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Boston private foundations

There are 3,695 private foundations in the greater Boston metro area, including the cities of Boston, Cambridge, Framingham, Newton, and Waltham. Combined, these Boston metro private foundations employ 705 people, earn more than $6 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $36 billion.
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Types of private foundations in Boston

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
 
3,695
 
$6,121,519,114
Corporate foundations
 
73
 
$1,783,217,150
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Sizes of private foundations in Boston

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
2,092
$250k to $1M
 
603
$1M to $5M
 
352
$5M to $25M
 
136
$25M to $100M
 
39
$100M+
 
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Directory of private foundations in Boston

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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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Stanton First Amendment Foundation

The Stanton First Amendment Foundation is a private foundation supported by The Stanton Foundation and located in Salem, NH.
Revenue
$19.8m
Assets
$19.8m
Employees
0
EIN
39-3661943
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
$19.3m
Assets
$65.3m
Employees
0
EIN
47-3359784
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)

Mussafer Family Foundation

The Mussafer Family Foundation is a private foundation that is located in Weston, MA. The trustees of the foundation are David M. Mussafer and Marion M. Mussafer. The foundation provides grants to Steppingstone Foundation.
Revenue
$5.9m
Assets
$56.6m
Employees
0
EIN
38-7216877
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)

Observatory Hill Foundation

The Observatory Hill Foundation is a private nonprofit foundation located in Boston, MA, and it receives support from Jerold S Kayden.
Revenue
$20.7m
Assets
$55.5m
Employees
0
EIN
99-3543205
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries

Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries is a private foundation that made 321 grants last year. The trustees are Joann Mcgrath, David J Mcgrath Iii, Scott J Mcgrath. The grantees include C Mcgrath Donor Advised Fund. It is located in Newton, MA.
Revenue
$6.7m
Assets
$60.4m
Employees
5
EIN
04-3048298
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Cheryl Spencer Memorial Foundation

Private foundation in Dedham, MA. Funds charity mission, made 18 grants last year. Grantees include AFORAM - American FriendsRambam Hospital and others.
Revenue
$14.4m
Assets
$25.9m
Employees
0
EIN
04-6360057
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Hamoui Foundation

Private foundation in MA funding k-1 and general charitable contributions for lung cancer detection and treatment, with 11 grants made last year.
Revenue
$9.1m
Assets
$49.8m
Employees
0
EIN
27-3280120
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
$10.0m
Assets
$120.6m
Employees
6
EIN
04-2607232
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Mac Five Foundation

The James S. McDonnell Family Foundation made 32 grants last year and its grantees include Trustees Of The Missouri Botanical Gardens.
Revenue
$34.7m
Assets
$103.2m
Employees
0
EIN
36-4507175
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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