Grantmaking foundations in Cambridge, MA

173 grantmaking foundations in Cambridge, Massachusetts, ranked by recent giving reported to the IRS (about $2.1B combined).

Top foundations by giving

1. President and Fellows of Harvard College

   Cambridge, MA · Science and Technology
   $1.1B (2025)
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

   Cambridge, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
   $710M (2025)
3. Broad Institute Inc

   Cambridge, MA · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
   $99M (2025)
4. MIT International Inc

   Cambridge, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
   $16M (2025)
5. Probabilistic Computing Foundation Inc

   Cambridge, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
   $11M (2025)
6. The Lord Foundation of Massachusetts Inc

   Cambridge, MA · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
   $9.7M (2022)
7. William J & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation

   Cambridge, MA
   $9.6M (2024)
8. Harvard-Yenching Institute

   Cambridge, MA · Medical Research
   $6.9M (2025)
9. JP Fletcher Foundation Inc

   Cambridge, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
   $6.1M (2025)
10. China Medical Board Inc

    Cambridge, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $5.7M (2024)
11. Life Science Cares Inc

    Cambridge, MA · Housing and Shelter
    $5.4M (2024)
12. Moderna Charitable Foundation Inc

    Cambridge, MA
    $5.3M (2025)
13. Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc

    Cambridge, MA · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $4.6M (2025)
14. Pdb Foundation

    Cambridge, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $4.4M (2024)
15. Cambridge Community Foundation

    Cambridge, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $4M (2025)
16. Accion International

    Cambridge, MA · Arts, Culture and Humanities
    $3.8M (2024)
17. Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc

    Cambridge, MA · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $3.2M (2025)
18. Convergent Research Inc

    Cambridge, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $3.1M (2025)
19. Science and Technology Futures Inc

    Cambridge, MA · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $3.1M (2025)
20. The Schott Foundation for Public Education

    Cambridge, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $3M (2025)
21. Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

    Cambridge, MA · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $3M (2025)
22. Refugepoint Inc

    Cambridge, MA · Civil Rights, Social Action and Advocacy
    $2.9M (2024)
23. Once Here Foundation

    Cambridge, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $2.8M (2024)
24. Akamai Foundation Inc

    Cambridge, MA · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $2.7M (2024)
25. Emmanuel College

    Cambridge, MA · Health Care
    $2.6M (2025)

Showing the top 100 by giving. Search all 173 with a free account.

Causes in Massachusetts

• Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations 2,462 foundations
• Education 176 foundations
• Community Improvement and Capacity Building 172 foundations
• Human Services 150 foundations
• Arts, Culture and Humanities 105 foundations
• Environment 85 foundations
• Health Care 70 foundations
• Mental Health and Crisis Intervention 43 foundations
• Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness and Relief 42 foundations
• Recreation and Sports 42 foundations
• Medical Research 40 foundations
• Public and Societal Benefit 37 foundations
• Youth Development 34 foundations
• Civil Rights, Social Action and Advocacy 34 foundations
• Diseases, Disorders and Medical Disciplines 31 foundations
• Housing and Shelter 25 foundations
• Animal-Related 24 foundations
• Crime and Legal-Related 23 foundations
• Unknown 18 foundations
• Employment 17 foundations
• International, Foreign Affairs and National Security 15 foundations
• Religion-Related 15 foundations
• Science and Technology 13 foundations