Foundations · IRS 990 filings
Foundations in Needham, Massachusetts
- 58
- foundations with a Needham address
- $141M
- grants paid, FY2024–FY2025
- 13
- say they accept unsolicited
- $5,125
- median grant
Grantlas lists 58 private foundations that gave a Needham, Massachusetts address on their 990-PF, from filings for FY2024–FY2025. Together they paid out $141 million in grants in their latest filing year, and 13 of them (22%) say they accept unsolicited requests.
Not every foundation here is a Needham foundation. The city is the mailing address on the foundation’s tax filing, and when a bank or a law firm runs the trust that is the bank’s address, not the place it gives to. Check where a foundation gives before you write.
Top 25 of 58 foundations
Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing, with the ones that accept unsolicited requests first.
| Funder | Unsolicited requests | Median grant | Grants paid, latest filing | Grant range | Filing year | Fit score & contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Needham Bank Charitable | Accepts | $4,700 | $834,860 | $500 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Running Deer Foundation | Accepts | $875 | $297,705 | $155 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Ac Ratshesky Foundation | Accepts | $15,000 | $292,730 | $2,650 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Gerald and Judith Feldman | Accepts | $2,500 | $261,600 | $100 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Edward H Mank Foundation | Accepts | $5,375 | $222,750 | $3,000 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Action and Truth Foundation | Accepts | $10,395 | $169,285 | $129 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Bergeron Family Foundation | Accepts | $2,000 | $95,000 | $500 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Mitchell School Parent Teacher Council Trust | Accepts | $9,521 | $37,994 | $978 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Dibner Charitable Trust of Massachusetts III | Accepts | $5,250 | $26,250 | $1,000 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Buzzards Bay Musicfest Foundation | Accepts | $18,923 | $20,345 | $17,500 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Swartz Foundation | Accepts | $1,500 | $16,000 | $1,000 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Madaline F Fleming Scholarship Fund | Accepts | $750 | $9,000 | $500 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Village Club Foundation | Accepts | $2,000 | $4,000 | One amount | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Adelson Family Foundation | Invitation only | $100,000 | $66.9M | $6,753 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Dr Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson | Invitation only | $674,036 | $40.8M | $170,934 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Hunt Street Fund Inc | Invitation only | $25,000 | $9M | $2,500 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Shapiro Foundation | Invitation only | $25,000 | $5.2M | $100 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Roux Family Foundation | Invitation only | $25,000 | $3.2M | $2,500 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Keane Family Foundation | Invitation only | $27,150 | $2M | $2,300 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Kelly Family Foundation Inc | Invitation only | $15,000 | $1.4M | $5,000 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Hamoui Foundation | Invitation only | $100,000 | $1.4M | $25,000 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Alvarium Foundation | Invitation only | $100,000 | $1.3M | $6,025 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Bulens Family Foundation | Invitation only | $2,500 | $1.2M | $40 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Tripadvisor Charitable Foundation | Invitation only | $33,855 | $1.1M | $500 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Robert S & Maria J Reisman Charitable TR | Invitation only | $1,000 | $783,500 | $500 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
- 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.
Data from 990-PF filings, FY2024–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.