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Foundations That Fund Education in Massachusetts

Imperigo has identified 1,926 funders that made 26,501 grants totaling $7.0B to 1,604 education organizations in Massachusetts, with a median grant of $27K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Massachusetts

Total granted $7.0B
Funders 1,926
Grants 26,501
Organizations funded 1,604

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The Lord Foundation of Massachusetts Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $294.0M · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$295.0M
2. Boston Foundation Inc
1,497 grants to 285 organizations · largest $5.2M · through 2024 · 15.5% of their giving
$172.8M
3. Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation
108 grants to 44 organizations · largest $10.0M · through 2024 · 24.2% of their giving
$105.8M
4. Tomchei Torah B'eretz Yisrael Inc Tomchei Torah B'eret
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $12.9M · through 2024 · 99.1% of their giving
$42.9M
5. Charles E Cotting Charitable Corp
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $7.7M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$29.5M
6. The Meg and Bennett Goodman Family Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $23.5M · through 2023 · 63.0% of their giving
$24.4M
7. Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc
54 grants to 16 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 24.9% of their giving
$21.9M
8. Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc
456 grants to 122 organizations · largest $3.2M · through 2024 · 5.5% of their giving
$70.8M
9. The Omidyar-Tufts Active Citizenship Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $14.8M · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$16.0M
10. Jewish Communal Fund
207 grants to 65 organizations · largest $18.3M · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$104.4M
11. Harvard-Yenching Institute
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.4M · through 2024 · 67.5% of their giving
$12.4M
12. Dubai Harvard Foundation for Medical Research Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $6.2M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$9.4M
13. Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego
30 grants to 9 organizations · largest $31.0M · through 2024 · 4.8% of their giving
$36.1M
14. MIT Real Estate Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.3M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$8.4M
15. The Chicago Community Trust
205 grants to 65 organizations · largest $15.0M · through 2023 · 1.4% of their giving
$112.3M
16. Project Liberty Institute
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $7.3M · through 2024 · 35.4% of their giving
$7.4M
17. Davis Educational Foundation
65 grants to 37 organizations · largest $735K · through 2024 · 30.9% of their giving
$7.0M
18. Wellington Management Foundation
84 grants to 32 organizations · largest $800K · through 2024 · 19.9% of their giving
$6.6M
19. Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ Inc
14 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 16.8% of their giving
$7.8M
20. Research Support Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.3M · through 2023 · 96.7% of their giving
$5.8M
21. Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
223 grants to 80 organizations · largest $515K · through 2024 · 11.1% of their giving
$10.3M
22. Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc
123 grants to 50 organizations · largest $2.2M · through 2024 · 11.1% of their giving
$9.9M
23. Buchanan Friendship Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $5.4M · through 2024 · 78.9% of their giving
$5.4M
24. Trust UW Amy Lowell 10th Clause
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.6M
25. Co-Impact Philanthropic Funds Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $6.9M · through 2024 · 9.9% of their giving
$7.9M

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

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