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Massachusetts Grantmaking Charities Making Grants of $25,000 - $100,000

These 86 organizations are based in Massachusetts and reported a median grant between $25,000 and $100,000 on their most recent Form 990 Schedule I filing. A typical grant is not a promise about any single gift -- some of an organization'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.

86organizations in this range
$13.7Bgranted between them
16,499funding relationships mapped

A median grant this size is a substantial commitment for most organizations, so a detailed proposal is worth the extra time it takes -- and worth confirming the organization takes unsolicited requests at all before you start writing.

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 organization is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

OrganizationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
Boston Foundation IncBoston$25,0003,613$906.4M
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncBoston$25,5001,772$1.1B
United Way of Massachusetts Bay IncBoston$33,428761$162.9M
Community Foundation of WesternSpringfield$25,000686$83.0M
President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCambridge$98,371583$901.9M
Proteus Fund IncWaltham$30,000575$90.8M
Health Resources in Action IncBoston$66,667486$89.2M
All Hands on Deck Network IncNorthampton$40,000450$57.5M
Jobs for the Future IncBoston$40,000432$52.1M
Jsi Research & Training Institute IncBoston$43,125396$184.4M
Nellie Mae Education Foundation IncQuincy$25,000378$70.0M
POINT32HEALTH Foundation IncCanton$35,000352$32.0M
Mass General Brigham Incorporated &Somerville$50,000322$7.7B
The Harold Grinspoon FoundationAgawam$29,422309$71.0M
Community Catalyst IncBoston$81,500289$59.8M
Trustees of Tufts CollegeMedford$63,422279$148.0M
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge$28,394273$55.1M
National Collegiate Inventors &Hadley$25,000273$46.5M
Northeastern UniversityBoston$84,179266$201.1M
Third Sector New England IncBoston$52,750209$49.5M
Boston Medical Center CorporationBoston$74,303182$105.4M
Children's Hospital CorporationBoston$52,663174$62.5M
Education Development Center IncWaltham$73,865167$66.4M
Boston After School & Beyond IncBoston$30,848157$22.2M
Mass General Brigham IncorporatedSomerville$25,000156$452.5M
Life Science Cares IncCambridge$45,000149$17.2M
The Food Bank of WesternChicopee$72,719119$89.1M
Wellington Management FoundationBoston$65,000114$31.5M
Van Otterloo Family FoundationMarblehead$25,000114$10.0M
Youthbuild Global IncRoxbury$82,170112$36.0M
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester$71,726106$42.8M
Brandeis UniversityWaltham$46,83796$26.5M
Catholic Schools Foundation IncBoston$88,00090$75.2M
Massachusetts Bar Foundation IncBoston$30,00088$15.0M
Bain Capital Children's Charity LtdBoston$25,00087$6.1M
Metro North Regional Employment BoardMalden$50,00077$41.3M
Health Care for All IncBoston$45,00070$9.7M
Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation IncBoston$25,00067$6.5M
Partners in Health a Nonprofit CorporationBoston$91,67564$38.6M
The Health Foundation of Central MassachWorcester$90,00061$11.4M
Bowdoin Apartments CorporationMalden$25,00060$2.4M
Solidago FoundationNorthampton$25,00060$4.6M
Rize Massachusetts Foundation IncBoston$26,00060$9.9M
Golf Fights Cancer IncNorton$50,00052$7.3M
Institute for Healthcare ImprovementBoston$80,80352$24.0M
The Housing Partnership Network IncBoston$35,44851$9.6M
The Mass Mentoring Partnership IncBoston$25,81051$5.2M
Bellwether Education Partners IncBoston$60,00051$6.9M
Trustees of Boston CollegeChestnut Hill$63,36449$7.7M
Marine Biological LaboratoryWoods Hole$61,66643$12.5M
Jumpstart for Young Children IncBoston$90,28542$19.8M
Masschallenge IncBoston$25,00042$1.8M
Woodwell Climate Research Center IncFalmouth$48,50541$14.6M
Grassroots International IncBoston$30,00040$7.4M
Masshire Hampden County Workforce BoardSpringfield$58,89339$40.7M
Joslin Diabetes Center IncCharlestown$79,14438$57.5M
Women's Foundation of Massachusetts IncBoston$55,00038$7.9M
Berkshire United Way IncPittsfield$30,00036$4.1M
Mystic River WatershedArlington$31,61036$2.9M
Charlesview Charities IncBrighton$27,80132$1.5M
Lahey Clinic Hospital IncCharlestown$28,10630$118.6M
The Philanthropy Connection IncCambridge$25,00030$1.0M
The National Mentoring Partnership IncBoston$25,79629$5.1M
Center for Community RecoveryBoston$28,56227$2.3M
Massdevelopment Hefa TrustBoston$50,00027$1.8M
Exeter Hospital IncCharlestown$46,25027$4.5M
CfleadsAccord$50,00027$2.6M
Trustees of Clark UniversityWorcester$37,79526$4.2M
Fraxa Research Foundation IncNewburyport$50,00026$2.5M
Baystate Medical Center IncSpringfield$30,00025$47.8M
North Atlantic States Regional CouncilBoston$25,00025$2.0M
National Organization for RareNorwell$25,00025$957K
Health Leads IncBoston$28,36725$2.5M
The Massachusetts Association forBoston$53,07424$10.5M
Anticoagulation Forum IncNewton Highlands$36,00023$2.2M
Amherst College TrusteesAmherst$45,00023$3.5M
Cromwell Harbor Supporting FoundationBoston$25,00023$4.5M
Ibis Reproductive Health IncCambridge$55,00022$3.9M
350ORGBoston$25,00022$1.4M
Funders Together to End HomelessnesBoston$67,00022$1.5M
International Union of Operating EngSouthwick$29,98121$1.6M
Sylvania Employees AssociationPeabody$25,00021$755K
Mv Vision Fellowship FundVineyard Haven$32,50021$1.4M
The Technical AssistanceBoston$81,65621$3.7M
See Forward Fund IncNorthampton$40,00020$1.7M
Prime Coalition IncCambridge$28,02320$2.0M
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Every median grant on this page describes the grants reported, not all of them, so the real typical grant is likely lower than shown. This is also why these figures cannot be compared to the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site.

Other grant sizes in Massachusetts

$5,000 - $25,000Grantmaking Charities in Massachusetts$100,000+Grantmaking Charities in Massachusetts

Foundations report their grants differently, so their median grants are not directly comparable to the ones on this page -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so a private foundation's median reflects every grant it made, while the Schedule I figures on this page do not. See foundations in the same range anyway.

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