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Massachusetts private foundations

There are 4,542 private foundations in Massachusetts. Combined, these Massachusettsan private foundations employ 760 people, earn more than $6 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $37 billion.
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Types of private foundations in Massachusetts

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
 
4,542
 
$6,467,125,667
Corporate foundations
 
91
 
$1,880,755,110
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Private foundations by major Massachusetts cities

Metro areaNonprofitsRevenues
Boston
 
3,518
 
$5,931,919,187
Worcester
 
339
 
$122,709,916
Springfield, MA
 
252
 
$158,605,782
Providence, RI
 
155
 
$74,248,596
Barnstable Town
 
143
 
$64,141,420
Pittsfield
 
95
 
$102,986,331
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Sizes of private foundations in Massachusetts

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
2,607
$250k to $1M
 
684
$1M to $5M
 
392
$5M to $25M
 
142
$25M to $100M
 
40
$100M+
 
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Directory of private foundations in Massachusetts

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1-20 of 4,542

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)

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)

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)

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
$5.3m
Assets
$169.6m
Employees
2
EIN
91-2170962
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)

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
$20.6m
Assets
$37.0m
Employees
0
EIN
81-3882939
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)

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
$12.9m
Assets
$123.9m
Employees
0
EIN
84-3835636
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)

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)

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)

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)

Limestone Foundation / Elizabeth Deknatel Ttee

The Limestone Foundation is a private foundation located in Boston, MA. It awarded $2,036,000 in grants last year and has $43,986,813 in assets.
Revenue
$8.6m
Assets
$46.2m
Employees
0
EIN
47-7017224
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)

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)

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)

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)

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)
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