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 4 of 4

946. Rett Syndrome Research Trust IncRegrantor
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $3.7M · through 2023 · 30.2% of their giving
$11.6M
947. Charles Stark Draper Laboratory IncRegrantor
23 grants to 6 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 55.1% of their giving
$10.7M
948. Trustees of Boston UniversityRegrantor
77 grants to 17 organizations · largest $4.4M · through 2024 · 5.3% of their giving
$36.2M
949. Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryRegrantor
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $3.4M · through 2024 · 17.3% of their giving
$9.9M
950. Impact Org IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$8.2M
951. The Milken InstituteRegrantor
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2024 · 12.6% of their giving
$11.5M
952. Allen InstituteRegrantor
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2024 · 16.2% of their giving
$8.3M
953. Blue Meridian Partners IncRegrantor
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $10.1M · through 2023 · 2.6% of their giving
$48.8M
954. Brandeis UniversityRegrantor
26 grants to 5 organizations · largest $857K · through 2024 · 21.0% of their giving
$6.3M
955. Harvard Global Research and Support Services IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.6M · through 2024 · 99.0% of their giving
$6.2M
956. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyRegrantor
40 grants to 15 organizations · largest $2.3M · through 2024 · 13.8% of their giving
$8.9M
957. Trustees of Tufts CollegeRegrantor
44 grants to 10 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 8.3% of their giving
$14.4M
958. Associates of Boston Public Library IncRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$6.0M
959. Breakthrough T1dRegrantor
12 grants to 4 organizations · largest $6.5M · through 2024 · 5.8% of their giving
$20.2M
960. The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityRegrantor
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $7.5M · through 2023 · 7.4% of their giving
$15.4M
961. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute IncRegrantor
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2023 · 32.6% of their giving
$5.6M
962. Worcester Polytechnic InstituteRegrantor
15 grants to 6 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2023 · 18.0% of their giving
$6.2M
963. Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer FoundationRegrantor
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.9M · through 2024 · 8.9% of their giving
$10.4M
964. New Venture FundRegrantor
41 grants to 16 organizations · largest $10.5M · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$41.6M
965. Summit54Regrantor
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $834K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.3M
966. University of PittsburghRegrantor
25 grants to 6 organizations · largest $2.8M · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$25.6M
967. Boston Public Library Fund IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.9M · through 2020 · 30.7% of their giving
$4.2M
968. Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ResearchRegrantor
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $885K · through 2024 · 40.1% of their giving
$4.0M
969. Results for AmericaRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2023 · 20.2% of their giving
$3.6M
970. Conservatory Lab Foundation IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $3.6M · through 2024 · 64.8% of their giving
$3.6M

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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