Eastern Bank Foundation
Wakefield, MA · EIN 22-3317340. Reported 5,669 grants totalling $75.8M to 3,389 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,000median grant
$75.8Mgranted, 2021-2025
3,389recipients, as named on its returns
35%of grantees funded again the next year
$266.7Massets, latest filing
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Eastern Bank Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $5,000; the smallest was $15 and the largest $14.7M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
3,389 recipient names appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Grants & Contributions Paid | Lynn, MA | $14.7M | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Boston Foundation | Boston, MA | $3,197,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Business Equity | Lawrence, MA | $2,345,025 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City of Lynn | Lynn, MA | $2,017,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund | Roxbury, MA | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| La Colaborativa | Chelsea, MA | $1,590,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts Housing Partnership | Boston, MA | $1,538,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Essex County Community Foundation | Danvers, MA | $1,085,550 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Mcci | Lawrence, MA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nectar Community Investments (fka Lowell Community Loan Fund Dba Mcci - Fbe | Lawrence, MA | $900,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (massinc) | Boston, MA | $585,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | Boston, MA | $529,550 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Neighborhood Villages | Boston, MA | $525,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Boston, MA | $507,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Profit | Boston, MA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Commonwealth Kitchen | Dorchester, MA | $455,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lawrence Communityworks | Lawrence, MA | $435,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| YMCA of Greater Nashua | Nashua, NH | $410,250 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation | Boston, MA | $397,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Children's Services of Roxbury | Roxbury, MA | $395,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts Lgbt Business Network | Boston, MA | $380,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Third Sector Capital Partners Inc | Boston, MA | $375,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Father Bill's & Mainspring | Brockton, MA | $360,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| United Way of Ma Bay & Merrimack Valley | Boston, MA | $344,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Bottom Line | Jamaica Plain, MA | $332,250 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Just-a-Start Corporation | Cambridge, MA | $320,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Neighborhood Developers | Chelsea, MA | $315,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Builder Coalition | Boston, MA | $301,930 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (becma) | Boston, MA | $300,250 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lawyers for Civil Rights | Boston, MA | $296,250 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Strategies for Children | Boston, MA | $294,975 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Third Sector New England Inc | Boston, MA | $280,800 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Basics Inc | Boston, MA | $270,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Boston Foundation - Asian Community Fund | Boston, MA | $268,250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell | Newton, MA | $262,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Boston Children's Museum | Boston, MA | $261,440 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Inquilinos Boricuas En Accin - Iba | Boston, MA | $260,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Inquilinos Boricuas En Accion Inc | Boston, MA | $260,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Vocational Service - Jvs | Boston, MA | $260,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Breaktime United | Boston, MA | $255,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Small Business Strong | Boston, MA | $255,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Associated Industries of Massachusetts Foundation | Boston, MA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dimock Community Foundation | Roxbury, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Housing Assistance Corporation | Hyannis, MA | $245,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Museum of African American History | Boston, MA | $215,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| St Francis House | Boston, MA | $215,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Center for Women & Enterprise Inc | Boston, MA | $205,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Gregg Neighborhood House Association Inc | Lynn, MA | $205,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Initiative for a Competitive Inner City | Roxbury, MA | $200,050 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boston Education Skills & Training (best) | Medford, MA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Jumpstart for Young Children | Boston, MA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Boston Foundation - the Equality Fund | Boston, MA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Seiu Education and Support Fund | Northampton, MA | $197,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Neighborworks Southern New Hampshire | Manchester, NH | $194,856 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boston Medical Center Corporation | Boston, MA | $183,750 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Asian American Civic Association | Boston, MA | $177,500 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Bipartisan Policy Center | Washington, DC | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation | Brighton, MA | $172,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Empath Economic Mobility Pathways | Boston, MA | $172,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| YMCA of Greater Boston | Boston, MA | $172,250 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance | Dorchester, MA | $170,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Asian Community Development Corporation | Boston, MA | $167,300 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Coalition for An Equitable Economy | Boston, MA | $165,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Chapa Housing Navigator Massachusetts | Cambridge, MA | $160,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Community Builders | Boston, MA | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Strategies for Children Build Capacity for Advocacy on Early Childhood | Boston, MA | $156,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wellspring House | Gloucester, MA | $152,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Black Market | Roxbury, MA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| BSA Foundation Equitable Development Partnership | Boston, MA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greentownorg Inc Dba Forge | Somerville, MA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Leo Expanding Access | Lynn, MA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| People Incorporated | Fall River, MA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Boston Foundation - Skillworks | Boston, MA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation | Boston, MA | $148,450 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boston Children's Hospital | Boston, MA | $147,600 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Old Colony YMCA - Brockton | Brockton, MA | $145,150 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Northstar Learning Centers | New Bedford, MA | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Year Up | Boston, MA | $138,900 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cardinal Cushing Centers | Hanover, MA | $135,800 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| East Boston Neighborhood Health Center | East Boston, MA | $135,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation - Lisc | New York, NY | $135,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| English for New Bostonians | Boston, MA | $131,600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lawrence Partnership | Lawrence, MA | $130,100 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lynn Shelter Association | Lynn, MA | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cayl Institute Program Support | Jamaica Plain, MA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lgbtq Senior Housing Capital and Operating Support | Boston, MA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lgbtq Senior Housing Inc | Boston, MA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Mary's Center for Women & Children | Dorchester, MA | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| 2LIFE Communities | Brighton, MA | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center | Boston, MA | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Leads | Lawrence, MA | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Immigrant Learning Center | Malden, MA | $115,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| South Shore Community Action Council | Plymouth, MA | $114,790 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Girls Inc of Greater Lowell | Lowell, MA | $113,050 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Theater Offensive | Boston, MA | $111,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe | Mashpee, MA | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ellis Early Learning Fka Ellis Memorial and Eldredge House | Boston, MA | $108,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell | Lowell, MA | $107,250 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Housing Corporation of Arlington | Arlington, MA | $106,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Boston Public Library Fund | Boston, MA | $106,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ron Burton Training Village | Hubbardston, MA | $106,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nurtury Inc | Boston, MA | $105,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Interise Inc | Boston, MA | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Center of Greater Boston | Newton, MA | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neighborworks Housing Solutions | Quincy, MA | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jeremiah Program | Boston, MA | $104,740 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Catholic Medical Center | Manchester, NH | $104,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Center for Race Amity | Acton, MA | $103,008 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Crossroads Rhode Island | Providence, RI | $102,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| US Conference of Catholic Bishops St Mary's High School | Lynn, MA | $102,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod | Yarmouth Port, MA | $102,304 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Danvers Community YMCA | Danvers, MA | $101,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Community Day Care Center of Lawrence | Lawrence, MA | $101,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Acre Family Child Care | Lowell, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ascendus | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bdc Community Capital Corp Capital for Entrepreneurs of Color | Wakefield, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brooke School Foundation | Roslindale, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Building Futures - Ri | Providence, RI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| De Novo Center for Justice and Healing Inc | Cambridge, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Elliot Health System | Manchester, NH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| La Vida Scholars | Lynn, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Merrimack Valley Planning Commission Regional Resource Center | Haverhill, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| NAACP Boston | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Per Scholas | Bronx, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital - Cambridge | Cambridge, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Quincy College Trust Inc | Quincy, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition Mira | Boston, MA | $98,860 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Families First Parenting Programs | Watertown, MA | $97,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Civic Action Project Inc | Watertown, MA | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Victory Programs Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $95,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Citizens' Housing and Planning Association | Boston, MA | $94,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pine Street Inn Inc | Boston, MA | $94,200 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Catholic Charities New Hampshire | Manchester, NH | $94,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Utec Inc | Lowell, MA | $92,950 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| East Boston Social Centers | East Boston, MA | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Found in Translation Inc | Dorchester, MA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ma Early Childhood Funder Collaborative - Philanthropy Massachusetts | Boston, MA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Community Teamwork | Lowell, MA | $89,036 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cape Cod Foundation Inc | South Yarmouth, MA | $88,860 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Women of Color Entrepreneurs Inc | Boston, MA | $87,255 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Cambridge Health Alliance | Cambridge, MA | $87,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter | Nashua, NH | $85,510 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Father Bills & Mainspring Housing | Fayette, OH | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yw Boston | Boston, MA | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Philanthropy Massachusetts | Boston, MA | $84,435 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Catholic Schools Foundation | Boston, MA | $84,400 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Champ Homes | Hyannis, MA | $83,350 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Veterans Legal Services | Boston, MA | $82,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| United Way of Massachusetts Bay | Boston, MA | $81,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Negro College Fund | Boston, MA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Second Step | Newtonville, MA | $79,628 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| New Life Ministries of New England Inc | Manchester, NH | $75,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Building Community in Nh | Manchester, NH | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Curry College | Milton, MA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New Hope Capital | Attleboro, MA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southcoast Community Foundation Community Foundation of Southeastern Massa | New Bedford, MA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beverly Childrens Learning Centers | Beverly, MA | $73,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Concord Coalition to End Homelessness | Concord, NH | $72,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Fenway Community Development Corporation | Boston, MA | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Heading Home | Boston, MA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Institute of New England | Boston, MA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corp | Boston, MA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greater Lowell Community Foundation | Lowell, MA | $69,650 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Northeast Arc | Danvers, MA | $69,650 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Citizens Inn | Peabody, MA | $68,790 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| House of Possibilities | Easton, MA | $65,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Mary's High School | Lynn, MA | $65,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Notre Dame Education Center-Lawrence | Lawrence, MA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Stonehill College | Easton, MA | $63,975 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Granite United Way | Manchester, NH | $63,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Family Access of Newton | West Newton, MA | $62,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lowell Plan | Lowell, MA | $62,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| African Bridge Network | Newton, MA | $61,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Falmouth Housing Trust | Falmouth, MA | $60,900 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Essex National Heritage Commission | Salem, MA | $60,300 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Organization for Refugee & Immigrant Success | Manchester, NH | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| One Family | Boston, MA | $58,759 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Home for Little Wanderers Inc | Boston, MA | $58,675 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Dimock Center | Roxbury, MA | $57,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Designxri | Providence, RI | $57,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wethrive | Hyannis, MA | $57,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YMCA of Metro North | Peabody, MA | $57,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Madison Park Development Corporation | Roxbury, MA | $56,160 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program | Boston, MA | $56,150 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Massasoit Community College Foundation | Brockton, MA | $56,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Political Asylum Immigration Representation Project | Boston, MA | $55,250 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Associacao Cabo Verdiana De Brockton Inc the Immigrant Assistance Center of | Brockton, MA | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boston Private Industry Council | Boston, MA | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Colletteys | Boston, MA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Olneyville Housing Corporation Dba One Neighborhood Builders | Providence, RI | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Perkins School for the Blind | Watertown, MA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Raising a Reader | Boston, MA | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Advocates Building Lasting Equality New Hampshire (able Nh) | Concord, NH | $54,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Refugee Development Center | Providence, RI | $53,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Essex County Habitat for Humanity | Danvers, MA | $52,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action - Jalsa | Boston, MA | $52,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Northern Rhode Island | Cumberland, RI | $51,900 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Cayl Institute | Jamaica Plain, MA | $51,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Duffy Health Center | Hyannis, MA | $50,200 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Rhode Island Hospital Foundation- Hasbro Children's Hospital | Providence, RI | $50,146 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ascendus Fka Accion | Cambridge, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ascentria Community Services | Worcester, MA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bdc Community Capital Corporation | Wakefield, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Beautiful Day | Providence, RI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Black Boston Covid-19 Coalition | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Breaktime United Fka Breaktime Cafe | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Building Mass Careers | Woburn, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cape Cod Culinary Incubator Workforce | Barnstable, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chopchop Family | Natick, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Commonwealth Corporation Foundation | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Conservation Law Foundation | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation | Dorchester, MA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Dorchester Food Co-Op | Dorchester, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Emerald Cities Collaborative | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Family Health Project | Manchester, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| First Teacher | Roxbury, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (gbio) | Dorchester, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Helping Hand Outreach Ministries | Manchester, NH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hope & Main | Warren, RI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Local Enterprise Assistance Fund Inc | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mark Stebbins Community Center | Manchester, NH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts Head Start Association | Lynn, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Massbay Community College Foundation | Wellesley, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meeting Street | Providence, RI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Merrimack Valley Planning Commission | Haverhill, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New Majority Capital Foundation Inc | Wakefield, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success | Manchester, NH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Reproductive Equity Now Foundation | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Roxbury Presbyterian Church Social Impact Center | Roxbury, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seeds of Faith | Somersworth, NH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Self Esteem Boston Educational Institute Self | Jamaica Plain, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Alliance for Business Leadership | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Capital Good Fund | Providence, RI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Union Capital Boston | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Young Audiences of Massachusetts Literacy Through Music | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YWCA Boston Leaders of Color | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women's Lunch Place | Boston, MA | $49,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless | Lynn, MA | $48,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The American Ireland Fund | Boston, MA | $47,650 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Urban Edge | Roxbury, MA | $47,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Girls Incorporated of Lynn | Lynn, MA | $46,800 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| St John's Preparatory School | Danvers, MA | $46,730 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mission of Deeds | Reading, MA | $45,920 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders (glad) | Boston, MA | $45,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hispanic-American Institute | Boston, MA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Inquilinos Boricuas En Accion - Iba | Boston, MA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center | Boston, MA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts | Boston, MA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| South End Technology Center Tent City | Boston, MA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Archdiocese of Boston Clergy Trustroman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston | Braintree, MA | $43,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
1,282 of 3,389 (38%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 35%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 3,594 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,277 | $15.7M | $2,052 |
| 2022 | 1,217 | $14.4M | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 1,388 | $12.0M | $1,500 |
| 2024 | 1 | $14.7M | $14.7M |
| 2025 | 1,786 | $19.0M | $2,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Eastern Bank Foundation has 26 of them, worth $7,237,500. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Housing Partnership | Boston, MA | $1,500,000 |
| New Commonwealth Fund | Roxbury, MA | $1,000,000 |
| Inquilinos Boricuas En Accin - Iba | Boston, MA | $800,000 |
| The Boston Foundation - the Equality Fund | Boston, MA | $800,000 |
| Asian Community Fund Thru Tbf | Boston, MA | $500,000 |
| The Greater Boston Food Bank | Boston, MA | $500,000 |
| Children's Services of Roxbury | Roxbury, MA | $325,000 |
| Latino Equity Fund Thru Tbf | Boston, MA | $250,000 |
| Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (massinc) | Boston, MA | $190,000 |
| Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (massinc) | Boston, MA | $150,000 |
| Neighborworks Southern New Hampshire | Manchester, NH | $150,000 |
| Massachusetts Lgbt Business Network | Boston, MA | $125,000 |
| Breaktime United | Boston, MA | $100,000 |
| Associated Industries of Massachusetts Foundation | Boston, MA | $100,000 |
| Greentownorg Inc Dba Forge | Somerville, MA | $100,000 |
Where its money goes
94% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund318 shared recipientsBoston Foundation Inc243 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc242 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc231 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program163 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust144 shared recipients
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Eastern Bank Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 601 Edgewater Drive Suite 150, Wakefield, MA, 01880. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
EIN 22-3317340 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.
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