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Boston foundations

There are 4,405foundations and grantmaking organizations in the greater Bostonmetro area, including the cities of Boston, Cambridge, Framingham, Newton, and Waltham. Combined, these Boston metro foundationsemploy 4,609 people, earn more than $28 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $92 billion.
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Types of foundations in Boston

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
3,634
$4,705,913,572
Grantmaking public charity foundations
323
$22,048,236,201
Corporate foundations
110
$1,002,248,686
Organizations supporting multiple foundations
94
$2,138,512
Community foundations
65
$801,038,516
Organizations supporting a single foundation
11
$1,134,826
Foundation professional societies
10
$5,018,638
Foundation alliances and advocates
8
$8,211,417
Foundation technical and management assistance providers
6
$94,785,880
Foundation research and public policy institutes
1
$0
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Job trends for Boston foundations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
371
1-10
208
11-25
23
26-100
6
101 to 1,000
6
1,000+
1
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Sizes of foundations in Boston

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
2,583
$250k to $1M
519
$1M to $5M
305
$5M to $25M
117
$25M to $100M
33
$100M+
14
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Directory of foundations in Boston

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1-20 of 4,405

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
$22.1m
Employees
71
EIN
04-3523528
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

The Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund is a public charity that supports a broad range of charitable causes.
Revenue
$19.9b
Assets
$48.3b
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
$385.5m
Assets
$2.0b
Employees
184
EIN
04-2103559
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Pyle Nye Family Foundation

Pyle Nye Family Foundation is a private foundation in Weston, MA, which was founded in None and most recently had $12,640,939 in revenue and no employees.
Revenue
$12.6m
Assets
$12.6m
Employees
N/A
EIN
87-6878254
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Reeder Foundation

Reeder Foundation's grantmaking focuses on education and youth. In a recent year, the foundation gave away around $1.3 million. Reeder, via his foundation, has supported his alma maters Oberlin and MIT.
Revenue
$5.6m
Assets
$37.1m
Employees
N/A
EIN
04-3542100
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
$9.8m
Assets
$32.6m
Employees
N/A
EIN
83-2902136
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
$7.0m
Assets
$117.4m
Employees
N/A
EIN
84-3835636
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Alnoba Lewis Family Foundation

Kensington Investment Company is a private foundation located in Boston, MA. Its grantees include Now and There, Inc. It is supported by Alan E. Lewis.
Revenue
$6.9m
Assets
$39.5m
Employees
N/A
EIN
26-1536108
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Heather and Robert Keane Family Foundation

The Heather and Robert Keane Family Foundation is a private foundation located in Boston, MA. Its purpose is to provide grants for the loss on sale of stocks and bonds. Last year, it made 14 grants to Freedom House Inc.
Revenue
$5.2m
Assets
$15.8m
Employees
N/A
EIN
20-4818414
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
$5.1m
Assets
$108.4m
Employees
N/A
EIN
36-4507175
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
$154.9m
Assets
$206.1m
Employees
N/A
EIN
04-3582759
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Colombe Peace Foundation

The Colombe Peace Foundation is a private foundation located in Boston, MA. The foundation made 18 grants last year. Some of their grantees include Corporate Accountability. Their trustees are Edith W Allen and Frederick Allen.
Revenue
$6.9m
Assets
$20.4m
Employees
1
EIN
13-7103356
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
$26.6m
Employees
6
EIN
04-2203700
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation

The Foundation is committed to understanding autism from a scientific perspective, increasing opportunities and services available to the autism community and educating the public about autism.
Revenue
$15.5m
Assets
$126.8m
Employees
6
EIN
04-2607232
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Edward C. Johnson Fund

The Edward C. Johnson Fund is a private foundation that primarily funds operating support, endowment, and art acquisition. Grantees include the Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. The fund made three grants last year and is located in Boston, MA.
Revenue
$105.6m
Assets
$495.5m
Employees
2
EIN
04-6108344
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund

Charitable Fund that makes gifts to qualified charities, receives contributions and provides investment management and administration support.
Revenue
$368.6m
Assets
$482.3m
Employees
0
EIN
30-0748315
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
$25.3m
Assets
$44.7m
Employees
N/A
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
$68.1m
Assets
$175.2m
Employees
1
EIN
91-2170962
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Merck Family Fund

The Merck Family Fund provides charitable grants that benefit the natural environment and socially/economically disadvantaged persons.
Revenue
$5.7m
Assets
$60.4m
Employees
3
EIN
22-6063382
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Hemenway& Barnes

HEMENWAY& BARNES is a private foundation located in Boston, MA that made 25 grants last year. The majority of their grants went to operating support and the clinical health network for transformation project.
Revenue
$6.9m
Assets
$67.4m
Employees
2
EIN
27-3422536
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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