Massachusetts · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in Massachusetts

Imperigo has identified 563 funders that made 5,994 grants totaling $687.1M to 392 environment & conservation organizations in Massachusetts, with a median grant of $21K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Environment & Conservation Funding in Massachusetts

Total granted $687.1M
Funders 563
Grants 5,994
Organizations funded 392

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Founders Pledge Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $8.9M · through 2024 · 8.1% of their giving
$9.1M
2. Restore America's Estuaries
32 grants to 10 organizations · largest $335K · through 2024 · 17.6% of their giving
$3.0M
3. Boston Foundation Inc
304 grants to 66 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$19.4M
4. United States Energy Foundation
40 grants to 15 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$11.4M
5. Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $3.2M · through 2023 · 2.0% of their giving
$8.9M
6. Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
45 grants to 14 organizations · largest $728K · through 2024 · 3.9% of their giving
$3.6M
7. Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc
87 grants to 9 organizations · largest $325K · through 2024 · 5.3% of their giving
$2.2M
8. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
28 grants to 13 organizations · largest $13.1M · through 2024
$36.5M
9. E4thefuture Inc
19 grants to 4 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 14.3% of their giving
$634K
10. New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
32 grants to 10 organizations · largest $596K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$4.1M
11. Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc
69 grants to 22 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$9.2M
12. The Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Charitable Trust-I
37 grants to 13 organizations · largest $108K · through 2023 · 6.7% of their giving
$987K
13. Cape Cod Foundation Inc
69 grants to 24 organizations · largest $98K · through 2025 · 4.2% of their giving
$1.4M
14. Breakthrough Energy Action Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$2.2M
15. The Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.5M · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$3.6M
16. California Community Foundation
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2024
$10.1M
17. Community Foundation of North Central Ma
36 grants to 12 organizations · largest $254K · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$1.1M
18. Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation Inc
19 grants to 6 organizations · largest $124K · through 2024 · 8.3% of their giving
$569K
19. Nathalie & Theodore Jones Charitable Trust f/b/o Appalachian Mountain Club
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $51K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$234K
20. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
62 grants to 24 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2023
$8.7M
21. Social Justice Charitable Corporation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 13.1% of their giving
$304K
22. Essex County Community Foundation Inc
51 grants to 19 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$1.7M
23. Davis Conservation Foundation
16 grants to 9 organizations · largest $151K · through 2024 · 8.4% of their giving
$409K
24. United Way of North Central Mass Inc
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $256K · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$620K
25. Rockefeller Family Fund Inc
24 grants to 8 organizations · largest $293K · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$1.8M

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

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