1$50,000
Lyndon Paul Lorusso Charitable Foundatio
Massachusetts · 2024
Food distribution to cape cod1$50,000
The Robert and Cynthia Marr Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025 · accepts applications
Charitable1$50,000
Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc
Pennsylvania · 2025 · accepts applications
Human Services Grants3$48,053
The Menemsha Family Fund
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
All contributions were made for the general, charitable, educational or scientific purpose of each organization.2$40,000
Ploughshares Foundation
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
General1$38,000
Warren Alpert Foundation
Rhode Island · 2024 · accepts applications
Donation1$35,000
Woodward Fund UA FSW Bank of America NA
Texas · 2024 · accepts applications
Unrestricted general1$35,000
Mollie B Foley Charitable Trust 086048-000
Delaware · 2025 · accepts applications
General charitable purposes1$35,000
JMS Family Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2025
Charitable1$35,000
Boger Family Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2023
Exempt purposes1$35,000
Michael T Sherman Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
General purpose1$32,250
Jean C Tempel Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
To support charitable purposes1$30,000
Sumner Roy Kates Charitable Trust
Massachusetts · 2025
General fund1$30,000
Highland Street Connection
Massachusetts · 2024
For community.4$28,000
Charles Sanders Trust UW
Massachusetts · 2024
General support1$26,500
Rohda Family Charitable Foundation 086812-000
Delaware · 2025 · accepts applications
General charitable purposes1$25,000
The June Richard Matthews Charitable Fnd
Massachusetts · 2025
Charitable contribution1$25,000
Lawrence J and Anne Rubenstein Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025 · accepts applications
Food distributions for seniors / mobile meals1$25,000
The Robert and Michelle Cooke Atchinson Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
To support ending hunger across eastern massachusetts1$25,000
Davis Family Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
Charitable gift1$25,000
Gary Saltz Foundation Inc
New York · 2024
General support1$25,000
Harding Educational and Charitable Foundation
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
General1$25,000
Eugene M Lang Foundation
New York · 2025 · accepts applications
General1$25,000
Wagner Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
General operating support1$25,000
Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
Human services1$25,000
The Eric & Jane Nord Family Fund
Pennsylvania · 2024
Hunger relief in eastern1$25,000
The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation
Connecticut · 2024
General operations1$25,000
Beaverdale Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General operations1$25,000
The Moskow Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
Program support1$25,000
Edward L Bernays Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2025
Charitable1$21,000
Alice L White Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
General charitable donation1$21,000
The Elsie Procter van Buren Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
Charitable1$20,000
Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund
Massachusetts · 2024
Restricted to mobile markets for seniors in greater boston1$20,000
CJL Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
General welfare1$20,000
The Mann Family Foundation Inc
New Jersey · 2025
Unrestricted general1$20,000
Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
General purpose1$20,000
John Vos Family Foundation Inc
Maryland · 2025
Food bank1$20,000
Flagship Foundation
Ohio · 2025
General1$20,000
Marg & Jack Tarver Fdn Irrv Tr
Florida · 2025
General operating1$20,000
The Hazeldean Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
General purposes1$20,000
Marilyn Senn Moll Charitable Trust
Ohio · 2025
General operating1$20,000
The Gregory C Bradley Charitable Foundation
Florida · 2024
Donation1$20,000
The Bobby and Peggy O'Connor Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
To further entity's exempt purpose.1$20,000
Cook Family Foundation Inc
Indiana · 2024
Aligns with mission of foundation1$20,000
David and Katherine Moore Family Foundation
New York · 2023 · accepts applications
General support1$16,500
De la Cour Family Foundation
New York · 2025
To Help Fund the Recipients Operating Budget1$16,000
The Doane-Perkins Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
Supplies and Support1$15,000
The Robert & Helen Hardman Family Fund
Massachusetts · 2025
General support1$15,000
Cogan Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
General Purpose1$15,000
Shippy Foundation
New York · 2024
General support1$15,000
Maxine Myers Foundation Inc
New Jersey · 2025
Feed the homeless1$15,000
Webster Bank Charitable Foundation
Delaware · 2024 · accepts applications
General & Unrestricted1$15,000
Head Family Charitable Foundation 5507-19-44
Pennsylvania · 2024
Unrestricted1$15,000
CSP Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
Charitable1$15,000
LTM Family Foundation
Pennsylvania · 2025
General1$15,000
MFS Investment Management Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2025
General & Unrestricted (See General Explanation Attachment)1$12,852
John C and Eunice B Morrison Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
Support1$12,500
Malcolm and Elizabeth Fraser Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2025
Unrestricted2$11,500
Analog Devices Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
General support1$10,569
The Helen G Hauben Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2024
Charitable1$10,350
The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
Operating support1$10,000
Howell Family Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
General charitable purposes1$10,000
Bilezikian Family Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2024
Support for organization's programs1$10,000
Larson Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
General1$10,000
Foundation M
Massachusetts · 2024
Food Pantry1$10,000
Pamela Whitcomb Larsen Foundation
Pennsylvania · 2025
General1$10,000
Sawyer Parks Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025 · accepts applications
501 (c) (3)1$10,000

Amounts are grants paid as each foundation reported them. Names are matched across filings, so a grant written under a different name for the same organization may be missing.

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Questions people ask

Who funds Greater Boston Food Bank?

The Sidney and Deanna Wolk Family Foundation, The Doe Family Foundation, Eastern Bank Foundation, Yawkey Foundation II and Edwin S Webster Foundation, and 319 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does Greater Boston Food Bank get from foundations?

$7.8 million in 341 reported grants from 324 private foundations in tax years 2023 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

The Doe Family Foundation, Eastern Bank Foundation, Yawkey Foundation II, Edwin S Webster Foundation and Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc say in their filings that they accept applications.

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