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 2 of 4

26. Edgewood Retirement Community Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $283K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$283K
27. Car Donation Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $535K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$2.4M
28. Mission Towers Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$250K
29. Acre Triangle Community Development Corporation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$245K
30. CHMC Cardiovascular Surgical Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023 · 9.9% of their giving
$400K
31. Bowdoin Apartments Corporation C/O Kelliher & Callaghan
15 grants to 7 organizations · largest $25K · through 2023 · 13.6% of their giving
$290K
32. The Chicago Community Trust
17 grants to 7 organizations · largest $7.0M · through 2023
$16.7M
33. Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc
43 grants to 11 organizations · largest $100K · through 2025 · 3.8% of their giving
$869K
34. Naiop Massachusetts Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $106K · through 2024 · 52.9% of their giving
$166K
35. Union Congregational Church Homes Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $163K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$163K
36. East Bay Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.5M · through 2023
$4.8M
37. International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2024 · 48.4% of their giving
$135K
38. Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
38 grants to 12 organizations · largest $154K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$1.5M
39. Groton Affordable Housing Inc C/O Rcap Solution Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$100K
40. Children's Investment Fund Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $195K · through 2024 · 8.4% of their giving
$205K
41. Fall River Group Homes Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $82K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$82K
42. Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc
56 grants to 16 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024
$4.5M
43. Bethany Homes Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$75K
44. Cambridge Community Foundation
21 grants to 9 organizations · largest $85K · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$493K
45. Bay Colony Development Corp
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024 · 38.9% of their giving
$68K
46. Metal of Honor Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $31K · through 2024 · 84.2% of their giving
$61K
50. Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc
14 grants to 5 organizations · largest $136K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$695K
53. Veterans United Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $425K · through 2022
$810K
56. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
44 grants to 29 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$3.5M
61. Points of Light Foundation
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $250K · through 2022 · 1.4% of their giving
$430K

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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