Massachusetts · Grantmakers

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 2 of 4

26. Brandegee John L Tr Uwill
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $981K · through 2024 · 80.0% of their giving
$3.6M
27. Essex County Community Foundation Inc
157 grants to 68 organizations · largest $457K · through 2024 · 9.5% of their giving
$7.3M
28. Van Otterloo Family Foundation
66 grants to 27 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2023 · 36.3% of their giving
$3.4M
29. Howard Hughes Medical Institute
33 grants to 8 organizations · largest $2.1M · through 2024 · 5.2% of their giving
$13.2M
30. Charities Aid Foundation America
252 grants to 114 organizations · largest $5.6M · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$36.5M
31. Commonwealth Foundation for Cancer Research
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.5M · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$11.5M
32. Elizabeth Deblois Charitable Trust
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $632K · through 2023 · 25.3% of their giving
$3.0M
33. Giovanni Armenise-Harvard Foundation for Scientific Research Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $900K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.8M
34. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
144 grants to 63 organizations · largest $8.1M · through 2024
$87.0M
35. Axim Collaborative Inc
7 grants to 6 organizations · largest $656K · through 2024 · 16.4% of their giving
$2.7M
36. Uw Eugene Higgins Char Trust Nma
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.2M · through 2024 · 32.2% of their giving
$2.2M
37. California Community Foundation
44 grants to 16 organizations · largest $6.4M · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$29.8M
38. Yocum Family Perpetual Charitable Trust
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $853K · through 2025 · 21.6% of their giving
$2.1M
39. Greater Fall River Development Corp
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2023 · 65.0% of their giving
$2.1M
40. T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
120 grants to 40 organizations · largest $3.2M · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$14.0M
41. Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 11.0% of their giving
$3.6M
42. Harvard Club of Boston Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $517K · through 2022 · 59.9% of their giving
$2.0M
43. The Pew Charitable Trusts
61 grants to 14 organizations · largest $5.6M · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$17.5M
45. Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc
24 grants to 8 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2023 · 3.9% of their giving
$8.5M
48. Deloitte Foundation
61 grants to 18 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$6.2M
51. The San Francisco Foundation
66 grants to 26 organizations · largest $5.7M · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$18.3M
52. Impactassetsinc
73 grants to 32 organizations · largest $2.7M · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$19.0M
58. The Miami Foundation Inc
35 grants to 10 organizations · largest $2.6M · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$8.9M
60. United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc
150 grants to 58 organizations · largest $284K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$5.9M
63. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
286 grants to 97 organizations · largest $754K · through 2025
$20.4M

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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