Massachusetts · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Science & Technology in Massachusetts

Imperigo has identified 194 funders that made 959 grants totaling $321.1M to 82 science & technology organizations in Massachusetts, with a median grant of $42K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Science & Technology Funding in Massachusetts

Total granted $321.1M
Funders 194
Grants 959
Organizations funded 82

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Project Liberty Institute
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7.3M · through 2022 · 34.9% of their giving
$7.3M
2. Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences Bios Inc
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $592K · through 2024 · 47.2% of their giving
$3.4M
3. ADA Forsyth Institute Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $429K · through 2024 · 22.5% of their giving
$1.6M
4. Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $501K · through 2023 · 12.3% of their giving
$2.0M
5. Marshfield Chamber of Commerce
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $820K · through 2025 · 96.2% of their giving
$1.0M
6. Maryada Family Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $244K · through 2024 · 99.4% of their giving
$788K
7. Advocacy Action Fund Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 2.8% of their giving
$2.7M
8. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
36 grants to 18 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024
$20.4M
9. Foundation for the Carolinas
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024
$7.7M
10. The Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2020 · 1.1% of their giving
$2.5M
11. Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$3.9M
12. Tides Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2024
$5.6M
13. Players Philanthropy Fund Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $648K · through 2023 · 1.6% of their giving
$681K
14. American Institute of Physics Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $115K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$235K
15. Society for Developmental Biology
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2023 · 25.3% of their giving
$37K
16. Essex County Community Foundation Inc
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $152K · through 2024
$683K
17. Restore America's Estuaries
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $180K · through 2022 · 1.8% of their giving
$310K
18. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024
$2.6M
19. Austin Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2022
$1.0M
20. New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $117K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$233K
21. Delaware Community Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $458K · through 2022
$728K
22. Davis Educational Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2021 · 1.1% of their giving
$250K
23. Founders Pledge Inc
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $342K · through 2024
$538K
24. Beri Support Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2019 · 4.7% of their giving
$50K
25. Fiduciary Charitable Foundation DBA Fiduciary Trust Charitable
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $275K · through 2024
$520K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to science & technology 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. 13 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 science & technology 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 science & technology funding in Massachusetts, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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