Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Massachusetts

3,333
foundations
$4.96B
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
792
say they accept unsolicited
$7,500
median grant

Grantlas lists 3,333 foundations based in Massachusetts — 3,168 private foundations and 165 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $4.96 billion in grants in their latest filing year, and 792 of them (24%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are Boston (1,016), Cambridge (97) and Worcester (68).

792 of them say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Foundations accepting applications in Massachusetts.

Top 25 of 3,333 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 767 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Foundations in Massachusetts
Fidelity FoundationBoston, MA$400$156.2M$10–$10MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Klarman Family FoundationBoston, MA$100,000$82.2M$50–$5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Liberty Mutual Foundation IncBoston, MA$35,000$50.6M$1,000–$11MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (fka Oneworld Boston Inc)Woburn, MA$35,000$38.2M$1,000–$3.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
State Street Foundation IncBoston, MA$24.2M$26.9M$21.6M–$26.9MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Tjx Foundation IncFramingham, MA$26.3M$26.3M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Yawkey Foundation IIWestwood, MA$35,000$19.1M$2,250–$2.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Eastern Bank FoundationWakefield, MA$2,500$19M$50–$14.7MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Linde Family FoundationBoston, MA$30,000$16.8M$1,000–$2.8MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Richard & Susan Smith Family FoundationNewton, MA$37,500$15.6M$100–$3MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund TrustBoston, MA$90,000$15.2M$15,000–$4MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Carequest Foundation IncBoston, MA$125,000$14.5M$3,750–$546,334FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The George I Alden TrustWorcester, MA$100,000$11.5M$15,000–$1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Ann Theodore FoundationBoston, MA$200,000$9.2M$28,000–$1.4MFY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
The Kraft Family Foundation IncFoxborough, MA$8.8M$8.8M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Amelia Peabody FoundationTopsfield, MA$40,000$8.7M$5,000–$500,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Irene E and George A Davis FoundationSpringfield, MA$8.5M$8.5M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Lynch FoundationBoston, MA$50,000$8.3M$2,288–$512,576FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Telemachus and Irene Demoulas FamilyChelmsford, MA$200,000$7.9M$25,000–$6.3MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Ceres Foundation IncGroton, MA$82,500$7.9M$10,000–$2MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Technical Training FoundationBeverly, MA$100,000$7.4M$471–$2MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Mwc Foundation IncBoston, MA$50,000$7.1M$2,000–$1.1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Gordon FoundationDanvers, MA$302,500$6.7M$25,000–$4.2MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Hyams Foundation IncBoston, MA$50,000$6.2M$2,000–$420,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Stoddard Charitable TrustWorcester, MA$5.6M$5.6M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.