Data / Foundation grants / Arts, culture and humanities / Massachusetts
Who funds arts, culture and humanities in Massachusetts: 1,598 foundations, $202.4 million in grants
1,598 private foundations paid 4,190 grants totaling $202,425,317 to arts, culture and humanities nonprofits in Massachusetts, in each foundation's latest Form 990-PF return, filed with the IRS from 2024 to 2026. The largest funder is The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc, with $78,780,000 in 1 grant.
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- Cause
- Arts, culture and humanities
- Recipients in
- Massachusetts
- Foundations
- 1,598
- Grants
- 4,190
- Total granted
- $202,425,317
Foundations that funded arts, culture and humanities in Massachusetts
Ranked by the total each paid to these recipients. The 300 largest of 1,598 are listed.
| Foundation | Based in | Grants | Total | Largest grant | Largest grant to | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $78,780,000 | $78,780,000 | Museum of Science | To support capital projects | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | 9 | $12,608,000 | $5,000,000 | WGBH Educational Foundation | To support the american archive of public broadcasting to preserve endangered public media holdings at scale for future access and use | apps.irs.gov |
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Indianapolis, IN | 6 | $7,709,930 | $2,499,991 | Plimoth Patuxet Museums Inc | Religious liberty initiative | apps.irs.gov |
| Sherman Fairchild Foundation Inc | Chevy Chase, MD | 1 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | Worcester Art Museum | Conservation and Collections Care | apps.irs.gov |
| The Klarman Family Foundation | Boston, MA | 23 | $3,620,324 | $1,500,000 | Facing History and Ourselves Inc | Unrestricted operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Eric and Barbara Carle Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | $3,155,405 | $3,155,405 | Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Inc | General funding | apps.irs.gov |
| Glenn Greenberg and Linda Vester Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | Facing History and Ourselves | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| Linde Family Foundation | Boston, MA | 12 | $2,319,567 | $1,200,000 | Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc | General operations, intensive community program faculty salaries, and creating the byso youth center for music | apps.irs.gov |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $2,313,700 | $1,738,700 | New England Foundation for the Arts | To renew support for the national dance project, a regranting program that supports the creation and touring of new dance works throughout the united states | apps.irs.gov |
| Edward C Johnson Fund | Boston, MA | 2 | $1,650,000 | $1,500,000 | Revolutionary Spaces Inc | Operations support | apps.irs.gov |
| The C Jean & Myles McDonough Charitable Foundation | Worcester, MA | 1 | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | Worcester Art Museum | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Ponsold Motherwell Charitable Trust | Stanfordville, NY | 2 | $1,400,000 | $1,150,000 | Provincetown Art Association & Museum Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Abrams Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 3 | $1,355,000 | $750,000 | The Esplanade Association | To provide support for the construction of the charlesbank landing on the esplanade | apps.irs.gov |
| Wagner Foundation | Cambridge, MA | 19 | $1,343,000 | $700,000 | Institute of Contemporary Art | Fund for the future: phase ii | apps.irs.gov |
| The Shubert Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 20 | $1,305,000 | $285,000 | American Repertory Theatre | General operating support for theatrical productions and activities | apps.irs.gov |
| Martha Dana Mercer Trust | Dallas, TX | 1 | $1,217,032 | $1,217,032 | Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | Unrestricted general | apps.irs.gov |
| McChord Foundation | Norwalk, CT | 1 | $1,200,000 | $1,200,000 | Museum of Science | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 34 | $1,130,000 | $100,000 | The Childrens Museum | Accessibility and inclusion at boston childrens museum | apps.irs.gov |
| Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation | Newton, MA | 6 | $1,125,000 | $1,000,000 | Esplanade Association | Cultural vitality | apps.irs.gov |
| Bierly Boasberg Foundation | West Newton, MA | 3 | $1,113,424 | $1,105,924 | Nantucket Performing Arts Center | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Christopher Robert Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 3 | $1,080,000 | $500,000 | Webster Museums Incorporated | Expand museum parking area and event space | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 7 | $1,020,000 | $235,000 | American Affairs Foundation Inc | For organizational growth | apps.irs.gov |
| The Conrad Prebys Foundation | San Diego, CA | 1 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | WGBH Educational Foundation | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| Alfred P Sloan Foundation | New York, NY | 3 | $999,535 | $500,000 | WGBH Educational Foundation | To support the production and associated marketing and promotion of two prime time american experience documentary films: mr. polaroid and the war on smog | apps.irs.gov |
| Park Foundation Inc | Ithaca, NY | 2 | $950,000 | $600,000 | WGBH Educational Foundation | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Peter & Pamela Voss Charitable Foundation | Boston, MA | 2 | $810,487 | $650,000 | Museum of Fine Arts | Further an endowment for a curatorship in the prints and drawings department | apps.irs.gov |
| Gund Geoffrey FDN | Brooklyn, OH | 1 | $800,000 | $800,000 | Marthas Vineyard Museum Inc | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| The Allstate Foundation | Northbrook, IL | 3 | $751,000 | $500,000 | Facing History and Ourselves Inc | Multi-year grant: evaluating facing historys impact on students academic, social-emotional, and civic learning | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon Foundation Bernard M Gordon Et Al Trustees | Danvers, MA | 1 | $750,000 | $750,000 | Museum of Science | Unrestricted grant | apps.irs.gov |
| The Free for All Concert Fund Inc | Boston, MA | 1 | $750,000 | $750,000 | Boston Landmarks Orchestra | Program support | apps.irs.gov |
| Ira Jones Charitable Trust | Dallas, TX | 1 | $690,931 | $690,931 | Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library | Unrestricted general | apps.irs.gov |
| Richard K Lubin Family Foundation | Boston, MA | 18 | $631,500 | $120,000 | Artists for Humanity | To provide support for the needs of the organization. | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hearthland Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $616,000 | $500,000 | Facing History and Ourselves | Education | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | 4 | $607,000 | $250,000 | WGBH Educational Foundation | Tie-off core support to pilot a series of impact campaigns for frontline, connected to its original reporting | apps.irs.gov |
| Linda Cabot Black Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $603,859 | $603,859 | Boston Lyric Opera | Promotion of the arts | apps.irs.gov |
| Fidelity Foundation | Boston, MA | 3 | $600,000 | $250,000 | Cahoon Museum of American Art | Strategic plan | apps.irs.gov |
| Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $525,000 | $500,000 | Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival Inc | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust | Boston, MA | 7 | $517,000 | $250,000 | Worcester Natural History Society | Capital | apps.irs.gov |
| Jack Kent Cooke Foundation | Lansdowne, VA | 1 | $515,000 | $515,000 | From the Top Inc | Support ftt to provide scholarships to young musicians with financial need | apps.irs.gov |
| Cecile Higginson Murphy Charitable Foundation | Boston, MA | 2 | $505,000 | $500,000 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | General Purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $500,000 | $500,000 | WGBH Educational Foundation | In support of frontline | apps.irs.gov |
| Manton Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $500,000 | $300,000 | Azorean Maritime Heritage Society | To purchase the 824 belleville avenue property | apps.irs.gov |
| Novo Foundation | Hurley, NY | 2 | $500,000 | $350,000 | Documentary Educational Resources Inc | Delevan street films: join or die documentary | apps.irs.gov |
| The Tepper Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $500,000 | $500,000 | Facing History & Ourselves Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Cecelia Joyce and Seward Johnson Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $484,400 | $454,400 | Artists Association of Nantucket | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | New York, NY | 3 | $472,000 | $250,000 | WGBH Educational Foundation | For project support of the Democracy and Media Summit to inspire the development of new content that will bridge political divides to strengthen democracy | apps.irs.gov |
| Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (fka Oneworld Boston Inc) | Woburn, MA | 13 | $461,668 | $75,000 | Artists for Humanity Inc | Human Services | apps.irs.gov |
| Yawkey Foundation II | Westwood, MA | 11 | $445,000 | $125,000 | The Wang Center for the Performing Arts Inc | Capital improvements project for arts program access & outreach | apps.irs.gov |
| Arison Arts Foundation | Coral Gables, FL | 1 | $420,833 | $420,833 | Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The June Leaf and Robert Frank FDN Inc F/k/a the Andrea Frank FDN Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $410,000 | $410,000 | Museum of Fine Arts | Preserving and protecting the legacy of robert frank through the exhibition of his artwork | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lowell Institute | Boston, MA | 4 | $400,415 | $301,415 | Museum of Science | General Purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Arthur Vining Davis Foundation #2 | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $400,000 | $400,000 | WGBH Educational Foundation | Public educational media | apps.irs.gov |
| John J & Mary R Schiff Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $400,000 | $400,000 | Uss Constitution Museum Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation | Redmond, WA | 1 | $400,000 | $400,000 | Lexington Observer Inc | To increase womens civic engagement | apps.irs.gov |
| The Littlejohn Family Foundation | Savannah, GA | 2 | $393,333 | $383,333 | Peabody Essex Museum | To celebrate outstanding artistic and cultural creativity by collecting, stewarding, and interpreting objects of art and culture in ways that increase knowledge, enrich the spirit, engage the mind, an | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation | Cambridge, MA | 10 | $380,000 | $100,000 | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Program support | apps.irs.gov |
| Myron L Fuller Trust | Dallas, TX | 1 | $357,475 | $357,475 | Fuller Craft Museum Inc | Unrestricted general | apps.irs.gov |
| Donald C McGraw Foundation Inc | Delray Beach, FL | 6 | $350,000 | $150,000 | Heritage Plantation of Sandwich | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The 1916 Foundation | Montchanin, DE | 1 | $350,000 | $350,000 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hearst Foundation | New York, NY | 3 | $350,000 | $150,000 | Facing History & Ourselves Inc | To support the Next generation Civics Initiative | apps.irs.gov |
| Wallace Minot Leonard Foundation | Boston, MA | 5 | $338,000 | $250,000 | Boston Lyric Opera | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Iris B Apfel & Carl B Apfel Charitable Trust | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | 1 | $325,000 | $325,000 | The Peabody Essex Museum Inc | General contribution | apps.irs.gov |
| Parker Family Foundation | Pennington, NJ | 4 | $310,000 | $175,000 | Actors Shakespeare Project Inc | Unrestricted general | apps.irs.gov |
| James & Melinda Rabb Family Foundation | Weston, MA | 5 | $306,750 | $241,000 | Museum of Fine Arts | Charity | apps.irs.gov |
| E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation | Radnor, PA | 3 | $305,000 | $150,000 | Worcester Art Museum | Help with the cost of its exhibition, "shin-hanga: the 'new prints' movement in global context" (working title) | apps.irs.gov |
| Cathedral Fund | New York, NY | 1 | $300,000 | $300,000 | Fitchburg Art Museum | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick Trust | Stockbridge, MA | 2 | $300,000 | $250,000 | Berkshire Theatre Group | Building renovation grant | apps.irs.gov |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 1 | $300,000 | $300,000 | WGBH Educational Foundation | For frontline season 43 | apps.irs.gov |
| Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc | Little Rock, AR | 2 | $299,820 | $250,000 | Fuller Craft Museum | Art & culture | apps.irs.gov |
| The Creighton Narada Foundation | Boston, MA | 5 | $282,500 | $100,000 | Peabody Essex Museum Inc | General Charitable Purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc | Taunton, MA | 24 | $280,839 | $127,500 | Zeiterion Theatre Inc | Exempt purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The George I Alden Trust | Worcester, MA | 3 | $280,000 | $250,000 | Worcester County Mechanics Association | To further education | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ulf B Heide and Elizabeth C Heide Foundation Charitable Trust | Weston, MA | 3 | $279,000 | $262,000 | Peabody Essex Museum | Unrestricted use of contribution for reciptient's educational and related purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| Tupancy-Harris FDN-1986 | Boston, MA | 4 | $270,107 | $218,107 | Nantucket Historical Association | General purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| Boger Family Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 2 | $270,000 | $260,000 | Museum of Science | Exempt purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Adam R Scripps Foundation | Ft Mitchell, KY | 2 | $265,000 | $250,000 | New Bedford Light Inc | General operations | apps.irs.gov |
| The Edward Lee and Slocumb Hollis Perry Foundation | Chestnut Hill, MA | 20 | $264,785 | $35,000 | Huntington Theatre Company | General fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Edith H Overly Foundation | Boston, MA | 4 | $255,000 | $125,000 | Museum of Science | General Support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lucretia Philanthropic Foundation Inc | Woburn, MA | 3 | $254,000 | $250,000 | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Angel Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $252,500 | $250,000 | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Operational | apps.irs.gov |
| Hoche-Scofield Foundation-Equity | Dallas, TX | 8 | $252,198 | $103,599 | Music Worcester Inc | Unrestricted general | apps.irs.gov |
| Comet Foundation F/k/a the Steinert Family Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | Nantucket Performing Arts Center Inc | Community services | apps.irs.gov |
| Foundation for A Just Society | New York, NY | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | Agitarte Inc | To support the charitable activities of movement culture hub | apps.irs.gov |
| Gill Foundation | Denver, CO | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | Lexington Observer Inc | Project support for lgbtq issues | apps.irs.gov |
| Richard C Von Hess Foundation | Columbia, PA | 2 | $250,000 | $150,000 | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Support the book of esther in the age of rembrandt exhibition | apps.irs.gov |
| Ruby W and Lavon P Linn Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | Uss Constitution Museum | General Support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Jaket Foundation | Boston, MA | 3 | $250,000 | $150,000 | City Ballet of Boston | To support development staff | apps.irs.gov |
| Tower Family Fund Inc | Buffalo, NY | 6 | $250,000 | $75,000 | Rockport Music Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Vani Kola 2015 Charitable Trust | Santa Monica, CA | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | Museum of Art and Photography Foundation | Donation | apps.irs.gov |
| Western Philanthropies Inc | Chicago, IL | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | Rockport Music | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| William E Schrafft and Bertha E Schrafft Charitable Trust | Boston, MA | 11 | $248,500 | $37,500 | New Bedford Light | Operating | apps.irs.gov |
| Eastern Bank Foundation | Wakefield, MA | 92 | $248,325 | $20,000 | Boston Dragon Boat Festival | Exempt purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Terra Foundation for American Art | Chicago, IL | 4 | $245,000 | $100,000 | Us Latinx Art Forum | Arts education | apps.irs.gov |
| Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation | Boston, MA | 5 | $240,000 | $60,000 | Massachusetts Historical Society | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Tow Foundation Inc | New Canaan, CT | 1 | $240,000 | $240,000 | WGBH Educational Foundation | Frontline columbia and cuny tow fellowships & the investigative journalist equity initiative | apps.irs.gov |
| New England Biolabs Foundation | Ipswich, MA | 2 | $236,500 | $234,500 | Creative Action Institute | Core operating support and capacity building | apps.irs.gov |
| The John L McGraw and Marjorie P McGraw Charitable Foundation | Osterville, MA | 1 | $236,400 | $236,400 | Cotuit Center for the Arts | To educate, entertain, illuminate and inspire artists, performers, students and audiences in the arts | apps.irs.gov |
| Elizabeth B McGraw Foundation Inc | East Falmouth, MA | 3 | $225,000 | $100,000 | Boston Ballet | Mikko nissinen scholarship | apps.irs.gov |
| Carl & Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation | Wellesley, MA | 7 | $220,000 | $55,000 | Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | General purposes of the organization | apps.irs.gov |
| The Henry Luce Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 5 | $219,200 | $125,000 | Center for Black Brown and Queer Studies | Support for a history research project | apps.irs.gov |
| Arc Foundation | Southborough, MA | 1 | $215,000 | $215,000 | Labyrinth Choir | Cultural | apps.irs.gov |
| Stemberg Thomas G Char FND | Boston, MA | 2 | $212,500 | $210,000 | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | General charitable purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| The Buchwald Family Foundation | New York, NY | 4 | $212,500 | $200,000 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center | To further donee organization goals. | apps.irs.gov |
| Stevenson Family Charitable Trust | Cambridge, MA | 7 | $211,500 | $125,000 | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Charitable contribution in line with mission | apps.irs.gov |
| TD Charitable Foundation | Portland, ME | 9 | $206,000 | $75,000 | Boston LGBTQ Museum of Art History & Culture | Curatorial department | apps.irs.gov |
| Riley Mabel Louise Trust Uwill | Pittsburgh, PA | 5 | $205,000 | $50,000 | Actors Shakespeare Project | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries | Newton, MA | 34 | $203,400 | $100,000 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | For arts and culture. | apps.irs.gov |
| Berry Drew Family Foundation | Concord, MA | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Charitable purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| Frieze Family Foundation | Chestnut Hill, MA | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | Our Generation Speaks | Charitable donations | apps.irs.gov |
| Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation | Washington, DC | 3 | $200,000 | $100,000 | Facing History and Ourselves Inc | Contemporary antisemitism initiative | apps.irs.gov |
| Paul and Joanne Egerman Family Charitable Foundation | Weston, MA | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | Museum of Science | Unrestricted charitable gift | apps.irs.gov |
| The Pasculano Foundation | Cape Elizabeth, ME | 2 | $200,000 | $100,000 | Artists for Humanity | To promote the work of the organization | apps.irs.gov |
| The Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | Facing History and Ourselves | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | Lexington Observer Inc | Expanding economic opportunity | apps.irs.gov |
| William M Wood Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | Old Dartmouth Historical Society | Supports exhibits | apps.irs.gov |
| Calderwood Charitable Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $198,183 | $198,183 | Grub Street Inc | General Support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Edgerley Family Foundation | Overland Park, KS | 4 | $195,000 | $100,000 | Embrace Boston | Support-general fund | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation | Allston, MA | 20 | $190,500 | $20,000 | Fuller Craft Museum | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Li-Qiu Family Foundation | Boston, MA | 3 | $190,000 | $100,000 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | 2025 concert for the city fall 2025(boston) | apps.irs.gov |
| Aj & MD Ruggiero Memorial Trust XXXXX4003 | Chicago, IL | 1 | $182,000 | $182,000 | Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation A Shabshelowitz Co-Trustee | Fall River, MA | 6 | $177,100 | $150,000 | Freetown Historical Society | Operating | apps.irs.gov |
| David P Wheatland Charitable Trust | Boston, MA | 1 | $175,000 | $175,000 | Peabody Essex Museum | The funds are to be directed to the next phase of ada accessibility work at the gardner-pingree house, specifically the design and construction of the ramp and stairs. | apps.irs.gov |
| Laura M and Peter T Grauer Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $175,000 | $175,000 | Marion Art Center Inc | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Rex L Allison Educational Foundation Inc | Scottsdale, AZ | 1 | $175,000 | $175,000 | Crocodile River Music Inc | Provides education programs for african refugees and immigrants | apps.irs.gov |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 5 | $172,000 | $62,500 | Nantucket Preservation Trust Inc | Nantucket: encouraging resilience and innovation | apps.irs.gov |
| The Herman Maril Foundation Inc | Provincetown, MA | 1 | $167,500 | $167,500 | Provincetown Art Association and Museum | Support local art association | apps.irs.gov |
| Mattina R Proctor Foundation | Boston, MA | 8 | $162,500 | $50,000 | WGBH Educational Foundation | Ulysses quartet in residence 2024-20 | apps.irs.gov |
| One8 Foundation | Boston, MA | 3 | $161,000 | $100,000 | Facing History & Ourselves Inc | Education | apps.irs.gov |
| The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation | Getzville, NY | 4 | $161,000 | $89,000 | Cotuit Center for the Arts | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| Alvord Family Foundation | Boston, MA | 5 | $160,000 | $100,000 | New Bedford Light | General contribution | apps.irs.gov |
| Steven M and Joyce E Tadler Charitable Trust | Kiawah Island, SC | 2 | $160,000 | $100,000 | The Cape Ann Museum | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Kaphan Foundation | Seattle, WA | 1 | $157,293 | $157,293 | Free Press | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Oxford League Inc | Seabrook, NH | 2 | $155,600 | $105,600 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Business partners/pres at the pops | apps.irs.gov |
| Ann Theodore Foundation Amy B Naughton Trustee | Boston, MA | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Artists for Humanity | To support under-resourced teens the keys to self-sufficency thorough paid employment in art and design. | apps.irs.gov |
| Booth Ferris Foundation XXXXX4008 | Chicago, IL | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Facing History and Ourselves | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| Code Blue Charitable Foundation Inc | Pittsford, NY | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Woods Hole Institute | Room 71 | apps.irs.gov |
| Deborah M Noonan Memorial Fund | Dallas, TX | 8 | $150,000 | $20,000 | Artists for Humanity | Unrestricted general | apps.irs.gov |
| Joyce & George Wein Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Community Music Center of Boston | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hassenfeld Family Foundation | Providence, RI | 2 | $150,000 | $100,000 | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kresge Foundation | Troy, MI | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Agitarte | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Volgenau Foundation | McLean, VA | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | From the Top | Be the change: from the top at 25 | apps.irs.gov |
| Zell Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Facing History and Ourselves | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Kingsbury Road Charitable Foundation | Mansfield, MA | 5 | $147,000 | $52,500 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | General charitable purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| Lovett-Woodsum Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 4 | $140,000 | $100,000 | Museum of Fine Arts | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| E & L Campbell Family Foundation | Boston, MA | 4 | $135,000 | $50,000 | Community Music Center of Boston | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Karp Family Foundation Stephen R and Jill E Karp Trustees | Boston, MA | 4 | $135,000 | $60,000 | Our Generation Speaks | Charitable contribution | apps.irs.gov |
| Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc | Edgartown, MA | 7 | $134,900 | $101,000 | Friends Nobska Light | Exempt purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Henry Salvatori Family Foundation | Naples, FL | 2 | $134,000 | $129,000 | Artists Association of Nantucket | General contribution | apps.irs.gov |
| Neil & Anna Rasmussen Foundation | Concord, MA | 5 | $132,145 | $116,145 | Walden Woods Project | Unrestricted contribution | apps.irs.gov |
| Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation | Boston, MA | 2 | $130,000 | $80,000 | Central Square Theater Inc | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Brace Cove Foundation Inc | Gloucester, MA | 5 | $129,500 | $126,000 | Gloucester Music Works | For donee's exempt purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc | Newark, NJ | 1 | $125,000 | $125,000 | Free Press | Project support of new voices: new jersey | apps.irs.gov |
| Lohengrin Foundation Inc | Chicago, IL | 1 | $125,000 | $125,000 | The Hyams Foundation Inc | General fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Nextfifty Initiative D/b/a Next50 | Denver, CO | 1 | $125,000 | $125,000 | Multicultural Aids Coalition Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Polly Thayer Starr Charitable Trust Hemenway & Barnes LLP | Boston, MA | 2 | $125,000 | $100,000 | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | To support studio through virtual and in-person public programs. | apps.irs.gov |
| The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation | Charlottesville, VA | 2 | $125,000 | $100,000 | Peabody Essex Museum Inc | Grant is for donee's exempt purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The Leona and Ralph W Kern Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $125,000 | $125,000 | National Yiddish Book Center | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lynch Foundation | Boston, MA | 2 | $125,000 | $100,000 | Embrace Boston | Capital campaign | apps.irs.gov |
| The Mugar Foundation | Boston, MA | 2 | $125,000 | $100,000 | Boston 4 Celebrations Foundation Inc | Gift to fund fireworks on the 4th of july at symphony hall | apps.irs.gov |
| Maurice & Carol Feinberg Family Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $123,500 | $123,500 | The Institute of Contemporary Art | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Chandler B and Oliver A Evans Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | 2 | $120,750 | $110,750 | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Common Stream Inc #0745935 | Boston, MA | 2 | $120,000 | $70,000 | Hyams Foundation | For support of the ella baker young adult fellowship program | apps.irs.gov |
| Minow Family Foundation | Cambridge, MA | 1 | $120,000 | $120,000 | WGBH Educational Foundation | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Arbella Insurance Foundation | Boston, MA | 5 | $116,250 | $89,750 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Unrestricted operating funds | apps.irs.gov |
| The New England Foundation | Chestnut Hill, MA | 3 | $116,000 | $81,000 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | General welfare | apps.irs.gov |
| Robert L Corkin Charitable Foundation | Sudbury, MA | 2 | $115,000 | $105,000 | Institute of Contemporary Art | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 4 | $115,000 | $55,000 | Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Paine Charitable Trust Ua | Dallas, TX | 2 | $114,224 | $113,724 | Worcester Art Museum | Unrestricted general | apps.irs.gov |
| The Fletcher Foundation | Worcester, MA | 3 | $113,000 | $100,000 | Worcester Center for Crafts | Grants | apps.irs.gov |
| Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 14 | $112,400 | $15,000 | Company One | Stage one: in-school at | apps.irs.gov |
| Janey Fund Charitable Trust | Boston, MA | 4 | $110,000 | $50,000 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| NBT II Foundation JH3540 | Boston, MA | 3 | $110,000 | $40,000 | Artists for Humanity | Youth arts enterprise | apps.irs.gov |
| The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams Charitable Trust | Boston, MA | 2 | $110,000 | $75,000 | Express Yourself | Three-year operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Menemsha Family Fund | Chicago, IL | 2 | $110,000 | $100,000 | Handel & Haydn Society | All contributions were made for the general, charitable, educational or scientific purpose of each organization. | apps.irs.gov |
| The Nordblom Family Foundation | Burlington, MA | 3 | $110,000 | $50,000 | Museum of Science | General operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Pyle Nye Family Foundation | Cambridge, MA | 6 | $107,000 | $75,000 | The Lionheart Foundation | Education | apps.irs.gov |
| Middlecott Foundation | Boston, MA | 6 | $106,000 | $45,250 | Rehearsal for Life | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Cedar Tree Foundation | Boston, MA | 2 | $105,000 | $100,000 | Documentary Educational Resources | Project support for join or die 2024 impact tour | apps.irs.gov |
| Clermont Foundation | Boston, MA | 2 | $105,000 | $100,000 | The 1882 House Foundation | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| MWC Foundation Inc #0726315 | Boston, MA | 2 | $105,000 | $80,000 | WGBH Educational Foundation | Frontline program | apps.irs.gov |
| The Fannie Cox Foundation | Southboro, MA | 4 | $105,000 | $50,000 | Boston Lyric Opera | '23-'24 season | apps.irs.gov |
| The American Art Foundation Inc (d/b/a the American Contemporary Art Fdninc) | New York, NY | 1 | $104,462 | $104,462 | Museum of Fine Arts | To preserve preeminent collections and promote the work of the organization | apps.irs.gov |
| Oristaglio Family Foundation | Stockbridge, MA | 2 | $104,000 | $75,000 | Salt Lick Incubator | Charity's exempt purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gregory E Bulger Foundation | West Newton, MA | 3 | $102,500 | $50,000 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Support boston & tanglewood funds | apps.irs.gov |
| Gallo Family Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $102,250 | $102,250 | Boston Ballet | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Earle P Charlton Jr Charity Fund | Dallas, TX | 1 | $102,000 | $102,000 | Fall River Historical Society | Unrestricted general | apps.irs.gov |
| Caroline & Sigmund Schott Fund | Cambridge, MA | 1 | $100,951 | $100,951 | Agitarte Inc | Nurture socially conscious artists | apps.irs.gov |
| Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $100,500 | $100,500 | Free Press | For free press to combat mis- and disinformation in non-english languages, organize civil society leaders and public interest groups, and raise awareness of how people are being targeted with manipula | apps.irs.gov |
| Swartz Foundation Trust | Forked River, NJ | 4 | $100,500 | $50,000 | Circuit Arts | Charitable contribution | apps.irs.gov |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | 3 | $100,250 | $100,000 | Embrace Boston Inc | Promise of an Equitable Future | apps.irs.gov |
| Hollyjolly Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $100,004 | $100,004 | Theatre Workshop of Nantucket | General purpose grant | apps.irs.gov |
| Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc | Short Hills, NJ | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Artists for Humanity Inc | Afh nyc | apps.irs.gov |
| Collatos Family Foundation | Millis, MA | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Heritage Plantation of Sandwich | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Harriet W Backus Charitable Trust | Nantucket, MA | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Nantucket Preservation Trust | Contribution to charitable organization committed to improving quality of life. | apps.irs.gov |
| Heather and Robert Keane Family Foundation Inc | Millis, MA | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Esplanade Association | Charitable mission | apps.irs.gov |
| Konzen Family Foundation | Issaquah, WA | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | The Parlor Room | Operating | apps.irs.gov |
| Leon Levy Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Foundation Inc | Endowment support | apps.irs.gov |
| Leone Family Foundation | Summit, NJ | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Facing History and Ourselves | General charitable purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| Macdonald Center for the Arts & Humanities | Henderson, NV | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Archaeological Institute of America | To contribution to the general mission of the archaelogical institute of america. | apps.irs.gov |
| Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | PRX Inc | General donation | apps.irs.gov |
| Plummer Fdn-Cash | Pennington, NJ | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Actors' Shakespeare Project | Unrestricted general | apps.irs.gov |
| Rattner Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Vineyard Lands for Our Community Inc | To further the tax exempt mission of the organization | apps.irs.gov |
| Surdna Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Nonprofit Information Networking Association | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Boston Public Art Triennial | 2025 boston public art triennial | apps.irs.gov |
| The Cabot Family Charitable Trust | Boston, MA | 3 | $100,000 | $50,000 | WGBH Educational Foundation | Exempt purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The Clausen Family Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Theatre Workshop of Nantucket | General operating support. | apps.irs.gov |
| The Joyce Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Free Press | Mission fund | apps.irs.gov |
| The Taffner Family Charitable Trust Trust - | New York, NY | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Friends of Bafta Us Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| H Patterson Hale Jr Charitable Foundation | Newburyport, MA | 2 | $98,000 | $86,000 | Historical Society of Old Newbury | UnrestrictedGeneral Support | apps.irs.gov |
| Miriam Shaw Fund Uw | Dallas, TX | 1 | $97,780 | $97,780 | Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | Unrestricted general | apps.irs.gov |
| Edwin S Webster Foundation | Boston, MA | 4 | $95,000 | $35,000 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Hermann Foundation Inc | Worcester, MA | 2 | $95,000 | $50,000 | Museum of Science | Enable donee to continue exempt function | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hyams Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 1 | $95,000 | $95,000 | Chinatown Community Land Trust Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| John W Henry Family Foundation Inc | Boca Raton, FL | 5 | $93,000 | $50,000 | Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | To fund operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Jennifer and Jonathan Blum Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 5 | $92,000 | $30,000 | Marthas Vineyard Museum Inc | Bruce The Shark | apps.irs.gov |
| Abraham Kaplan Charitable Foundation | Marblehead, MA | 2 | $89,000 | $66,000 | Museum of Science | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| The Tiny Tiger Foundation | Chicago, IL | 7 | $87,500 | $27,500 | WGBH Educational Foundation | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| The Grossman Family Charitable Foundation | Boston, MA | 3 | $86,363 | $75,863 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Operations budget assistance | apps.irs.gov |
| Geoffrey C Hughes Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 3 | $85,000 | $50,000 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Inc | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Newtmont Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 4 | $85,000 | $45,000 | Massachusetts Historical Society | Fund & membership | apps.irs.gov |
| The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc | Foxboro, MA | 5 | $85,000 | $60,000 | Boston Arts Academy Foundation | Education | apps.irs.gov |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | 2 | $85,000 | $80,000 | Free Press | to support the development of a civic information toolkit. | apps.irs.gov |
| The Beker Foundation | Boston, MA | 10 | $83,100 | $25,000 | Esplanade Association | Gala sponsorship and general operating | apps.irs.gov |
| TBD Foundation | Boston, MA | 3 | $83,000 | $77,000 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | To provide needed monetary assistance to the charity | apps.irs.gov |
| The Specter Foundation | Gladwyne, PA | 1 | $82,000 | $82,000 | Our Generation Speaks | 2024 donation | apps.irs.gov |
| Ellery W Carpenter Trust Uw | Dallas, TX | 1 | $81,212 | $81,212 | Rehoboth Antiquarian Society | Unrestricted general | apps.irs.gov |
| Cathy and George Sakellaris Family Foundation | Milton, MA | 4 | $81,000 | $50,000 | Center for Hellenic Music and Culture | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Charles Mosesian Family Foundation | Weston, MA | 3 | $80,000 | $40,000 | WGBH Educational Foundation | Program support | apps.irs.gov |
| Ploughshares Foundation | Highland Park, IL | 11 | $80,000 | $35,000 | Museum of Fine Arts | Egyptian department curators fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc | Salem, MA | 16 | $78,330 | $30,000 | Peabody Essex Museum | Exempt purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| Co2 Foundation | Seattle, WA | 1 | $76,000 | $76,000 | WGBH Educational Foundation | The world's rapid response extreme weather reporting team. | apps.irs.gov |
| Merrill Family Charitable Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 7 | $75,500 | $27,500 | Company One Inc | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Aon Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | Facing History and Ourselves Inc | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Bernard and Sandra Otterman Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | Facing History & Ourselves Inc | Combating Contemporary Antisemitism in the 21st Century | apps.irs.gov |
| Brian A McCarthy Foundation Inc | Harrison, NY | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | WGBH Educational Foundation | Funding for fund the future campaign with a focus on the gbh news and journalism fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Cynthia C and Seth W Lawry Family Foundation | Wellesley, MA | 2 | $75,000 | $50,000 | WGBH Educational Foundation | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Edward and Barbara Urban Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | Workshop 13 Inc | General fund - non-profit cultural arts and learning center offering various classes | apps.irs.gov |
| Gray Foundation | Albany, NY | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | Facing History and Ourselves | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Kla Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | Facing History and Ourselves Inc | Expansion of programs to prepare students with the social, emotional and academic skills in southeast michigan and remaining funds to bay area | apps.irs.gov |
| Living Springs Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | New England Public Media Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation | Waltham, MA | 2 | $75,000 | $55,000 | Institute of Contemporary Art | For donee's exempt purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Perspective Media Initiatives Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | Documentary Educational Resources | Post-production and impact support for election administration project | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ausolus Trust | Boston, MA | 3 | $75,000 | $55,000 | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Exempt purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The Daymarc Foundation | Wayland, MA | 2 | $75,000 | $50,000 | National Braille Press | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Eric & Jane Nord Family Fund | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | WGBH Educational Foundation | Gbh news internship program | apps.irs.gov |
| The Vantzelfde Family Foundation | Providence, RI | 2 | $75,000 | $50,000 | Boston Ballet Inc | To support a public charity | apps.irs.gov |
| Meeker Children's Charitable Trust Fbo Boston | Boston, MA | 1 | $73,000 | $73,000 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | General charitable purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gess Foundation | Wellesley, MA | 3 | $71,000 | $60,500 | From the Top | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Champions of Love Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 3 | $70,000 | $30,000 | Castle of Our Skins | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Chessie Foundation Inc | Chevy Chase, MD | 1 | $70,000 | $70,000 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Charitable distribution | apps.irs.gov |
| Richard K & Nancy L Donahue Charitable Foundation | Lowell, MA | 3 | $70,000 | $30,000 | Lowell Festival Foundation | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Sunita and Brian Pereira Family Foundation | Winchester, MA | 1 | $70,000 | $70,000 | Peabody Essex Museum | Naming of museum skybridge | apps.irs.gov |
| The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc | Pittsfield, MA | 2 | $70,000 | $50,000 | Berkshire Music School | Community engagement programs | apps.irs.gov |
| Ruggles Family Foundation | Garden City, NY | 4 | $68,500 | $35,000 | Museum of Science | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Miramar Charitable Foundation | Ft Mitchell, KY | 1 | $68,000 | $68,000 | New Bedford Light Inc | General operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund | Boston, MA | 10 | $67,500 | $10,000 | Artists for Humanity Inc | Youth arts enterprise | apps.irs.gov |
| The Carney Family Charitable Foundation | Bridgewater, MA | 6 | $67,500 | $25,000 | Zeiterion Theatre Inc | Capital campaign | apps.irs.gov |
| KMD Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | 1 | $66,758 | $66,758 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Promotion of the arts | apps.irs.gov |
| Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc | Newburyport, MA | 27 | $66,300 | $7,500 | Newburyport Maritime Society Inc | Exempt purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Jim Thompson Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $65,000 | $65,000 | The Walden Woods Project | Fostering environmental stewardship and social responsibility | apps.irs.gov |
| Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation | Falmouth, MA | 3 | $65,000 | $50,000 | Berkshire Theatre Group Inc | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Roth Family Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $65,000 | $65,000 | Documentary Educational Resources | Finishing costs for the film "cut to david" | apps.irs.gov |
| The Charles and Cerise Jacobs Charitable Foundation | Brookline, MA | 1 | $65,000 | $65,000 | White Snake Projects Inc | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| The Fleetwing Charitable Foundation Trust | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $65,000 | $40,000 | Lowells Maritime Foundation Dba Lowells Boat Shop | The National Parks Service Fund and the LBS Azorean whaleboat project | apps.irs.gov |
| Unibank Charitable Foundation Inc | Whitinsville, MA | 3 | $65,000 | $30,000 | Waters Farm Preservation Inc | Community support | apps.irs.gov |
| Patricia Kennedy Issarescu Charitable Foundation - 2014 | Boston, MA | 1 | $63,821 | $63,821 | Labyrinth Choir Inc | General fundgemeral fundgeneral fund | apps.irs.gov |
| The Fortunatus Foundation | Hobe Sound, FL | 3 | $63,710 | $37,500 | Marion Art Center Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Trust Uind Edward B Galligan | Boston, MA | 1 | $63,152 | $63,152 | Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Armenian Cultural Association of New York Inc | Bayside, NY | 1 | $63,000 | $63,000 | Armenian Cultural Association of America | Ongoing programs and artkash fund | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kneisel Foundation Inc | Beverly, MA | 3 | $62,500 | $55,000 | Cape Ann Museum | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 2 | $62,500 | $50,000 | Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Sumner Roy Kates Charitable Trust #0762147 | Boston, MA | 3 | $61,500 | $50,000 | Revolutionary Spaces Inc | General fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Rita & Jeffrey Adler Family Foundation | Winter Park, FL | 1 | $60,061 | $60,061 | Worcester Art Museum | The museum's collection of nearly 40,000 objects, assembled since its opening in 1898, provides a foundation to connect visitors of all ages with art, artists, and the ideas they spark. | apps.irs.gov |
| Green Family Charitable Foundation | Harwich, MA | 2 | $60,000 | $50,000 | Arts Foundation of Cape Cod | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Highland Partners Charitable Fund | Boston, MA | 3 | $60,000 | $50,000 | National Braille Press | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Horizon Foundation Inc | Rockport, MA | 5 | $60,000 | $15,000 | Arts Foundation of Cape Cod | General Support | apps.irs.gov |
| Jerome A and Estelle R Newman Assistance Fund Inc | Carle Place, NY | 1 | $60,000 | $60,000 | The Yard Inc | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Saquish Foundation | Boston, MA | 2 | $60,000 | $30,000 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| The Bok Family Foundation | Canaan, CT | 1 | $60,000 | $60,000 | Shakespeare & Company | Charitable contribution - productions and classical training | apps.irs.gov |
| The Mooney-Reed Charitable Foundation | Rye, NH | 2 | $60,000 | $50,000 | Facing History and Ourselves Inc | General fund support | apps.irs.gov |
| Ruth H & Warren A Ellsworth Foundation | Worcester, MA | 5 | $56,750 | $31,250 | Worcester Art Museum | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| E Evan Foundation | Sunny Isles Beach, FL | 1 | $56,453 | $56,453 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| The River Foundation | Cambridge, MA | 1 | $56,000 | $56,000 | Museum of Fine Arts | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Dr Robert C & Tina Sohn Foundation | Sheffield, MA | 7 | $55,600 | $32,000 | Shakespeare & Company | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Palace Head Foundation Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | 2 | $55,500 | $52,000 | Esplanade Association | Community & charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| 4G Foundation (fka Nordley-Gottwald FNDN | Richmond, VA | 2 | $55,000 | $27,500 | Nantucket Historical Association | For general charitable purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| Andree Leboeuf Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 4 | $55,000 | $25,000 | Boston Public Art Triennial Inc | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| Claneil Foundation Inc | Plymouth Meeting, PA | 1 | $55,000 | $55,000 | Equity Trust | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| Fooksman Family Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 1 | $55,000 | $55,000 | Arlekin Players Theatre | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Jeanne Y Curtis Foundation | Garden City, NY | 2 | $55,000 | $35,000 | Worcester Art Museum | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| King-White Family Foundation Inc | Coppell, TX | 1 | $55,000 | $55,000 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Mithun Family Foundation | Wayzata, MN | 1 | $55,000 | $55,000 | Cape Cod Museum of Natural History | General fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Patrick and Aimee Butler Family | St Paul, MN | 1 | $55,000 | $55,000 | Worcester Art Museum | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Beveridge Family Foundation | West Newbury, MA | 8 | $55,000 | $35,000 | Drama Studio Inc | Installation of elevator | apps.irs.gov |
| William V & Betty M Ellis Family Foundation | Gloucester, MA | 3 | $55,000 | $37,500 | Cape Ann Museum | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Matthew A & Susan B Weatherbie Foundation | Boston, MA | 3 | $54,000 | $48,000 | Museum of Fine Arts | General Purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Reynolds R and Pamela M Smith Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $54,000 | $54,000 | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Gift to general operating | apps.irs.gov |
| Ancore Foundation Inc | Auburndale, MA | 1 | $53,000 | $53,000 | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | General contribution | apps.irs.gov |
| Perles Family Foundation Inc | TH Ave FL New York, NY | 1 | $53,000 | $53,000 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | General | apps.irs.gov |
| FJ Brotherton Charitable Trust | Mount Pleasant, SC | 5 | $52,941 | $18,941 | Gore Place Society | General support | apps.irs.gov |
Largest grants
| Foundation | Recipient | Recipient location | Purpose | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | Museum of Science | Boston, MA | To support capital projects | $78,780,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | WGBH Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | To support the american archive of public broadcasting to preserve endangered public media holdings at scale for future access and use | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sherman Fairchild Foundation Inc | Worcester Art Museum | Worcester, MA | Conservation and Collections Care | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Eric and Barbara Carle Foundation Inc | Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Inc | Amherst, MA | General funding | $3,155,405 | apps.irs.gov |
| Glenn Greenberg and Linda Vester Foundation Inc | Facing History and Ourselves | Boston, MA | Charitable | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Plimoth Patuxet Museums Inc | Plymouth, MA | Religious liberty initiative | $2,499,991 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Childrens Museum | Boston, MA | Religion & cultural inst initiative | $2,499,818 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Plimoth Patuxet Museums Inc | Plymouth, MA | Religion & cultural inst initiative | $2,495,996 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New England Foundation for the Arts Inc | Boston, MA | To continue support for the national theater project | $2,206,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New England Foundation for the Arts Inc | Boston, MA | To continue support for the national dance project | $2,062,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc | New England Foundation for the Arts | Boston, MA | To renew support for the national dance project, a regranting program that supports the creation and touring of new dance works throughout the united states | $1,738,700 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | The Theater Offensive Inc | Boston, MA | To support capital costs and programming at the boylston black box | $1,650,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Klarman Family Foundation | Facing History and Ourselves Inc | Boston, MA | Unrestricted operating support | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Edward C Johnson Fund | Revolutionary Spaces Inc | Boston, MA | Operations support | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The C Jean & Myles McDonough Charitable Foundation | Worcester Art Museum | Worcester, MA | General | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Martha Dana Mercer Trust | Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | Boston, MA | Unrestricted general | $1,217,032 | apps.irs.gov |
| Linde Family Foundation | Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc | Boston, MA | General operations, intensive community program faculty salaries, and creating the byso youth center for music | $1,200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| McChord Foundation | Museum of Science | Boston, MA | General | $1,200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ponsold Motherwell Charitable Trust | Provincetown Art Association & Museum Inc | Provincetown, MA | General support | $1,150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bierly Boasberg Foundation | Nantucket Performing Arts Center | Nantucket, MA | General support | $1,105,924 | apps.irs.gov |
| Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation | Esplanade Association | Boston, MA | Cultural vitality | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Conrad Prebys Foundation | WGBH Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | General operating | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gund Geoffrey FDN | Marthas Vineyard Museum Inc | Vineyard HVN, MA | General operating | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Free for All Concert Fund Inc | Boston Landmarks Orchestra | Somerville, MA | Program support | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon Foundation Bernard M Gordon Et Al Trustees | Museum of Science | Boston, MA | Unrestricted grant | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Abrams Foundation Inc | The Esplanade Association | Boston, MA | To provide support for the construction of the charlesbank landing on the esplanade | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wagner Foundation | Institute of Contemporary Art | Boston, MA | Fund for the future: phase ii | $700,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ira Jones Charitable Trust | Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library | Lexington, MA | Unrestricted general | $690,931 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Peter & Pamela Voss Charitable Foundation | Museum of Fine Arts | Boston, MA | Further an endowment for a curatorship in the prints and drawings department | $650,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Linda Cabot Black Foundation | Boston Lyric Opera | Boston, MA | Promotion of the arts | $603,859 | apps.irs.gov |
| Park Foundation Inc | WGBH Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | General operating support | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc | New England Foundation for the Arts | Boston, MA | To renew support to the national theater project, which creates opportunities for the development and performance of new work and provides access to a national touring network of performing arts prese | $575,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jack Kent Cooke Foundation | From the Top Inc | Boston, MA | Support ftt to provide scholarships to young musicians with financial need | $515,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Abrams Foundation Inc | WGBH Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | Support of the enterprise journalism initiative/frontline series support and frontline dispatch podcast | $505,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cecile Higginson Murphy Charitable Foundation | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | General Purpose | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Klarman Family Foundation | Community Music Center of Boston | Boston, MA | Capital project support | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Tepper Foundation | Facing History & Ourselves Inc | Boston, MA | General support | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hearthland Foundation | Facing History and Ourselves | Boston, MA | Education | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Allstate Foundation | Facing History and Ourselves Inc | Boston, MA | Multi-year grant: evaluating facing historys impact on students academic, social-emotional, and civic learning | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc | Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival Inc | Becket, MA | General & Unrestricted | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | James Weldon Johnson Literary Foundation Inc | Great Barrington, MA | To support the research, restoration, and preservation planning of a historic site | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc | Boston, MA | To support general operations | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | WGBH Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | In support of frontline | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alfred P Sloan Foundation | WGBH Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | To support the production and associated marketing and promotion of two prime time american experience documentary films: mr. polaroid and the war on smog | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Christopher Robert Family Foundation | Webster Museums Incorporated | Webster, MA | Expand museum parking area and event space | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Christopher Robert Family Foundation | Webster Museums Incorporated | Webster, MA | Museum Expansion | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cecelia Joyce and Seward Johnson Foundation Inc | Artists Association of Nantucket | Nantucket, MA | General operating support | $454,400 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arison Arts Foundation | Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival Inc | Becket, MA | General support | $420,833 | apps.irs.gov |
| The June Leaf and Robert Frank FDN Inc F/k/a the Andrea Frank FDN Inc | Museum of Fine Arts | Boston, MA | Preserving and protecting the legacy of robert frank through the exhibition of his artwork | $410,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation | Lexington Observer Inc | Lexington, MA | To increase womens civic engagement | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | The Center for Black Brown and Queer Studies Inc | Cambridge, MA | To support an annual academic fellowship | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John J & Mary R Schiff Foundation | Uss Constitution Museum Inc | Boston, MA | General support | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arthur Vining Davis Foundation #2 | WGBH Educational Foundation | Brighton, MA | Public educational media | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Littlejohn Family Foundation | Peabody Essex Museum | Salem, MA | To celebrate outstanding artistic and cultural creativity by collecting, stewarding, and interpreting objects of art and culture in ways that increase knowledge, enrich the spirit, engage the mind, an | $383,333 | apps.irs.gov |
| Myron L Fuller Trust | Fuller Craft Museum Inc | Brockton, MA | Unrestricted general | $357,475 | apps.irs.gov |
| The 1916 Foundation | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | General support | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Novo Foundation | Documentary Educational Resources Inc | Watertown, MA | Delevan street films: join or die documentary | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Park Foundation Inc | Free Press | Florence, MA | General operating support | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Klarman Family Foundation | Jean Appolon Expressions Inc | Malden, MA | Capital project support | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Iris B Apfel & Carl B Apfel Charitable Trust | The Peabody Essex Museum Inc | Salem, MA | General contribution | $325,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lowell Institute | Museum of Science | Boston, MA | General Purpose | $301,415 | apps.irs.gov |
| Manton Foundation | Azorean Maritime Heritage Society | New Bedford, MA | To purchase the 824 belleville avenue property | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cathedral Fund | Fitchburg Art Museum | Fitchburg, MA | General support | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | WGBH Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | For frontline season 43 | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Shubert Foundation Inc | American Repertory Theatre | Cambridge, MA | General operating support for theatrical productions and activities | $285,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | Us Latinx Art Forum | Medford, MA | To support latinx artist fellowships as part of the us latinx art visibility fund | $265,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ulf B Heide and Elizabeth C Heide Foundation Charitable Trust | Peabody Essex Museum | Salem, MA | Unrestricted use of contribution for reciptient's educational and related purposes | $262,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boger Family Foundation Inc | Museum of Science | Boston, MA | Exempt purpose | $260,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Foundation for A Just Society | Agitarte Inc | Cambridge, MA | To support the charitable activities of movement culture hub | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick Trust | Berkshire Theatre Group | Pittsfield, MA | Building renovation grant | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wallace Minot Leonard Foundation | Boston Lyric Opera | Boston, MA | General | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fidelity Foundation | Cahoon Museum of American Art | Cotuit, MA | Strategic plan | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Allstate Foundation | Facing History and Ourselves Inc | Boston, MA | Multi-year grant: the next generation civics initiative | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ponsold Motherwell Charitable Trust | Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Inc | Provincetown, MA | General support | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc | Fuller Craft Museum | Brockton, MA | Art & culture | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Angel Foundation | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Boston, MA | Operational | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gill Foundation | Lexington Observer Inc | Lexington, MA | Project support for lgbtq issues | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Klarman Family Foundation | Lynn Arts Inc | Lynn, MA | Capital project support | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Vani Kola 2015 Charitable Trust | Museum of Art and Photography Foundation | Boston, MA | Donation | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Comet Foundation F/k/a the Steinert Family Foundation | Nantucket Performing Arts Center Inc | Nantucket, MA | Community services | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Adam R Scripps Foundation | New Bedford Light Inc | New Bedford, MA | General operations | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Western Philanthropies Inc | Rockport Music | Rockport, MA | General support | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lucretia Philanthropic Foundation Inc | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill | Truro, MA | General support | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ruby W and Lavon P Linn Foundation | Uss Constitution Museum | Boston, MA | General Support | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | WGBH Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | For project support of the Democracy and Media Summit to inspire the development of new content that will bridge political divides to strengthen democracy | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alfred P Sloan Foundation | WGBH Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | To produce and release a one-hour nova documentary about personal data and privacy along with a social media campaign, screening events, virtual fieldtrip and classroom-ready assets hosted on pbs lear | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ford Foundation | WGBH Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | Tie-off core support to pilot a series of impact campaigns for frontline, connected to its original reporting | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The George I Alden Trust | Worcester County Mechanics Association | Worcester, MA | To further education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust | Worcester Natural History Society | Worcester, MA | Capital | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fidelity Foundation | Zeiterion Theatre Inc | New Bedford, MA | Property care; buildings; renovation | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alfred P Sloan Foundation | The Center for Black Brown and Queer Studies | Cambridge, MA | To develop tools for effective and equitable virtual pedagogy that improve the experience of traditionally marginalized groups | $249,535 | apps.irs.gov |
| James & Melinda Rabb Family Foundation | Museum of Fine Arts | Boston, MA | Charity | $241,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Tow Foundation Inc | WGBH Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | Frontline columbia and cuny tow fellowships & the investigative journalist equity initiative | $240,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The John L McGraw and Marjorie P McGraw Charitable Foundation | Cotuit Center for the Arts | Cotuit, MA | To educate, entertain, illuminate and inspire artists, performers, students and audiences in the arts | $236,400 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | American Affairs Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | For organizational growth | $235,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New England Biolabs Foundation | Creative Action Institute | Ipswich, MA | Core operating support and capacity building | $234,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tupancy-Harris FDN-1986 | Nantucket Historical Association | Nantucket, MA | General purposes | $218,107 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arc Foundation | Labyrinth Choir | Southborough, MA | Cultural | $215,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stemberg Thomas G Char FND | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Boston, MA | General charitable purposes | $210,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ford Foundation | American Affairs Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | General support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
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Updated September 24, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.