Massachusetts · Grantmakers

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 2 of 4

26. Massachusetts Bar Foundation Inc
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $98K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$408K
27. Boston Women's Fund Inc
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 5.3% of their giving
$154K
28. Give Black Alliance
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2023 · 19.1% of their giving
$40K
29. Metro North Regional Employment Board
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $216K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$573K
30. Jewish Funders Network
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $298K · through 2023 · 2.2% of their giving
$298K
31. Boston Bar Foundation
15 grants to 5 organizations · largest $33K · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$244K
32. Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2023 · 2.2% of their giving
$279K
33. Reliant Foundation Inc
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024 · 3.5% of their giving
$168K
34. Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc
18 grants to 4 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$483K
35. Tufts Health Public Plans Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 5.6% of their giving
$75K
36. Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$250K
37. Impactassetsinc
22 grants to 9 organizations · largest $956K · through 2024
$2.3M
38. The Philanthropy Connection Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023 · 4.9% of their giving
$75K
39. Progressive Multiplier Fund
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$125K
40. Jewish Federation of the Berkshires
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $26K · through 2023 · 4.2% of their giving
$88K
41. Der Action Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2023 · 8.8% of their giving
$40K
42. Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
16 grants to 7 organizations · largest $155K · through 2024
$550K
45. United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc
18 grants to 6 organizations · largest $125K · through 2024
$709K
47. Tides Foundation
30 grants to 11 organizations · largest $565K · through 2024
$2.6M
50. Foundation for the Carolinas
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $2.1M · through 2024
$2.1M
51. Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $100K · through 2023
$420K
52. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
12 grants to 6 organizations · largest $375K · through 2024
$1.4M
53. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
21 grants to 10 organizations · largest $925K · through 2024
$4.4M
55. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
26 grants to 16 organizations · largest $125K · through 2024
$969K
57. Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $177K · through 2024
$837K

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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