Private foundations · 990-PF data

Foundations accepting grant applications in Massachusetts

586
foundations
$536.4M
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
$5,250
median grant

Grantlas lists 586 private foundations based in Massachusetts whose latest 990-PF says they accept unsolicited requests, from filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $536.4 million in grants in their latest filing year. The most common cities are Boston (161), Worcester (18) and Cambridge (13).

“Accepts unsolicited requests” is a box the foundation ticked on its 990-PF — not a promise to read your letter. Check the foundation’s own site before you write.

See all 2,379 foundations in Massachusetts, including the ones that give by invitation only.

Top 25 of 586 foundations

Ranked by how many grants they made last year, most first. Another 561 are not shown.

Foundations accepting grant applications in Massachusetts
Fidelity FoundationBoston, MA4,430$400$156.2M$10–$10MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Analog Devices FoundationBoston, MA1,168$309$1.9M$3–$375,103FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Eastern Bank FoundationWakefield, MA894$2,500$19M$50–$14.7MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Liberty Mutual Foundation IncBoston, MA727$35,000$52.2M$1,000–$10.8MFY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
Rockland Trust Charitable FoundationRockland, MA345$5,000$2.3M$500–$45,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Salem Five Charitable Foundation IncSalem, MA337$2,500$1.1M$200–$42,300FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Agnes M Lindsay TrustChelmsford, MA327$3,000$1.2M$1,000–$7,500FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Bristol County Savings CharitableTaunton, MA290$5,000$3.2M$100–$137,500FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Harold Grinspoon CharitableAgawam, MA234$738$841,030$100–$400,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Metrowest Health Foundation IncFramingham, MA199$10,000$4.1M$1,000–$380,433FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Institution for Savings in Newburyport &Newburyport, MA171$2,500$2.3M$500–$2.3MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Island Foundation IncMarion, MA169$10,000$2.1M$240–$100,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
North Easton Savings BankSouth Easton, MA162$1,000$413,945$50–$46,758FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Needham Bank CharitableNeedham, MA155$4,700$834,860$500–$45,800FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Bay State Federal SavingsSagamore Beach, MA151$2,500$617,450$500–$55,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Beveridge Family FoundationWest Newbury, MA144$5,000$2.6M$500–$782,160FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Richard & Susan Smith Family FoundationNewton, MA143$37,500$15.6M$100–$3MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Knopf Family Foundation IncWakefield, MA126$27,500$3.9M$2,500–$75,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
George H & Jane A Mifflin Memorial FundBoston, MA111$20,000$3.4M$5,000–$150,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Horizon Foundation IncRockport, MA110$10,000$1.3M$5,000–$20,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Greenspan Foundation 5223318Boston, MA100$1,000$187,250$500–$10,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Easthampton Savings BankEasthampton, MA95$1,000$522,092$50–$350,170FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Robert & Joan Dircks Foundation IncDunstable, MA88$7,500$761,500$2,000–$25,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Florence Evans Bushee Foundation IncBoston, MA88$5,200$370,450$1,000–$8,300FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Rogers Family FoundationBoston, MA88$10,000$1.2M$2,000–$75,000FY2025Locked: 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 filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated September 27, 2026.