Massachusetts · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Massachusetts

Imperigo has identified 658 funders that made 4,651 grants totaling $1.6B to 374 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 $1.6B
Funders 658
Grants 4,651
Organizations funded 374

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

72. Foundation for the Carolinas
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $3.9M · through 2024
$4.3M
73. The San Diego Foundation
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $2.2M · through 2023
$2.3M
74. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
48 grants to 27 organizations · largest $256K · through 2024
$2.5M
77. The Rhode Island Community Foundation
38 grants to 5 organizations · largest $128K · through 2024
$1.6M
78. The Oregon Community Foundation
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$2.3M
89. The Minneapolis Foundation
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$1.7M
90. AARP
10 grants to 6 organizations · largest $460K · through 2024
$1.5M
91. The Denver Foundation
15 grants to 5 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024
$1.5M
92. The Pew Charitable Trusts
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2020
$2.0M
94. The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
12 grants to 6 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024
$1.9M
101. Robert R McCormick Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $620K · through 2024
$1.2M
112. Seattle Foundation
21 grants to 3 organizations · largest $209K · through 2024
$1.3M
115. Ascendium Education Solutions Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2025
$1.3M
131. T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
17 grants to 6 organizations · largest $215K · through 2025
$928K
157. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
14 grants to 9 organizations · largest $752K · through 2023
$3.3M
340. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncDonor-advised
37 grants to 14 organizations · largest $111.6M · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$362.1M
341. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
84 grants to 34 organizations · largest $87.3M · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$264.5M
342. Daffy Charitable FundDonor-advised
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.3M · through 2024 · 8.6% of their giving
$3.9M
343. Tiaa Charitable IncDonor-advised
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $5.3M · through 2020 · 5.7% of their giving
$5.3M
344. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
400 grants to 138 organizations · largest $40.1M · through 2024
$130.9M
345. Anderson Donor Advised Charitable FundDonor-advised
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 22.1% of their giving
$1.1M
346. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
29 grants to 14 organizations · largest $22.4M · through 2024
$23.9M
347. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
74 grants to 35 organizations · largest $15.2M · through 2024
$44.2M
348. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
55 grants to 17 organizations · largest $11.6M · through 2024
$16.7M
349. Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund C/O Bny Mellon NaDonor-advised
14 grants to 6 organizations · largest $6.9M · through 2024
$7.2M

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. 19 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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