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Foundations That Fund Civil Rights & Social Justice in Massachusetts

Imperigo has identified 421 funders that made 2,402 grants totaling $353.2M to 159 civil rights & social justice organizations in Massachusetts, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Civil Rights & Social Justice Funding in Massachusetts

Total granted $353.2M
Funders 421
Grants 2,402
Organizations funded 159

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc
12 grants to 1 organization · largest $6.7M · through 2023 · 2.3% of their giving
$18.8M
2. Boston Foundation Inc
149 grants to 39 organizations · largest $11.3M · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$17.8M
3. Abim Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2023 · 21.7% of their giving
$1.0M
4. Fiscal Partners Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $276K · through 2024 · 90.8% of their giving
$714K
5. Pro-Democracy Center C/O Verdolino & Lowey PC
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $550K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$550K
6. Oakw Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 7.9% of their giving
$1.1M
7. Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc
11 grants to 2 organizations · largest $333K · through 2023 · 6.1% of their giving
$1.3M
8. The Health Foundation of Central Massach
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 6.2% of their giving
$852K
9. Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $498K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$2.0M
10. Nathalie & Theodore Jones Charitable Trust f/b/o Lotte Scharfman Mem Fund
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $44K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$199K
11. Coalition for a Prosperous America Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $160K · through 2023 · 37.6% of their giving
$160K
12. Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc
66 grants to 16 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$6.3M
13. PlusOnePlusOnePlusOne
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $822K · through 2023 · 3.4% of their giving
$837K
14. The Health Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $305K · through 2022 · 9.2% of their giving
$305K
15. Social Impact Fund
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $650K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$810K
16. Advocacy Action Fund Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$1.5M
17. Democracy Fund Voice Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$1.1M
18. Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $214K · through 2025 · 2.9% of their giving
$610K
19. Need to Impeach
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2019 · 17.4% of their giving
$100K
20. Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $632K · through 2024
$1.9M
21. Give Back Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $341K · through 2025
$1.7M
22. United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$201K
23. Fanatics Charitable Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$500K
24. Dayton Foundation Plus Inc
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $600K · through 2024
$1.2M
25. Social Venture Partners Boston Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $33K · through 2020 · 12.8% of their giving
$66K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to civil rights & social justice work in Massachusetts, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 15 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering civil rights & social justice work, with an address in Massachusetts. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable civil rights & social justice funding in Massachusetts, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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