Trefler 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,...
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Boston has a long and well-established philanthropy scene, but also one that is changing fast. Familiar players like the Boston Foundation are more active than ever, while new funders keep arriving on...
View ArticleHerman and Frieda L. Miller Foundation: Boston Grants
OVERVIEW: This foundation is focused on social justice and civic engagement in Greater Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. It accepts proposals by invitation only, but welcomes relevant inquiries from...
View ArticleThe Mooney-Reed Charitable Foundation: Boston Grants
OVERVIEW: The Mooney-Reed Charitable Foundation is the philanthropic vehicle of Boston area couple James and Lisa Mooney. The couple's giving through their foundation strongly focuses in on Catholic...
View ArticleNew Balance Foundation: Boston Area Grants
OVERVIEW: Childhood obesity is the foundation's focus, and only select cities in Massachusetts and Maine are considered for grants.FUNDING AREAS: Childhood obesity, education, athletics, environment,...
View ArticleNew 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 ArticleBennett Family Foundation: Boston Grants
OVERVIEW: In the city of Boston, one of this funder’s two focus regions, Bennett exclusively supports youth causes. It funds programs that help teens get and stay connected to the community and boost...
View ArticleLewis Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: This is a big youth funder in Boston. Grant programs focus on preparing young people for college and expanding their access to college. Applications are online and due in the spring and...
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,...
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