Eastern Cambridge Foundation Inc
Boston, MA · EIN 45-4182909. Reported 495 grants totalling $1,839,362 to 330 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,500median grant
$1,839,362granted, 2021-2024
330organizations funded
48%of grantees funded again the next year
$4,944,781assets, 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 Cambridge Foundation Inc 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $213 and the largest $360,685. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 330 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants & Contributions Paid | Burlington, MA | $360,685 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Just a Start Corporation | Cambridge, MA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boston Arts Academy Foundation | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Neighborworks Southern New Hampshire | Manchester, NH | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Springwell Inc | Waltham, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cambridge Community Foundation | Cambridge, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Metrowest | Natick, MA | $21,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| CASA Myrna Vazquez Inc | Boston, MA | $20,743 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Handel and Haydn Society | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Longy School of Music of Bard College | Cambridge, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hackdiversity Fund | Boston, MA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Big Sister Association of Greater Boston | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cambridge Public Library Foundation | Cambridge, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Charles River Center | Needham, MA | $15,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Heading Home | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Health Care for All | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Homestart Inc | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mass Insight | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance (maha) | Dorchester, MA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Somerville Cambridge Elder Services | Somerville, MA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Women's Lunch Place | Boston, MA | $13,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ellie Fund | Needham, MA | $12,810 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Breakthrough Greater Boston | Cambridge, MA | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Charles River Conservancy Inc | Cambridge, MA | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wellesley a Better Chance (abc) | Wellesley, MA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gather | Portsmouth, NH | $11,596 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| CASA Myrna | Boston, MA | $11,280 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Project Citizenship Inc | Boston, MA | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Provision Ministry Inc | Westborough, MA | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wellesley Education Foundation | Wellesley, MA | $10,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hildebrand Family Self-Help Center Inc | Cambridge, MA | $10,297 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 826 Boston Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alsac (american Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities) | Newton, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Asian Community Development Corporation | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Boston | Roxbury, MA | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cambridge Center for Adult Education (ccae) | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Capitol Center for the Arts | Concord, NH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Caspar Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Easter Seals New Hampshire Inc | Manchester, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Granite Vna | Concord, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International School of Bostonecole Bilingue Inc | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Life Science Cares Inc | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Era Fund | Wellesley, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Museum of Portsmouth (dba Museum of New Art- Portsmouth) | Portsmouth, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nh Center for Nonprofits | Concord, NH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| One Family Inc | South Boston, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Phillips Brooks House Association | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Urban Edge | Roxbury, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wellesley Scholarship Foundation | Wellesley, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center | Boston, MA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Citizens' Housing and Planning Association | Boston, MA | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Centre Street Food Pantry | Newton Centre, MA | $8,027 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Seacoast Outright | Portsmouth, NH | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boston Book Festival Inc | Cambridge, MA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (mare) | Newton, MA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Racial Unity Team | Stratham, NH | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Wang Center for the Performing Arts Inc | Boston, MA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| West Suburban YMCA | Newton, MA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast | Raymond, NH | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Schechter Boston | Newton, MA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cambridge Local First | Cambridge, MA | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Investors | Wellesley, MA | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Innercity Weightlifting Inc | Boston, MA | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Krempels Center | Portsmouth, NH | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Second Step | Newtonville, MA | $6,080 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boston Club the | Beverly, MA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hopewell Inc | Dedham, MA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Housing Families Inc | Malden, MA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pathway to Possible Inc | Newton, MA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Carroll Center for the Blind | Newton, MA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Palace Theatres | Manchester, NH | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Prospect Hill Academy Charter School Foundation | Cambridge, MA | $5,743 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Music Hall | Portsmouth, NH | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mount Auburn Hospital | Cambridge, MA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Silkroad | Brighton, MA | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lamprey Health Care | Newmarket, NH | $5,400 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Webster House | Manchester, NH | $5,256 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ascentria Community Services | Worcester, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bina Farm Center | Lexington, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire | Portsmouth, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Harbor Now | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester | Dorchester, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brazelton Touchpoints Center | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bridges Homeward | Cambridge, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cambridge Branch NAACP | Cambridge, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cambridge Trust Company | Cambridge, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cambridge YMCA | Cambridge, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Citysprouts | Cambridge, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Concord-Carlisle Community Chest | Concord, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation | Brookline, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cooperative Production Inc | North Dighton, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates (casa) of New Hampshire Inc | Manchester, NH | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation | Dorchester, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Exeter Area Charitable Foundation | Exeter, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Feminist Health Center of Portsmouth (dba Joan G Lovering Health Center) | Greenland, NH | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of Wellesley Council on Aging | Wellesley, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Health Care Without Walls Inc | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope & Comfort | Needham, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Institute for Nonprofit Practice | Dedham, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center | Framingham, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Boston | Waltham, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Land's Sake Inc | Weston, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lawrence Catholic Academy | Parker Street, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Merrimack Valley Housing Partnership Inc | Lowell, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc (dba Metro Housing Boston) | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Hampshire Humanities | Concord, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Prospect Hill Academy | Cambridge, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rian Immigrant Center | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| See Science Center Inc | Manchester, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Self Esteem Boston Educational Institute Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Francis House | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Star Island Corporation | Portsmouth, NH | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Summer Search | Jamaica Plain, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Waltham Committee Inc (dba Wci - Work Community Independence) | Waltham, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Waypoint | Manchester, NH | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wci - Work Community Independence | Waltham, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Cambridge Rindge & Latin | Cambridge, MA | $4,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cambridge Neighbors | Cambridge, MA | $4,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Canterbury Shaker Village | Canterbury, NH | $4,500 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Higher Possibilities Inc | East Walpole, MA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Intend Health Strategies | Dedham, MA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Understanding Our Differences Inc | Newton, MA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| YWCA Cambridge | Cambridge, MA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Artists for Humanity | Boston, MA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christopher's Haven | Boston, MA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Citizens Housing & Planning Association Inc | Boston, MA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Action Partnership of Strafford County | Suite Dover, NH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts | Waltham, MA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cambridge Community Television | Cambridge, MA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Enroot Inc | Cambridge, MA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Children-Boston | Roxbury, MA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New England Center and Home for Veterans | Boston, MA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Second Chances Inc | Somerville, MA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lawrence Communityworks | Lawrence, MA | $3,243 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Area Rape Crisis Center | Cambridge, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brazelton Touchpoints Project Inc | Newton, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Scholarship Fund New Hampshire | Concord, NH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dismas Home of Nh Inc | Manchester, NH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Families First Parenting Programs Inc | Watertown, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Familyaid | Boston, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Institute of New England | Boston, MA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Multicultural AIDS Coalition Dba Boston Pride for the People | Roxbury, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| On the Rise | Cambridge, MA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Seacoast Mental Health Center | Portsmouth, NH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Southeast Nh Habitat for Humanity | Portsmouth, NH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hope on Haven Hill | Dover, NH | $2,713 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| 2LIFE (l'chaim 2LIFE) | Brighton, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Agassiz Baldwin Community | Cambridge, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alray Taylor Second Chance Scholarship Fund Corporation | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boston Baroque | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Breaktime United Inc | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cambridge at Home Inc | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cambridge Nonprofit Coalition | Framingham, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cambridge Volunteer Clearinghouse | Framingham, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Arts at the Armory the | Somerville, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Charles River Watershed Association | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Children's Museum of New Hampshire | Dover, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Servings Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Emerson Health Care Foundation | Concord, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ethos (southwest Boston Senior Services Dba Ethos) | Jamaica Plain, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Exeter Hospital | Exeter, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Families First Parenting | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Families in Transition | Manchester, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Familyaid Boston | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Filmmakers Collaborative | Melrose, MA | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends Forever International | Durham, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of 2LIFE Communities Inc | Brighton, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Future in Sight | Concord, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Granite State Independent Living | Concord, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gundalow Company | Portsmouth, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hebrew Seniorlife | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Homeowners Rehab Inc | Cambridge, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Household Goods Inc | Watertown, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute for Health and Recovery Inc | Cambridge, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jane Doe Inc (jdi) | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jeremiah Program Boston | Roxbury, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| John M Barry Boys & Girls Club of Newton | Newtonville, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kiwanis Club of Wellesley | Wellesley, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lawyers Clearing House | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lawyers Clearinghouse | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lawyers Clearinghouse on Affordable Housing and Homelessness Inc | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marian and Edward Macdowell Inc | Peterborough, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Massequality Education Fund | Worcester, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Hampshire Association for the Blind Dba Future in Sight | Concord, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northeast Arc Inc | Danvers, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| One for Health Foundation Inc | Walpole, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reach Beyond Domestic Violence | Waltham, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Self Esteem Boston | Jamaica Plan, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern District YMCA Camp Lincoln | Exeter, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Special Needs Arts Programs Inc | Lexington, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Strawbery Banke Museum | Portsmouth, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Academy at Penguin Hall | Wenham, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Greater Boston Food Bank | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Next Step Fund | Cambridge, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Philanthropy Connection | Cambridge, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Second Step | Newtonville, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Veterans Legal Services | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Weston Police Relief Association Inc | Weston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women's Bar Foundation of Massachusetts (wbf) | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women's Money Matters Inc | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YWCA Northeastern Massachusetts | Lawrence, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Moore Center | Manchester, NH | $2,150 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cambridge School Volunteers | Cambridge, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cary Memorial Library Foundation | Lexington, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Access of Newton | Newton, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Haven | Portsmouth, NH | $2,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jeremiah Program Boston '21-'22 | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Massachusetts Community & Banking Council | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mcdonough Scholarship Foundation | Manchester, NH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Minute Man Arc for Human Services Inc | Concord, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Natick Service Council Inc | Natick, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Hampshire Art Association Inc | Portsmouth, NH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Loop Lab | Cambridge, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Vna Care | Worcester, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vna of Boston | Dorchester, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Waypoint Adventure | Lexington, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wellesley Neighbors Inc | Wellesley, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lawrence Boys & Girls Club | Lawrence, MA | $1,810 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wellesley Pops (parents of Performing Students) | Wellesley, MA | $1,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Charities New Hampshire New Hampshire Food Bank | Manchester, NH | $1,661 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wellesley Symphony Orchestra | Wellesley, MA | $1,550 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Art Resource Collaborative for Kids Inc | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Artisans Asylum | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beacon Hill Village | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Branchfood | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bread & Roses Housing | Lawrence, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cambridge Chamber of Commerce | Cambridge, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cambridge Rotary Educational Fund | Cambridge, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Dispute Settlement Center | Cambridge, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ecumenical Social Action Committee | Jamaica Plain, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Boston's Homeless | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Belmont Council on Aging Inc | Belmont, MA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| History Cambridge | Cambridge, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Minuteman Senior Services | Bedford, MA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Newton Community Development Foundation | Newton, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Newton Community Farm | Newton, MA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nh Jumpstart Coalition | Hillsborough, NH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| One Sky Community Services | Portsmouth, NH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Salem United | Dracut, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Samaritans Hope | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Social Capital Inc (sci) | Woburn, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Solutions at Work | Cambridge, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tagv Teens Advocating a Global Vision Inc | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wellesley Historical Society Inc | Wellesley Hills, MA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| YWCA New Hampshire | Manchester, NH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| English for New Bostonians Inc | Boston, MA | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Farmsteads of New England Inc | Hillsborough, NH | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heading Home | Albuquerque, NM | $1,067 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hildebrand | Houston, TX | $1,067 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lawrence Community Works | Lawrence, MA | $1,067 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
124 of 330 (38%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 48%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 314 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 81 | $281,300 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 217 | $643,562 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 196 | $553,815 | $2,500 |
| 2024 | 1 | $360,685 | $360,685 |
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 Cambridge Foundation Inc has 17 of them, worth $376,500. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Just-a-Start | Cambridge, MA | $80,000 |
| Just a Start Corporation | Cambridge, MA | $60,000 |
| Handel & Hayden Society | Boston, MA | $30,000 |
| Neighborworks Southern New Hampshire | Needham, MA | $30,000 |
| New Era Fund | Wellesley, MA | $30,000 |
| New Era Fund | Wellesley, MA | $25,000 |
| Friends of Wellesley Council on Aging | Wellesley, MA | $20,000 |
| Handel & Hayden Society | Boston, MA | $20,000 |
| Neighborworks Southern New Hampshire | Needham, MA | $20,000 |
| Cambridge Public Library Foundation | Cambridge, MA | $15,000 |
| Boston Arts Academy Foundation | Boston, MA | $10,000 |
| Handel and Haydn Society | Boston, MA | $10,000 |
| Neighborworks Southern New Hampshire | Manchester, NH | $10,000 |
| Cambridge Public Library Foundation | Cambridge, MA | $7,500 |
| Wellesley Scholarship Foundation | Wellesley, MA | $5,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 85% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- 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 Cambridge Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 125 High Street Suite Suite 9, Boston, MA, 02110. 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.
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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, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.
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