Funders › Massachusetts

Massachusetts Foundations Making Grants Under $5,000

These 148 foundations are based in Massachusetts and reported a median grant under $5,000 on their most recent Form 990-PF filing. A typical grant is not a promise about any single gift -- some of a foundation's grants are smaller than its median, some are larger -- but it is a reasonable signal for whether an application here fits the size of your ask.

148foundations in this range
$789.6Mgranted between them
15,442funding relationships mapped

A median grant under $5,000 usually fits a smaller, less formal request -- a single event, a modest program cost, or a first ask to a foundation you have not approached before, rather than a multi-year campaign.

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars -- the same convention as every list on this site. Funding more organizations means more turnover in who gets a grant each year, which is a reasonable proxy for how often a list like this one changes -- it is not a signal that any specific foundation is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

FoundationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
Fidelity FoundationBoston$4002,672$552.4M
Analog Devices FoundationBoston$2602,391$10.5M
Eastern Bank FoundationWakefield$2,0002,179$75.8M
Arbella Insurance FoundationBoston$800787$11.6M
Agnes M Lindsay TrustChelmsford$3,000545$4.8M
Salem Five Charitable Foundation IncSalem$1,000436$3.6M
Institution for Savings in Newburyport &Newburyport$2,500331$11.0M
Eastern Cambridge FoundationWakefield$2,500247$7.3M
Mutual Bancorp Foundation IncHyannis$2,500236$3.9M
Berkshire Bank Foundation IncPittsfield$2,500205$7.5M
North Easton Savings BankSouth Easton$1,000170$1.1M
The Bay State Federal SavingsSagamore Beach$2,500167$2.5M
Easthampton Savings BankEasthampton$1,000166$1.7M
Wolf & Company CharitableBoston$500163$451K
We Share a Common Thread Foundation IncLowell$750149$1.6M
Hometown Bank Community Foundation IncOxford$700135$786K
Webster Five Foundation IncAuburn$2,50098$1.2M
Avidia Charitable Foundation IncHudson$2,50096$1.1M
Justin & Genevieve Wyner TrustDedham$5096$229K
The Ives Family Charitable TrustBoston$1,00095$1.9M
Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation a Shabshelowitz Co-TrusteeFall River$4,00094$7.8M
Rcb Charitable Foundation IncReading$1,00093$438K
Melvoin FoundationCambridge$2,00089$910K
Needham Bank CharitableNeedham$4,70086$835K
The Greenspan Foundation 5223318Boston$1,00078$740K
Glore FundWest Boxford$2,00078$2.0M
The Devereaux Charitable FoundationMalden$1,50074$1.5M
New England Biolabs FoundationIpswich$3,00070$4.5M
Friendship Fund IncBoston$3,23070$697K
Bierly Boasberg FoundationWest Newton$2,50069$3.2M
Crowell Family Foundation 7522-XXXXXX00058Boston$1,00068$412K
Florence Savings CharitableFlorence$2,90967$1.3M
Robert and Iris Fanger Family FoundationCambridge$25067$291K
Abraham Kaplan Charitable FoundationMarblehead$1,00063$1.4M
Coghlin Family FoundationWestborough$1,00062$600K
Bluestone Bank Charitable FoundationRaynham$3,00062$871K
Seamens Long Point CharitableNorth Truro$1,00058$784K
Rollstone Charitable Foundation IncFitchburg$1,54558$895K
Running Deer FoundationNeedham$50057$1.7M
Oristaglio Family FoundationStockbridge$3,06056$1.5M
The Lassor and Fanny Agoos Charity FundNewton$3,00055$983K
The Madigan Family Foundation IncLancaster$1,00055$396K
Lowell Five Charitable Foundation IncTewksbury$3,00055$873K
Nancy & Maurice Lazarus FundBoston$50054$269K
David J Feldman and Sydney E FeldmanDedham$20053$362K
The Ludes Family FoundationMarion$1,00052$142K
Willow Creek Charitable FoundationMarion$1,00052$129K
The Harold Grinspoon CharitableAgawam$2,50047$5.0M
The Edward Lee and Slocumb Hollis PerryChestnut Hill$1,50046$2.0M
The Louis FoundationCambridge$3,00045$2.1M
Reebok Foundation IncBoston$4,00043$2.4M
East Cambridge Savings CharitableEast Cambridge$2,50043$519K
Sawyer Parks Charitable FoundationBoston$1,00041$1.2M
Morris & Lillian P Gould Family FdnSudbury$75040$164K
Wyman GordonWorcester$1,00040$1.2M
The Dicenso Family Charitable TrustHull$75039$231K
The Jason Hayes FoundationReading$3,00039$512K
Minow Family FoundationCambridge$1,00039$2.6M
Fall River Women's UnionFall River$1,77937$455K
Shatz Schwartz and FentinSpringfield$25036$42K
Coghlin Services FundWorcester$50036$439K
Abraham W Rizika FoundationChestnut Hill$1,00035$464K
Colonial Federal Savings BankPeabody$1,00035$1.1M
Norman M Shack Charitable FoundationReading$50034$91K
J Irving & Jane L England CharitableWorcester$3,30033$813K
Blanche M Walsh Charity TrustLowell$3,50032$830K
Bertolon Family FoundationWenham$1,00032$3.1M
Stoneham Charitable Foundation IncStoneham$2,50029$610K
Goldberg and Kaiser Family FoundationBrookline$1,00029$1.0M
Brigham Hill FoundationNorth Grafton$1,00028$490K
Christopher & Patricia Higgins ArnoldBoston$50028$139K
Genie & Donald Rice Char TrBoston$50028$111K
Shulamit & Jehuda Reinharz FamilyBrookline$50028$137K
David R Grenon Family FoundationNorthborough$1,00027$1.2M
Bergeron Family FoundationNeedham$2,50026$720K
Gloria Wilcher FoundationSwampscott$75326$70K
Melrose Cooperative Bank FoundationMelrose$3,50026$602K
Gemayel Family FoundationSudbury$1,00026$463K
Frank M Barnard Foundation IncMaynard$3,00025$274K
The Oliari Charitable FoundationBridgewater$2,45025$1.1M
Russell & Costello Family FoundationBoston$50025$220K
Hidden Spring FoundationBoston$2,50025$389K
Davis Publications Charitable TrustWorcester$50024$91K
Sheehan Family FoundationKingston$2,00023$637K
Ednah M Horner Charitable FoundationBoston$1,18523$183K
The Gerald and Judith FeldmanNeedham$2,50023$1.2M
Essex Veterans of World War II Charitable TruBoston$1,20023$59K
Hy and Greta Berkowitz FoundationDedham$2,00023$1.2M
Northeast Charitable TrustBoston$60022$106K
The Tuthill Family FoundationNorth Attleboro$4,00022$160K
The Hamermesh Family Charitable FoundationBoston$1,00022$406K
Peridot Foundation IncMarstons Mills$2,00022$172K
Hart Foundation Co Phillips S DavisWorcester$2,00021$138K
Edith Crocker Charitable TrustBoston$1,00021$195K
Leo H Bendit Charitable FoundationChestnut Hill$4,00021$1.7M
Burnham Foundation Inc #0726729Boston$2,00021$333K
The Quarterdeck FoundationMarion$2,00021$400K
Hyde Charitable FoundationSouthbridge$3,00020$906K
Bar Ni Community Service FundBoston$2,60020$245K
Marr Charitable FoundationSouth Boston$50020$463K
The Robert and Cynthia Marr CharitableBoston$3,75020$2.4M
Bay State Savings CharitableWorcester$2,00020$61K
Dante Dieso Foundation TrustMelrose$1,90019$180K
Web Industries Foundation IncMarlborough$2,75019$234K
Obermayer Foundation IncDedham$1,00018$203K
The White Fund IncLawrence$1,00018$74K
Hunter Family Charitable TrustFramingham$1,55018$597K
Sylvester Memorial FundNorwell$25018$70K
Stephen and Alice Cutler FamilyBrookline$3,00018$600K
Zabriskie Family Foundation IncWellesley$50018$105K
Jean Nichols Charitable TrustSudbury$1,00018$204K
Robert Treat Paine AssociationDedham$2,50018$540K
Albert E Marks Charitable TrustCambridge$1,00017$175K
Haven TrustBoston$50017$136K
Wilensky FoundationWorcester$2,57017$300K
The Herman Karpel MemorialGreat Barrington$1,50017$244K
The Nook FoundationDennis$3,65017$209K
Trustees of the Howard Funds 1993 CX2290Raynham$3,00016$255K
Trustees of the Ayer HomeLowell$3,00016$269K
Russell's Garden Center CharitableWayland$10016$113K
The Tiedemann FoundationConcord$3,00016$206K
William E Maloney FoundationLexington$1,50016$179K
S S Family Foundation Inc 7563-XXXXXX09399Boston$2,00016$325K
Rodman Ford Sales Inc Charitable TrustFoxborough$50016$98K
Query on IncLexington$90016$463K
Tr Uw Martin W DuganBoston$2,00015$148K
The Harbor Oaks FoundationMarion$1,00015$38K
Miller FoundationMarion$50015$21K
The Plourde Family Charitable TrustNeedham Heights$2,00014$157K
Just So Charitable FoundationBoston$2,88814$144K
The Hardy Bunch FoundationMarlborough$1,00014$155K
Abbie M Griffin Education Fund 5123278Boston$3,25013$97K
George S Troupe FoundationHingham$2,00013$150K
Harriet Faunce Trust UwillHyannis$1,00013$105K
Mccormack Family Foundation IncPlymouth$2,00013$62K
Demarco Charitable FoundationBraintree$1,00012$78K
Russell-Davidson FoundationOrleans$50012$242K
The Blais FoundationShrewsbury$3,20012$128K
David & Mary Barros Foundation IncScituate$1,00012$120K
The Ruth L Lee FundEast Weymouth$2,50012$622K
Barbara Lee Family Foundation IncCambridge$2,50011$89K
The Gregory Family Foundation IncOsterville$50011$123K
David Katz Foundation IncConcord$1,00011$102K
The Hnr Foundation IncTruro$3,00011$138K
Sarah Gillett Services forWestfield$1,63010$162K
Beta Kappa Phi Alpha Gamma RhoWestborough$2,00010$71K
Grover Cronin Memorial FoundationNewtonville$1,00010$76K
Alice E Cronin Charitable TrustBoston$3,75010$172K

Other grant sizes in Massachusetts

$5,000 - $25,000Foundations in Massachusetts$25,000 - $100,000Foundations in Massachusetts

Looking for grantmaking charities instead? Grantmaking Charities in Massachusetts.

Get Massachusetts funders by email

We email you funders that gave to organizations in your state and cause, up to five at a time each week and never the same one twice, from their own IRS filings. Free. The weekly email has not started yet.

Unsubscribe in one click from any email. We never sell or share your address. To match on your organization and typical grant size too, keep a private profile.