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Boston foundations

There are 4,437 foundations and grantmaking organizations in the greater Boston metro area, including the cities of Boston, Cambridge, Framingham, Newton, and Waltham. Combined, these Boston metro foundations employ 5,101 people, earn more than $23 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $104 billion.
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Types of foundations in Boston

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
 
3,678
 
$5,269,714,260
Grantmaking public charity foundations
 
316
 
$17,166,717,152
Organizations supporting multiple foundations
 
93
 
$24,027,162
Corporate foundations
 
75
 
$1,379,101,724
Community foundations
 
55
 
$610,628,677
Organizations supporting a single foundation
 
12
 
$1,541,163
Foundation professional societies
 
8
 
$5,652,873
Foundation technical and management assistance providers
 
5
 
$15,696,678
Foundation alliances and advocates
 
4
 
$4,354,045
Foundation research and public policy institutes
 
1
 
$0
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Job trends for Boston foundations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
3,087
1-10
 
207
11-25
 
23
26-100
 
7
101 to 1,000
 
5
1,000+
 
2
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Sizes of foundations in Boston

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
2,462
$250k to $1M
 
606
$1M to $5M
 
341
$5M to $25M
 
124
$25M to $100M
 
37
$100M+
 
13
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Directory of foundations in Boston

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1-20 of 4,437

Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)

CEP's mission is to provide data and create insight so philanthropic funders can better define, assess, and improve their effectiveness - and, as a result, their intended impact.
Revenue
$13.7m
Assets
$22.2m
Employees
73
EIN
04-3523528
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

The Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund enhances donor generosity, distributing $11.8 billion in 2023 to support various charitable causes and organizations.
Revenue
$14.7b
Assets
$56.7b
Employees
0
EIN
11-0303001
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston

CJP inspires and mobilizes the diverse Boston Jewish community to strengthen Jewish life and improve the world through programs and grants.
Revenue
$231.1m
Assets
$2.2b
Employees
188
EIN
04-2103559
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Perfect Seas Foundation

The Perfect Seas Foundation is a private foundation located in Boston, MA. The foundation primarily invests its money in stocks, and it earned $50,000 in dividends last year, so it gave $10,000 to a grantee.
Revenue
$19.2m
Assets
$119.6m
Employees
0
EIN
84-3835636
IRS type
501(c)(3)

James S. McDonnell Family Foundation

The James S. McDonnell Family Foundation made 32 grants last year and its grantees include Trustees Of The Missouri Botanical Gardens.
Revenue
$13.6m
Assets
$112.6m
Employees
0
EIN
36-4507175
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Jane E Fisher Charitable Trust / Foundation

Private foundation in Milton, MA funding neurorehabilitation, education and other causes through unrestricted grants.
Revenue
$16.1m
Assets
$17.2m
Employees
0
EIN
27-6987019
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Trustey Family Foundation Trust

The Trustey Family Foundation Trust is a Boston-based private foundation that primarily funds the way forward campaign for McLean Hospital. It has made a single grant last year to its grantee, McLean Hospital.
Revenue
$8.2m
Assets
$10.7m
Employees
0
EIN
85-2092356
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Twelve Stars Foundation

The Twelve Stars Foundation primarily funds to support the foundation's mission. The grantees include Rhode Island Hospital Foundation. The made one grant last year. The nonprofit type is private foundation. The located in Lincoln, MA.
Revenue
$5.4m
Assets
$33.6m
Employees
0
EIN
83-2902136
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Sandy Beach Foundation

The Sandy Beach Foundation is a private foundation located in Boston, MA. It funds primarily operating support and made one grant last year. Grantees include Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund.
Revenue
$48.5m
Assets
$56.6m
Employees
0
EIN
47-3359784
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Ceres Foundation

The Ceres Foundation is a private foundation located in Gaithersburg, MD. Last year, it made $2,128,030 in annual grants. It has $22,534,460 in total assets.
Revenue
$6.7m
Assets
$173.6m
Employees
2
EIN
91-2170962
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Summer Isle Foundation

The The Summer Isle Foundation is a private foundation located in South Hamilton, MA that primarily funds to promote its charitable purpose. Grantees include We Charity. Made two grants last year.
Revenue
$11.8m
Assets
$17.2m
Employees
0
EIN
81-3882939
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Krupp Foundation

The The Krupp Foundation is a private foundation that supports Friends Of Yemin Orde. Last year, it made 11 grants. It is located in Boston, MA and is supported by Douglas Krupp.
Revenue
$26.0m
Assets
$35.8m
Employees
0
EIN
04-3294086
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Plum Bush Foundation

The Plum Bush Foundation is a private foundation located in Millis, MA. It primarily funds unrestricted grants and made three grants last year. Its grantees include the Yellowstone Club Community Foundation and others.
Revenue
$8.0m
Assets
$10.5m
Employees
0
EIN
87-6783468
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Josiah Willard Hayden Recreation Center

To establish a place of meeting of the youth of Lexington for their moral, mental, and social improvement and development and in general to do all things which may promote directly or indirectly their intellectual, social, and physical welfare.
Revenue
$5.5m
Assets
$29.9m
Employees
6
EIN
04-2203700
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Casey and Family Foundation

The The Casey and Family Foundation is a private foundation located in Harvard, MA that made 26 grants last year. Grantees include the Mit Cancer Research Fund. Trustees are Curtis W Marble, Edward S Heald, and David C Marble.
Revenue
$5.1m
Assets
$15.6m
Employees
0
EIN
27-6364101
IRS type
501(c)(3)

MWC Foundation

The MWC Foundation, based in Boston, funds general support initiatives and made 91 grants last year, including to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
Revenue
$5.0m
Assets
$19.7m
Employees
0
EIN
22-2914691
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Champions of Love Foundation

The Champions of Love Foundation is a private foundation located in Boston, MA that primarily funds general grants for various organizations. Last year, the foundation made 157 grants to grantees such as Epiphany School Inc and others.
Revenue
$49.1m
Assets
$77.7m
Employees
0
EIN
86-1229287
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Edward C. Johnson Fund

The Edward C. Johnson Fund, a Boston-based corporate foundation, supports endowment, operating costs, property care, and preservation with grants to nonprofits.
Revenue
$22.9m
Assets
$496.6m
Employees
1
EIN
04-6108344
IRS type
501(c)(3)

TJX Foundation

To deliver great value to customers through the combination of brand, fashion, price, and quality. We believe that our demographic reach is among the widest in retail as we attract a broad range of fashion.
Revenue
$34.9m
Assets
$70.4m
Employees
0
EIN
04-2399760
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Giving Back Fund (GBF)

The mission of The Giving Back Fund is to encourage and support new philanthropy by offering professional, strategic, and cost-effective philanthropic expertise and management services for individuals and corporations.
Revenue
$32.5m
Assets
$14.3m
Employees
24
EIN
04-3367888
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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