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Boston foundations

There are 4,472 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 3,742 people, earn more than $41 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $139 billion.
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Types of foundations in Boston

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
 
3,695
 
$6,121,519,114
Grantmaking public charity foundations
 
352
 
$34,803,663,960
Organizations supporting multiple foundations
 
95
 
$17,832,679
Corporate foundations
 
73
 
$1,783,217,150
Community foundations
 
71
 
$1,266,740,964
Organizations supporting a single foundation
 
12
 
$4,805,956
Foundation professional societies
 
7
 
$5,725,876
Foundation technical and management assistance providers
 
4
 
$20,270,669
Foundation alliances and advocates
 
2
 
$22,690
Foundation research and public policy institutes
 
1
 
$0
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Job trends for Boston foundations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
3,151
1-10
 
214
11-25
 
22
26-100
 
9
101 to 1,000
 
4
1,000+
 
1
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Sizes of foundations in Boston

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
2,351
$250k to $1M
 
671
$1M to $5M
 
390
$5M to $25M
 
158
$25M to $100M
 
47
$100M+
 
11
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Directory of foundations in Boston

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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
$30.6b
Assets
$86.3b
Employees
0
EIN
11-0303001
IRS type
501(c)(3)

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
$18.1m
Assets
$24.8m
Employees
70
EIN
04-3523528
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston mobilizes philanthropy to fund services, strengthen Jewish engagement, support vulnerable people, connect with Israel, and combat antisemitism.
Revenue
$357.3m
Assets
$2.6b
Employees
184
EIN
04-2103559
IRS type
501(c)(3)

TJX Foundation

The TJX Foundation is a corporate foundation located in Framingham, MA and supported by The TJX Companies Inc. It made one grant last year as a nonprofit organization.
Revenue
$34.4m
Assets
$77.2m
Employees
0
EIN
04-2399760
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Gordon Hall III Family Foundation

The Gordon Hall III Family Foundation is a Boston-based family foundation supporting nonprofits with general operating grants, including the Forest Society of Maine.
Revenue
$12.9m
Assets
$12.7m
Employees
0
EIN
93-4970548
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Ann Theodore Foundation Amy B Naughton Trustee

The Ann Theodore Foundation is a private foundation that makes grants to support future donations, education for low-income seniors and adults, and children in kindergarten through 12th grade.
Revenue
$7.6m
Assets
$73.6m
Employees
0
EIN
81-4558318
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Winchester Hospital Foundation

Winchester Hospital Foundation is a grantmaking public charity foundation in Charlestown, MA whose mission is: To care, to heal, to excel, In service to our community.
Revenue
$6.5m
Assets
$22.7m
Employees
0
EIN
04-3399570
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lebowitz-Aberly Family Foundation

The Lebowitz-Aberly Family Foundation is a private foundation that supports a variety of charitable causes. In the past, the foundation has made grants to the Greenhill School.
Revenue
$10.4m
Assets
$54.7m
Employees
0
EIN
26-3931946
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Alice S Ayling Scholarship Foundation

The Alice S Ayling Scholarship Foundation is a private foundation located in Boston, MA that primarily funds educational scholarships.
Revenue
$5.9m
Assets
$10.9m
Employees
2
EIN
22-2808952
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
$11.9m
Assets
$23.8m
Employees
0
EIN
22-2914691
IRS type
501(c)(3)

MetroWest Health Foundation

The MetroWest Health Foundation is an independent health philanthropy whose mission is to improve the health status of the community, its individuals, and families through informed and innovative leadership.
Revenue
$7.5m
Assets
$135.1m
Employees
5
EIN
04-2121342
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
$31.9m
Employees
6
EIN
04-2203700
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Telemachus and Irene Demoulas Family Foundation

The Telemachus and Irene Demoulas Family Foundation is a private foundation that is located in Chelmsford, MA. The Foundation makes annual grants to a Corpus of $2,441,916.
Revenue
$6.5m
Assets
$201.2m
Employees
0
EIN
04-3582759
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
$84.1m
Assets
$563.9m
Employees
1
EIN
04-6108344
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Bromley Charitable Trust

The Bromley Charitable Trust is a private foundation that provides grants to Lion Guardian Us. It made 33 grants last year and is supported by Duncan Mcfarland. It is located in Westwood, MA.
Revenue
$6.8m
Assets
$13.8m
Employees
1
EIN
04-3237138
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Polynate Foundation

The Polynate Foundation is a private foundation that primarily funds community good. Its purpose is to increase in value for charitable purposes. Grantees include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust. It made one grant last year.
Revenue
$5.3m
Assets
$19.1m
Employees
0
EIN
27-6958071
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
$36.3m
Assets
$28.0m
Employees
0
EIN
27-6364101
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Jampart Charitable Trust

Jampart Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Boston, MA, which was founded in 1969 and most recently had $5,718,396 in revenue and no employees.
Revenue
$5.7m
Assets
$80.4m
Employees
0
EIN
23-7009635
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Spector Foundation

The Spector Foundation is a private foundation that provides funding to religious, charitable, and educational organizations. The Boston Foundation is one of its grantees. Last year, it made one grant. It is located in Boston, MA.
Revenue
$6.8m
Assets
$89.0m
Employees
0
EIN
27-1536343
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chestnut Fund

The Chestnut Fund is a private foundation located in Boston, MA that made $2,750,000 in annual grants last year. It is supported by 1 and has total assets of $58,338,326.
Revenue
$8.1m
Assets
$54.9m
Employees
0
EIN
47-7017184
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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