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Grantmaking foundations in Boston, MA

1,462 grantmaking foundations in Boston, Massachusetts, ranked by recent giving reported to the IRS (about $23B combined).

Top foundations by giving

  1. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
    Boston, MA · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $15B (2025)
  2. Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund
    Boston, MA · Arts, Culture and Humanities
    $970M (2024)
  3. Trustees of Boston University
    Boston, MA · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $940M (2025)
  4. BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund
    Boston, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $730M (2024)
  5. Northeastern University
    Boston, MA · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $690M (2025)
  6. Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc
    Boston, MA · Environment
    $270M (2025)
  7. The US Charitable Gift Trust
    Boston, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $260M (2024)
  8. Boston Foundation Inc
    Boston, MA · Arts, Culture and Humanities
    $250M (2025)
  9. The Greater Boston Food Bank Inc
    Boston, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $140M (2025)
  10. Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation
    Boston, MA · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $140M (2024)
  11. Suffolk University
    Boston, MA · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $130M (2025)
  12. Fidelity Foundation
    Boston, MA
    $130M (2024)
  13. Klarman Family Foundation
    Boston, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $120M (2024)
  14. Barr Foundation
    Boston, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $120M (2024)
  15. Massachusetts Legal Assistance
    Boston, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $73M (2025)
  16. Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc
    Boston, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $72M (2024)
  17. The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
    Boston, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $67M (2024)
  18. The Patrick J Mcgovern Foundation Inc
    Boston, MA
    $64M (2024)
  19. Jsi Research & Training Institute Inc
    Boston, MA · Employment
    $63M (2025)
  20. Simmons University
    Boston, MA · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $61M (2025)
  21. Fiduciary Charitable Foundation
    Boston, MA · Environment
    $57M (2024)
  22. Emmanuel College
    Boston, MA · Health Care
    $56M (2025)
  23. Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation
    Boston, MA · Human Services
    $53M (2025)
  24. Popplestone Foundation
    Boston, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $51M (2024)
  25. One8 Foundation
    Boston, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $49M (2024)

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