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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Massachusetts

Imperigo has identified 644 funders that made 4,497 grants totaling $1.5B to 371 community improvement organizations in Massachusetts, with a median grant of $28K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Massachusetts

Total granted $1.5B
Funders 644
Grants 4,497
Organizations funded 371

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Dechomai Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $89.2M · through 2024 · 10.6% of their giving
$162.3M
2. The Waterfall Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20.9M · through 2024 · 56.1% of their giving
$20.9M
3. Boston Foundation Inc
386 grants to 96 organizations · largest $2.6M · through 2024 · 3.8% of their giving
$42.7M
4. Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $15.3M · through 2024 · 6.9% of their giving
$15.3M
5. Essex County Community Foundation Inc
57 grants to 17 organizations · largest $2.4M · through 2024 · 10.0% of their giving
$7.7M
6. United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc
137 grants to 36 organizations · largest $274K · through 2024 · 6.1% of their giving
$11.4M
7. Deshpande Foundation Inc C/O Boston Foundation Inc
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 32.5% of their giving
$3.1M
8. Givingforce USA Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $4.2M · through 2024 · 14.7% of their giving
$4.2M
9. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
19 grants to 7 organizations · largest $19.1M · through 2025 · 1.2% of their giving
$29.2M
10. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
23 grants to 6 organizations · largest $2.7M · through 2023 · 2.0% of their giving
$12.3M
11. Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc
70 grants to 22 organizations · largest $8.0M · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$17.0M
12. Massachusetts Lgbt Business Network Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $457K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.0M
13. New England Rural Health Association
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $175K · through 2024 · 20.6% of their giving
$965K
14. Jasper Ridge Charitable Fund
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $4.1M · through 2022 · 4.0% of their giving
$4.4M
15. Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc
18 grants to 6 organizations · largest $549K · through 2024 · 4.3% of their giving
$3.8M
16. The Chicago Community Trust
19 grants to 8 organizations · largest $15.0M · through 2023
$34.6M
17. Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
68 grants to 22 organizations · largest $615K · through 2024 · 3.9% of their giving
$3.6M
18. Share God with US Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $318K · through 2019 · 19.8% of their giving
$614K
19. The US Charitable Gift Trust
6 grants to 5 organizations · largest $6.2M · through 2024
$11.4M
20. The San Francisco Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $10.0M · through 2024
$11.0M
21. Boston Homeowner Services Collaborative Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$500K
22. Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$6.0M
23. Fiduciary Charitable Foundation DBA Fiduciary Trust Charitable
11 grants to 7 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$3.3M
24. The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $4.1M · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$4.1M
25. Cambridge Community Foundation
31 grants to 15 organizations · largest $186K · through 2024 · 6.7% of their giving
$1.1M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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. 18 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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in Massachusetts, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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