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Community Improvement and Capacity Building foundations in Massachusetts

172 grantmaking foundations in Massachusetts focused on community improvement and capacity building, ranked by recent giving reported to the IRS (about $18B combined).

Top foundations by giving

  1. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
    Boston, MA
    $15B (2025)
  2. Trustees of Boston University
    Boston, MA
    $940M (2025)
  3. Northeastern University
    Boston, MA
    $690M (2025)
  4. Boston College Trustees
    Chestnut Hill, MA
    $300M (2025)
  5. Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation
    Boston, MA
    $140M (2024)
  6. Bentley University
    Waltham, MA
    $130M (2025)
  7. Suffolk University
    Boston, MA
    $130M (2025)
  8. Trustees of the Smith College
    Northampton, MA
    $120M (2025)
  9. Broad Institute Inc
    Cambridge, MA
    $99M (2025)
  10. Springwell Inc
    Waltham, MA
    $94M (2025)
  11. Stonehill College Inc
    Easton, MA
    $91M (2025)
  12. Trustees of Mount Holyoke College
    South Hadley, MA
    $87M (2025)
  13. Williams College
    Williamstown, MA
    $80M (2025)
  14. Simmons University
    Boston, MA
    $61M (2025)
  15. Trustees of Phillips Academy
    Andover, MA
    $30M (2025)
  16. Harold Grinspoon Foundation
    Agawam, MA
    $23M (2025)
  17. Metro North Regional Employment Board
    Malden, MA
    $12M (2025)
  18. Misty Meadows Foundation Inc
    Vineyard Haven, MA
    $11M (2025)
  19. The Lord Foundation of Massachusetts Inc
    Cambridge, MA
    $9.7M (2022)
  20. Atrius Health Equity Foundation Inc
    Newton, MA
    $6.6M (2025)
  21. St Sebastians School Fund Inc
    Needham, MA
    $6.6M (2025)
  22. Neeman Foundation USA
    Boston, MA
    $6.1M (2024)
  23. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc
    Wellesley, MA
    $6M (2024)
  24. Adopt-A-Student Foundation
    Boston, MA
    $5M (2025)
  25. Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc
    Cambridge, MA
    $4.6M (2025)

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