OVERVIEW: The Gratis Foundation supports health and medical research, at-risk youth and families, education, international humanitarian aid, animal welfare, food access, religious organizations and U.S. military personnel and families. Most domestic … [Read more...] about Gratis Foundation
Massachusetts Grants
Don and Maggie Buchwald Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Don and Maggie Buchwald Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to the arts, education, health and human services. IP TAKE: This is a quiet, relationship-driven family funder with no website, published strategy or open … [Read more...] about Don and Maggie Buchwald Foundation
Beal Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: centers on education, with additional support for arts and culture, health and medical institutions, scientific research, and community organizations. Recent giving is highly concentrated, with the largest awards flowing to educational … [Read more...] about Beal Family Foundation
Linde Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Linde Foundation was built upon the fortune of Edward Linde's Boston Properties real estate investment firm. Today, the foundation awards grants to art, education, and youth services programs in the Boston metropolitan area. IP TAKE: … [Read more...] about Linde Family Foundation
Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation supports arts and culture, education and youth, housing and basic needs, health and human services, and environmental work. Giving is concentrated in New York City, greater Boston and … [Read more...] about Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation
Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner Family Foundation funds grantmaking related to education, youth, health, and Jewish causes. IP TAKE: The Weiner Family Foundation is a low-profile, relationship-driven family funder whose … [Read more...] about Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner Family Foundation
The Abrams Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Abrams Foundation is the Boston-based family foundation of Amy and David Abrams. Its giving supports journalism and media, arts and culture, and organizations advancing access and opportunity, with additional support for public history … [Read more...] about The Abrams Foundation
Crimson Lion Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Crimson Lion / Lavine Family Foundation supports nonprofits working in five areas: democratizing information, healthcare, education, the Jewish community and workforce development. Its broader interests include economic opportunity, … [Read more...] about Crimson Lion Foundation
Alchemy Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Alchemy Foundation supports global organizations involved in human and immigrants' rights. In Boston, it makes grants for health, housing, arts and education. IP TAKE: The Alchemy Foundation is a low-profile, family-led funder with … [Read more...] about Alchemy Foundation
Demoulas Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Demoulas Market Basket Foundation supports civic and cultural organizations, education, youth organizations, religious institutions, and health and human services organizations. Grantmaking is concentrated in Massachusetts, particularly … [Read more...] about Demoulas Foundation
Palette Fund
OVERVIEW: The Palette Fund supports LGBTQ communities, pancreatic cancer-related work and organizations and initiatives in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Its LGBTQ funding emphasizes advocacy, education, health, community building and barriers … [Read more...] about Palette Fund
Giving | Grousbeck Fazzalari
OVERVIEW: Giving | Grousbeck Fazzalari supports select organizations working in education, healthcare, medical research, justice, youth development and the Boston community. The donors also participate in named initiatives involving scholarships, … [Read more...] about Giving | Grousbeck Fazzalari
Behrakis Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Behrakis Foundation is a small Massachusetts family foundation that supports education, healthcare, the arts, Hellenic culture and the Eastern Orthodox faith. The foundation has been particularly active in Greater Boston and Lowell, … [Read more...] about Behrakis Foundation
Boston Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Boston Foundation is a major community foundation that works broadly to support equity, justice, community needs and more in the Greater Boston area. IP TAKE: The Boston Foundation should be on the radar of virtually every nonprofit … [Read more...] about Boston Foundation
Fox Rock Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Fox Rock Foundation is the foundation of the telecom mogul Robert Hale and does most of its grantmaking in Boston and its surrounding areas. Hale and his wife Karen have interests in health, human services, education, youth, and the … [Read more...] about Fox Rock Foundation
Phillip and Susan Ragon Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Phillip and Susan Ragon Foundation is the charitable outfit of tech billionaire Phillip Ragon and his wife, Susan. Much of the couple's philanthropy takes place in the Boston area, where they focus on health, education, religious … [Read more...] about Phillip and Susan Ragon Foundation
Cummings Foundation Inc./One World Boston Inc.
OVERVIEW: The Cummings Foundation is a major Massachusetts-based philanthropy that awards grants to nonprofits serving Greater Boston and neighboring communities in areas including community development, education, healthcare, homelessness, and human … [Read more...] about Cummings Foundation Inc./One World Boston Inc.
Edward C. Johnson Fund
OVERVIEW: The Edward C. Johnson Fund is one of several philanthropic organizations of the Johnson family. It supports arts and culture, historic preservation, conservation, and health in Boston and elsewhere in New England. IP TAKE: The … [Read more...] about Edward C. Johnson Fund
Gilbert Verney Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Gilbert Verney Foundation supports hospitals, arts and culture, secondary education, conservation, human services, and Christian organizations in New Hampshire. IP TAKE: A low-profile funder, the Gilbert Verney Foundation supports a … [Read more...] about Gilbert Verney Foundation
Red Sox Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Red Sox Foundation supports health, education, recreation, veterans and youth in Boston, Massachusetts. IP TAKE: The Red Sox Foundation is a well-established sports team funder with millions of dollars to give each year. As with many … [Read more...] about Red Sox Foundation
New England Patriots Charitable Foundation
OVERVIEW: The New England Patriots Foundation supports youth, education, health and culture in Boston, Massachusetts and throughout the New England region. IP TAKE: NEPCF is not much different from other sports teams’ foundations in that it supports … [Read more...] about New England Patriots Charitable Foundation
Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation supports children and youth and human services in Boston, Massachusetts and elsewhere in New England. IP TAKE: The Shamrock Foundation typically funds the same nonprofits each year, and its … [Read more...] about Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation
Jewish Teen Foundation of Greater Boston
OVERVIEW: The Jewish Teen Foundation of Greater Boston’s student lead committees support a variety of community issues in Boston, Massachusetts and around the world. IP TAKE: JFTGB is a teen philanthropy group but still a legitimate source of grants … [Read more...] about Jewish Teen Foundation of Greater Boston
Boston Educational Development Fund
OVERVIEW: The Boston Educational Development Fund supports education through career readiness, early education, in-school programs and out-of-school programs in Boston, Massachusetts. IP TAKE: BEDF is solely focused on increasing educational … [Read more...] about Boston Educational Development Fund
Black Philanthropy Fund
OVERVIEW: The Black Philanthropy Fund supports charitable giving in Black communities, especially for children and youth. IP TAKE: BPF’s is focused on giving within the Black community, but its trustees can change annually, so take a look at who the … [Read more...] about Black Philanthropy Fund
Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation supports health, education, community improvement, and Jewish causes in the Greater Boston area. IP TAKE: This funder is perhaps best known for its early-career scientists awards that “launch … [Read more...] about Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation
George & Marie Chabot Charitable Foundation
OVERVIEW: The George & Marie Chabot Charitable Foundation supports human services, education, recreation, and religious causes in Boston and other parts of Massachusetts. IP TAKE: Chabot is a low-key Massachusetts foundation that often supports … [Read more...] about George & Marie Chabot Charitable Foundation
Falmouth Fund
OVERVIEW: The Falmouth Fund supports education, youth, recreation, health, human services, arts and culture, and the environment in the Falmouth area of Massachusetts. IP TAKE: The Falmouth Fund, like many town-specific funds, is “fairly small” with … [Read more...] about Falmouth Fund
Vertex Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Vertex Foundation supports STEM education, social innovation, healthy families and community support in Boston, Massachusetts and other places where the Vertex company operates. IP TAKE: This company-sponsored foundation is a big giver … [Read more...] about Vertex Foundation
Haymarket People’s Fund
OVERVIEW: The Haymarket People’s Fund supports social change and anti-racist organizing in Boston, Massachusetts and throughout New England. IP TAKE: HPF is a local and approachable funder that has been fighting racism and promoting social justice … [Read more...] about Haymarket People’s Fund
