New Breeze Foundation: Boston Area Grants
OVERVIEW: This foundation of the telecom mogul Robert Hale does most of its grantmaking in Boston and its surrounding areas. Hale and his wife Karen have interests in health, human services, the...
View ArticleAmelia Peabody Charitable Fund: Boston Area Grants
OVERVIEW: The Peabody Fund awards grants to health, arts, environment, and social services organizations in New England, with preferential treatment given to Massachusetts. The foundation's small staff...
View ArticlePhillip and Susan Ragon Foundation: Boston Grants
OVERVIEW: The Phillip and Susan Ragon Foundation is the charitable outfit of tech billionaire Phillip Ragon and his wife Susan. Much of the couple's philanthropy takes place in the Boston area, where...
View ArticlePhyllis & Jerome Lyle Rappaport Foundation: Boston Grants
OVERVIEW: Phyllis & Jerome Lyle Rappaport Foundation is committed to the Greater Boston area and primarily funds fellowships and scholarships for medical research and public policy. The foundation...
View ArticleA.C. Ratshesky Foundation: Boston Grants
OVERVIEW: This funder supports early education, employment, and year-around/after school enrichment for preteens and teens. Programs that support disadvantaged Jewish populations in Boston are of...
View ArticleSchooner Foundation: Boston Area Grants
OVERVIEW: The Schooner Foundation was built upon the success of a Boston-based investment firm and has developed both a local and a global focus. Although the international programs revolve around...
View ArticleCarl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation: Boston Area Grants
OVERVIEW: Shapiro grants go to a variety of causes in the Greater Boston area, and recently health programs and hospitals have been major beneficiaries. Other areas of interest include arts, education,...
View ArticleRichard and Susan Smith Family Foundation: Boston Grants
OVERVIEW: This funder supports health, education, and economic mobility causes in the Greater Boston area. It provides small and mid-sized capital grants that local groups can apply for. FUNDING AREAS:...
View ArticleState Street Foundation: Boston Area Grants
OVERVIEW: The State Street Foundation is an investment corporation philanthropy that awards grants to education and workforce development organizations both locally and globally. Grant applications are...
View ArticleStoneman Family Foundation: Boston Area Grants
OVERVIEW: Although the Stoneman Foundation once exclusively served education, health, and Jewish causes in Boston, the next generation of Stonemans has expanded to other issues and regions. The...
View ArticleSwartz Foundation: Boston Area Grants
OVERVIEW: The Swartz Foundation was formed by Sidney Swartz's portion of the Timberland Company fortune. The foundation contributes almost exclusively to Jewish-related causes but keeps involved with...
View ArticleTrefler Foundation: Boston Grants
OVERVIEW: This funder supports Greater Boston nonprofits working in healthy food accessibility and programs that get urban youth involved in farming and gardening. It’s also a strong supporter of...
View ArticleVela Foundation: Boston Area Grants
OVERVIEW: The Vela Foundation supports nutrition, health and fitness programs in Eastern Massachusetts. Although the foundation is based in Boston, the nearby cities of Dorchester, Roxbury, Everett,...
View ArticleWagner Family Foundation: Boston Area Grants
OVERVIEW: The Wagner Family Foundation was established from Herbert S. Wagner III's success as an investment banker with the Baupost Group in Boston. Although the foundation does not accept unsolicited...
View ArticleYawkey Foundations: Boston Area Grants
OVERVIEW: The Yawkey Foundation is a longtime Boston funder, typically providing more than $20 million in annual funding to area nonprofits. The majority of its grantmaking is around health, education,...
View ArticleSidman Family Foundation: Boston Grants
OVERVIEW: The Sidman Family Foundation's Boston grantmaking involves supporting local hospitals, Jewish organizations, and more. Personal connections seem to animate much of this family's giving....
View ArticleRichard and Susan Smith Family Foundation: Boston Grants
OVERVIEW: This funder supports health, education, and economic mobility causes in the Greater Boston area. It provides small and mid-sized capital grants that local groups can apply for. FUNDING AREAS:...
View ArticleState Street Foundation: Boston Area Grants
OVERVIEW: The State Street Foundation is an investment corporation philanthropy that awards grants to education and workforce development organizations both locally and globally. Grant applications are...
View ArticleStoneman Family Foundation: Boston Area Grants
OVERVIEW: Although the Stoneman Foundation once exclusively served education, health, and Jewish causes in Boston, the next generation of Stonemans has expanded to other issues and regions. The...
View ArticleSwartz Foundation: Boston Area Grants
OVERVIEW: The Swartz Foundation was formed by Sidney Swartz's portion of the Timberland Company fortune. The foundation contributes almost exclusively to Jewish-related causes but keeps involved with...
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