Massachusetts · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Housing & Shelter in Massachusetts

Imperigo has identified 453 funders that made 3,765 grants totaling $376.5M to 262 housing & shelter organizations in Massachusetts, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Housing & Shelter Funding in Massachusetts

Total granted $376.5M
Funders 453
Grants 3,765
Organizations funded 262

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Madison Park Housing Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $19.3M · through 2024 · 97.5% of their giving
$19.3M
2. United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc
178 grants to 56 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 14.2% of their giving
$26.6M
3. Lower Roxbury Community Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $11.7M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$11.7M
4. The Pelham II Corporation C/O John M Corcoran & Company
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 99.0% of their giving
$5.9M
5. Roxbury Home for Aged Women
11 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.8M
6. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
59 grants to 13 organizations · largest $746K · through 2023 · 3.1% of their giving
$19.1M
7. Berkshire Retirement Home Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $900K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.8M
8. Park West Apartments Inc % the Community Builders Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $927K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.8M
9. Cape Cod Foundation Inc
25 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2025 · 9.0% of their giving
$3.0M
10. Essex County Community Foundation Inc
36 grants to 14 organizations · largest $1.8M · through 2024 · 5.6% of their giving
$4.3M
11. Center for Community Recovery Innovations Inc
19 grants to 10 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 27.2% of their giving
$1.1M
12. Boston Foundation Inc
238 grants to 61 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$15.2M
13. Mbhp Office Corporation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $295K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$904K
14. New Hope Community Capital Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.4M · through 2024 · 5.9% of their giving
$2.5M
15. Housing for Independent Living Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $687K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$687K
16. 1780 Hchq Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $634K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$683K
17. Bristol Aging & Wellness Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $140K · through 2024 · 17.5% of their giving
$753K
18. Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc
36 grants to 8 organizations · largest $275K · through 2025 · 8.0% of their giving
$1.6M
19. Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc
16 grants to 3 organizations · largest $375K · through 2025 · 6.7% of their giving
$1.7M
20. Shalom Properties Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $519K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$519K
21. Community Restoration Corporation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $450K · through 2021 · 24.4% of their giving
$483K
22. Watertown Community Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $167K · through 2024 · 20.0% of their giving
$386K
23. Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc
75 grants to 10 organizations · largest $183K · through 2024 · 4.2% of their giving
$1.8M
24. South Shore Elder Services Inc
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $54K · through 2024 · 24.3% of their giving
$330K
25. Housing Partnership Ventures Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $295K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$295K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to housing & shelter 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. 14 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 housing & shelter 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 housing & shelter funding in Massachusetts, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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