Grantmakers

Charities and Community Foundations That Give Grants in Massachusetts

These 234 organizations are not private foundations. They are charities based in Massachusetts that give grants to other nonprofits and report them on Form 990 Schedule I -- community foundations, United Ways and federated funds, hospital and university foundations, and operating charities that regrant. Each gave to at least 20 organizations we could identify and filed a return covering 2023 or later.

234grantmaking charities
$59.7Bgranted between them
157,243funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded. A grantmaker supporting sixty groups is a more realistic prospect than one writing two very large cheques, which is why this is not ranked by dollars.

OrganizationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundBoston$19,600113,730$43.8B
The US Charitable Gift TrustBoston$12,3498,615$727.9M
Boston Foundation IncBoston$24,0003,169$678.0M
Bny Mellon Charitable Gift FundBoston$16,0002,456$954.0M
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncBoston$25,1661,590$809.2M
Good Sports IncBraintree$12,7601,457$41.6M
Givinga Foundation IncWellesley$10,0001,041$28.6M
United Way of Massachusetts Bay IncBoston$31,250742$132.9M
Berkshire Taconic CommunitySheffield$15,212675$57.9M
Community Foundation of WesternSpringfield$25,000619$60.5M
Essex County Community Foundation IncBeverly$19,800605$58.6M
Joy in Childhood Foundation IncCanton$15,000582$32.9M
Proteus Fund IncWaltham$30,000575$90.8M
Reach Out and Read IncBoston$7,756542$13.6M
President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCambridge$93,393517$628.6M
Fiduciary Charitable FoundationBoston$16,000479$130.3M
New England Foundation for the ArtsBoston$11,835471$17.2M
All Hands on Deck Network IncNorthampton$40,000450$57.5M
Trustees of Boston UniversityBoston$110,091406$476.3M
Health Resources in Action IncBoston$61,700393$63.0M
Nellie Mae Education Foundation IncQuincy$25,000381$70.0M
Jobs for the Future IncBoston$39,314371$39.7M
Advisors Charitable Gift FundWoburn$10,350361$24.6M
POINT32HEALTH Foundation IncCanton$35,000352$32.0M
Greater Worcester Community FoundationWorcester$15,000324$33.0M
Jsi Research & Training Institute IncBoston$44,926324$147.0M
The Loring Wolcott & Coolidge CharitableBoston$11,000308$12.1M
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterCharlestown$98,217299$206.5M
Mass General Brigham Incorporated &Somerville$50,000295$6.3B
Community Catalyst IncBoston$81,500293$59.8M
The Harold Grinspoon FoundationAgawam$28,350293$54.6M
Cambridge Community FoundationCambridge$13,000264$14.9M
Community Foundation of North Central MaFitchburg$14,291257$19.4M
Trustees of Tufts CollegeMedford$60,000252$109.7M
Massachusetts Foundation for theNorthampton$18,000249$5.4M
Cape Cod Foundation IncSouth Yarmouth$18,500241$18.1M
Community Foundation forNatick$13,000235$13.9M
Northeastern UniversityBoston$87,160233$155.0M
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge$25,000233$45.2M
National Collegiate Investors &Hadley$25,000226$8.1M
Resist IncJamaica Plain$15,000215$7.4M
New Profit IncBoston$100,000215$64.0M
Haymarket People's Fund IncJamaica Plain$15,000211$5.5M
The Groundtruth Project IncBoston$14,600210$6.2M
The Doug Flutie JR Foundation forNewton$10,000193$4.9M
Third Sector New England IncBoston$50,000181$37.0M
Greater Lowell Community FoundationLowell$15,000181$11.8M
Fidelity Non-Profit ManagementBoston$570,000181$403.4M
Southcoast Community Foundation IncNew Bedford$15,000176$13.6M
Boston Medical Center CorporationBoston$73,412175$93.7M
The Schott Foundation for PublicCambridge$20,000172$9.5M
Boston Bruins Charitable Foundation IncBoston$12,149168$12.2M
Children's Hospital CorporationBoston$52,000159$48.1M
Philanthropy Massachusetts IncBoston$12,125158$6.4M
The Red Sox Foundation IncBoston$10,000152$17.6M
Boston After School & Beyond IncBoston$31,500150$17.2M
Rize Massachusetts Foundation IncBoston$26,000150$9.9M
Life Science Cares IncCambridge$45,000149$17.2M
Boston Area Gleaners IncActon$20,170148$7.3M
Education Development Center IncWaltham$76,063147$49.5M
United Way of Central Massachusetts IncWorcester$20,418144$28.3M
Mass General Brigham IncorporatedSomerville$26,500144$443.7M
Dcu for KidsMarlborough$10,000144$8.5M
New Bedford Economic DevelopmentNew Bedford$10,000141$2.6M
Invest in Others CharitableBoston$20,000133$3.9M
Peace Development FundAmherst$22,500132$15.1M
Community Foundation for NantucketNantucket$20,000132$14.2M
Farm Aid IncCambridge$10,000131$4.8M
Changex United States IncBoston$7,000128$1.5M
The Broad Institute IncCambridge$194,050127$256.9M
Upstream USA IncBoston$22,000125$6.8M
Wellington Management FoundationBoston$65,000115$31.5M
Project Bread-the Walk for Hunger IncEast Boston$8,000114$2.2M
Youthbuild Global IncRoxbury$82,170113$36.0M
United Way of North Central Mass IncFitchburg$19,943108$10.0M
The New Commonwealth Racial Equity andRoxbury$15,000107$3.0M
The Food Bank of WesternChicopee$71,535106$67.3M
Bill Belichick Foundation IncWellesley$10,000103$1.1M
The Lenny Zakim FundBoston$10,000101$2.7M
Van Otterloo Family FoundationMarblehead$25,00099$8.1M
Proteus Action LeagueWaltham$15,00097$3.7M
New Economy Coalition IncBoston$7,75096$1.2M
Fallon Community Health Plan IncWorcester$11,00095$3.1M
Catholic Schools Foundation IncBoston$82,31590$58.1M
Brandeis UniversityWaltham$46,11588$19.9M
Massachusetts Bar Foundation IncBoston$30,00088$15.0M
Bain Capital Children's Charity LtdBoston$25,00087$6.1M
Actblue Charities IncBoston$7,50086$3.8M
Reliant Foundation IncWorcester$15,00085$3.4M
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester$66,92284$30.6M
Spectrum Health Systems IncWestborough$10,00081$775K
Massachusetts League of Community HealthBoston$171,01377$59.2M
Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation IncBrookline$7,00072$852K
Jewish Federation of WesternSpringfield$14,20070$7.6M
Massachusetts Higher EducationBoston$200,00070$45.9M
Massachusetts Service Alliance IncBoston$217,98570$58.5M
Rodman for Kids IncFoxborough$23,40068$5.4M
Solidago FoundationNorthampton$25,00068$4.6M
Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation IncBoston$25,00067$6.5M
Clinton Health Access Initiative IncBoston$102,43966$23.6M
Alzheimer's Disease Research FoundationWellesley Hills$201,25066$81.8M
Metro North Regional EmploymentSomerville$48,21865$29.7M
Health Care for All IncBoston$45,00063$6.4M
Edvestors IncBoston$10,00063$4.0M
Provision Ministry IncWestborough$198,34763$115.4M
Martha's Vineyard CommunityWest Tisbury$15,00063$6.3M
Billy Andrade-Brad Faxon Charities forSouth Attleboro$7,50062$895K
Massachusetts Charitable SocietyBoston$22,50061$1.4M
The Health Foundation of Central MassachWorcester$90,00061$11.4M
The Church Home Society IncBoston$10,00059$1.3M
Partners in Health a Nonprofit CorporationBoston$99,96759$35.7M
The Boston Athletic AssociationBoston$16,44359$7.4M
Pro-Democracy CampaignFoxborough$150,00058$10.5M
United Way of the Franklin & HampshireNorthampton$16,98856$3.0M
Women's Fund of WesternSpringfield$12,00056$1.5M
Nantucket Golf Club Foundation IncSiasconset$15,00055$2.9M
Black Economic Council of MassachusettsRoxbury Crossing$10,00055$781K
Greentown Collaborative IncSomerville$13,26054$2.1M
Cape Cod Healthcare Inc & AffiliatesHyannis$20,00054$3.7M
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute IncBoston$20,00053$15.7M
Greenlight Fund IncBoston$110,00052$14.8M
Golf Fights Cancer IncNorton$50,00052$7.3M
The Housing Partnership Network IncBoston$35,44851$9.6M
Unitarian Universalist ServiceCambridge$20,00051$2.2M
The Mass Mentoring Partnership IncBoston$25,81051$5.2M
United Way of Greater Fall River IncFall River$20,00050$3.7M
Masschallenge IncBoston$25,00050$1.8M
Oxfam-America IncBoston$26,20049$3.5M
Bellwether Education Partners IncBoston$60,00048$6.7M
Beth Israel Lahey Health IncCharlestown$15,60048$4.1M
A Healthier Democracy IncBoston$9,00048$707K
Bowdoin Apartments CorporationMalden$20,00047$1.7M
The Jeremy and Hannelore GranthamBoston$1,165,87247$146.7M
The Union of Concerned Scientists IncCambridge$25,00046$5.0M
International Union of OperatingMedway$21,68045$4.6M
Massachusetts Medical Society andWaltham$10,00044$780K
The Furniture Trust Organization IncArlington$15,50043$3.4M
Jumpstart for Young Children IncBoston$91,46942$16.7M
The American Ireland Fund (dba theBoston$15,00042$4.9M
Martin W Richard Charitable Foundation IncDorchester$12,17342$3.6M
Grassroots International IncBoston$30,00040$7.4M
Boston Women's Fund IncCambridge$20,00039$2.3M
Masshire Hampden County Workforce BoardSpringfield$58,89339$40.7M
Ja Worldwide IncBoston$16,88039$3.3M
Tufts Health Public Plans IncCanton$10,75039$1.2M
Museum of ScienceBoston$15,07238$1.1M
Brookline Community Foundation IncBrookline$17,65638$3.7M
Marine Biological LaboratoryWoods Hole$62,03738$9.6M
Health New England IncSpringfield$20,00037$1.7M
Institute for Healthcare ImprovementBoston$250,00037$23.6M
Family VoicesConcord$6,37537$992K
Alternatives for Youth Foundation IncMarlborough$10,00036$360K
Boston Bar FoundationBoston$25,00036$6.0M
Center for Economic Democracy IncBoston$20,00036$2.1M
Fanny Allen CorporationAndover$10,00035$1.1M
Lahey Clinic Hospital IncCharlestown$27,25634$12.6M
Bruce J Anderson FoundationBoston$8,00034$591K
Woodwell Climate Research Center IncFalmouth$41,41934$8.9M
Usta New England IncWestborough$12,63634$890K
Southcoast Hospitals Group IncNew Bedford$10,00034$701K
The East Boston FoundationEast Boston$12,50034$2.0M
Women's Foundation of Boston IncBoston$50,00034$5.2M
United Way of Greater New Bedford IncNew Bedford$20,00033$1.9M
Joslin Diabetes Center IncCharlestown$70,00133$46.4M
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamCharlestown$6,44633$4.4M
Charlesview Charities IncBrighton$27,80133$1.5M
Williams CollegeWilliamstown$10,18232$1.3M
Agespan IncLawrence$12,16432$1.5M
Massachusetts Budget and Policy CenterBoston$15,00032$2.5M
Umass Memorial Health Care Inc (parent)Worcester$16,66732$7.8M
Icivics IncCambridge$20,00032$1.7M
Deployus IncBoston$102,50032$17.8M
Social Innovation Forum IncBoston$20,00032$1.1M
One Fair Wage IncCambridge$10,00032$515K
Berkshire United Way IncPittsfield$30,00031$3.0M
Marion & Jasper Whiting FoundationBoston$6,41731$706K
Greater Lowell Health AllianceLowell$15,00031$908K
Commonwealth Cares Fund IncWaltham$10,12531$1.2M
New England Dairy and Food CouncilBoston$5,22830$207K
Mystic River WatershedArlington$36,83030$2.6M
The Philanthropy Connection IncCambridge$25,00030$1.0M
Three Squares New England IncDedham$14,16030$1.7M
Bright Horizons Foundation for ChildrenNewton$11,40230$639K
United Way of South CentralSouthbridge$18,11229$2.3M
The National Mentoring Partnership IncBoston$25,32528$4.6M
Jewish Federation of CentralWorcester$12,66627$1.8M
Northeast Hospital CorporationCharlestown$20,00027$6.2M
Massachusetts Legal Assistance CorpBoston$572,84627$244.4M
Center for Community RecoveryBoston$28,56227$2.3M
Nectar Community Investments IncLawrence$6,00027$974K
Community Connections Foundation IncBoston$10,00027$518K
Community Care Cooperative IncBoston$430,01427$76.9M
United Way of Greater Plymouth County inBrockton$15,25126$1.4M
Fraxa Research Foundation IncNewburyport$50,00026$2.5M
Massdevelopment Hefa TrustBoston$50,00026$1.7M
Health Leads IncBoston$28,36726$2.5M
National Scleroderma Foundation IncDanvers$200,00026$6.3M
Human & Civil Rights OrganizationsSalem$12,32826$1.2M
Mount Auburn HospitalCharlestown$10,00025$12.4M
Commonwealth Care Alliance IncBoston$16,50025$746K
South Shore Playhouse Associates IncCohasset$10,00024$672K
My Brothers Keeper IncSouth Easton$5,20024$269K
South Boston Community Development Foundation IncSouth Boston$12,00024$523K
Exeter Hospital IncCharlestown$47,50024$3.1M
The Hopkinton Country Club CharitableHopkinton$9,00024$554K
Es Veterans Association IncEast Longmeadow$15,00024$931K
Anticoagulation Forum IncNewton Highlands$36,00023$2.2M
Trustees of Clark UniversityWorcester$32,92223$3.4M
Health Effects InstituteBoston$179,74923$14.3M
Mds Foundation IncSouthborough$15,00023$447K
Sylvania Employees AssociationPeabody$25,00023$755K
National Organization for RareQuincy$25,00023$855K
Neuroendocrine Tumor Research FoundationQuincy$100,00023$7.7M
The Massachusetts Association forBoston$56,43023$8.8M
Hansjorg Wyss Institute for BiologicallyBoston$362,78023$32.4M
Amherst College TrusteesAmherst$40,00022$2.6M
Brown Rudnick Charitable FoundationBoston$10,00022$922K
Mv Vision Fellowship FundVineyard Haven$25,19922$1.1M
Funders Together to End HomelessnesBoston$67,00022$1.5M
Jeanne D'arc Credit UnionLowell$15,00021$1.7M
The Parmenter Foundation IncWayland$22,50021$1.9M
Massachusetts Society for PromotingBoston$15,42821$711K
National Brain Tumor Society IncNewton$101,37521$8.8M
Nonprofit Vote IncWaltham$17,50021$799K
The Technical AssistanceBoston$80,27921$2.0M
CfleadsAccord$50,00021$2.1M
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - MiltonCharlestown$11,00020$3.3M
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory IncCambridge$125,62520$14.8M
Coastline Elderly Services IncNew Bedford$11,07020$876K
Baystate Medical Center IncSpringfield$26,58320$44.6M
Conservation Law Foundation IncBoston$12,85020$1.0M
See Forward Fund IncNorthampton$40,00020$1.7M
Rsm Boston Foundation IncBoston$7,00020$277K
Prime Coalition IncCambridge$28,02320$2.0M
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.

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