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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 2 of 4

26. St Jeans Credit Union
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $125K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$356K
27. Impactassetsinc
46 grants to 16 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$8.9M
28. Alosa Health Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$300K
29. Pwc Foundation Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.8M · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$3.0M
30. Legacy Global Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $612K · through 2023 · 9.0% of their giving
$612K
31. Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc
15 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$2.2M
32. C F Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$1.3M
33. Wellington Management Foundation
15 grants to 4 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024 · 3.9% of their giving
$1.3M
34. Tides Foundation
22 grants to 9 organizations · largest $4.5M · through 2024
$11.0M
35. Greater Lynn Chamber of Commerce Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $194K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$231K
36. National Rural Water Association
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1000K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$3.3M
37. Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $35K · through 2025 · 19.9% of their giving
$212K
38. South Shore Elder Services Inc
9 grants to 1 organization · largest $59K · through 2024 · 17.4% of their giving
$236K
39. Global Ties US
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $557K · through 2023 · 2.9% of their giving
$1.4M
40. Rodman For Kids Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $153K · through 2024 · 6.1% of their giving
$636K
41. Health New England Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 14.0% of their giving
$258K
42. Cwi Works Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $592K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$2.6M
43. Whatcom Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $988K · through 2020 · 3.5% of their giving
$988K
44. Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $442K · through 2025 · 3.4% of their giving
$864K
47. Metro North Regional Employment Board
14 grants to 3 organizations · largest $186K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$1.1M
51. Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2023 · 2.2% of their giving
$1.0M
55. Charities Aid Foundation America
33 grants to 14 organizations · largest $2.6M · through 2024
$6.2M
64. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
40 grants to 26 organizations · largest $933K · through 2024
$4.5M
65. Impact Investing Charitable Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2024
$2.3M
66. National Basketball Association Foundation
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $600K · through 2024
$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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