Massachusetts Foundation for the
Northampton, MA · EIN 22-2504778. Reported 319 grants totalling $5,424,015 to 249 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
249organizations funded
$18,000median reported grant
$5,424,015granted, 2020-2023
8%of grantees funded again the next year
2%of dollars to its largest recipient
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Massachusetts Foundation for the, the IRS classifies it under arts & culture rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE A70J) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 249 distinct organizations, with 2% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 8% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $18,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,044 and $20,000; the smallest was $4,779 and the largest $40,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
137 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $1,478,147 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porter-Phelps-Huntington Foundation Inc | Hadley, MA | $89,055 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Local Access | Greenfield, MA | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center Inc | New Bedford, MA | $70,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Royall House Association | Medford, MA | $70,400 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cambridge Historical Society | Cambridge, MA | $66,726 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| 20 Summers Inc | Provincetown, MA | $64,779 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| African Cultural Services Inc | Waltham, MA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Blues to Green Inc | Huntington, MA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ohketeau Cultural Center | Ashfield, MA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Bams Fest Inc | Dorchester, MA | $59,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Marblehead Museum & Historical Society Inc | Marblehead, MA | $53,854 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Old Dartmouth Historical Society | New Bedford, MA | $53,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Thoreau Society | Concord, MA | $53,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wellfleet Historical Society Inc | Wellfleet, MA | $51,050 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Old Colony Historical Society | Taunton, MA | $49,544 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Nueva Esperanza Inc | Holyoke, MA | $46,908 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Andover Historical Society | Andover, MA | $43,378 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Immigrant City Archives Inc | Lawrence, MA | $40,258 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Greater Worcester | Worcester, MA | $40,044 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Activevista Media | Malden, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Aquinnah Cultural Center Inc | Aquinnah, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Becket Athenaeum Inc | Becket, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Berkshire Pride Inc | Pittsfield, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boston Comic Arts Foundation Limited | Salem, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boston Dance Alliance Inc | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bread and Roses Heritage Committee Inc | Lawrence, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bristol Black Collective | Fall River, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| CASA Dos Acores Da Nova Inglaterra Inc | Fall River, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Creative Arts Network | Fall River, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Do-It-Yourself (diy) Lowell | Lowell, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| League of Women for Community Servi Ce | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness Inc | Saugus, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Newton Historical Society Inc | Newton, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Raising Multicultural Kids | North Easton, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Inc | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Roxbury Cultural District Inc | Roxbury, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shirley-Eustis House Association | Roxbury, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Armenians of Whitinsville | Whitinsville, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Performance Project Inc | Northampton, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | $39,948 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| History Project Inc | Boston, MA | $39,835 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Historical Natural History and Library Society of South Natick Ma | Natick, MA | $39,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dedham Historical Society | Dedham, MA | $37,002 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| 826 Boston Inc | Roxbury, MA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Guerilla Opera Inc | Boston, MA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Web Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy Inc | Great Barrington, MA | $35,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Worcester Historical Museum | Worcester, MA | $35,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Leap for Education Inc | Salem, MA | $33,625 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Freedom House Inc | Dorchester, MA | $33,571 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Network for Social Justice Inc | Winchester, MA | $33,025 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jones Library Inc | Amherst, MA | $33,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cape Cod Maritime Museum Inc | Hyannis, MA | $32,800 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Everyday Boston Inc | Boston, MA | $32,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gibson Society Inc | Boston, MA | $32,032 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Primary Source Inc | Watertown, MA | $31,300 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Heathmere Center for Cultural Engagement Inc | Wakefield, MA | $30,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Jar | Jamaica Plain, MA | $30,044 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Slave Legacy History Coalition | Cambridge, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Umass Dartmouth Archives and Special Collections | Hadley, MA | $29,040 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center Inc | Gloucester, MA | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Hull Lifesaving Museum Inc | Hull, MA | $25,044 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Deafinitely | Roslindale, MA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cummington Cultural District | Cummington, MA | $24,960 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Amherst College | Amherst, MA | $24,938 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assn | Deerfield, MA | $24,936 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Piti Theatre Company | Charlemont, MA | $23,730 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Plimoth Patuxet Museums Inc | Plymouth, MA | $22,947 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Afrimerican Culture Initiative Inc | Hyde Park, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Agencia Alpha | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Farmland Trust | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ancestral Bridges Foundation Inc | Amherst, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Benevolent Fraternity of Unitarian Church | Roxbury, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Berkshire Resources for Integration of Diverse Groups & Education Inc | Lee, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Home Inc | Dorchester, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cambridge Black History Project | Cambridge, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cape Ann Museum Inc | Gloucester, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chinatown Community Land Trust Inc | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chinese American Heritage Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chinese Economic Development Council Inc | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chuang Stage Inc | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Collaborative for Educational Services Inc | Northampton, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Common Wealth Mural Collaborative | Granby, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Art Center Inc | Cambridge, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Company One Inc | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Concord Antiquarian Society | Concord, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Different Threads of the Same Fabric | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Disability Policy Consortium | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Doctorbird LLC | Amherst, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Emerson College | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Essential Foundations | Dorchester, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Film Makers Collaborative Incorporated | Amesbury, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Lawrence Heritage State Park | Lawrence, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Generations Project Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hola Cultura | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Womens Archive Inc | Auburndale, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Latino Leadership Coalition Inc | Salem, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Love Art Collective Inc | Springfield, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lynn Historical Society Inc | Lynn, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marthas Vineyard Diversity Coalition Charitable Trust | Edgartown, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe | Mashpee, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Massachusetts Historical Society | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Michelle Falcn Fontnez Filmmaker | Indian Orchard, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Migrant Communities Project | Cranston, RI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mount Calvary Baptist Church | Springfield, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Multicultural AIDS Coalition Inc | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Dance Complex Inc | Cambridge, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New England Historic Genealogical Society Inc | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge Inc | Stockbridge, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Piti Theatre Company Inc | Shelburne Fls, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust Inc | Cranston, RI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Polus Center for Social and Economic Development | Athol, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Prx Incorporated | Brighton, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Riverculture Town of Montague | Turners Falls, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Save the Harbor Save the Bay Inc Boston Fish Pier | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sheffield Historical Society | Sheffield, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Silk Road Project Inc | Somerville, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities Inc | Haverhill, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Solidarity Arts & Education Decolonial Initiatives Collective | Auburn, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| South Sudanese Enrichment for Families Inc | Lincoln, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Mass Inc | Worcester, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Black Arts Sanctuary | Charlestown, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc | Lowell, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Transhealth Inc | Florence, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Translate Gender Inc | Northampton, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Lynn Pride | Lynn, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wellness Collaborative Inc | Roxbury, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| West Medford Community Center Inc | Medford, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Western Massachusetts Training Consortium Inc | Holyoke, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Worcester County Poetry Association | Worcester, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Angkor Dance Troupe Inc | Lowell, MA | $19,999 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Voices 21C Inc | Boston, MA | $19,980 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hampshire County Food Policy Council | Chesterfield, MA | $19,920 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | $19,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Latinx Community Center for Empowerment Lcce | Lowell, MA | $19,605 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Old North Foundation of Boston Inc | Boston, MA | $19,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Concord Prison Outreach Inc | Concord, MA | $19,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kujali International | York, PA | $19,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Partnership of the Historic Bostons Inc | Boston, MA | $19,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Padres Latinos De Somerville Public Schools | Somerville, MA | $18,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Flavor Continues | Boston, MA | $18,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salem State University Alumni Association and Foundation Inc | Salem, MA | $18,020 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ourstory Edutainment | Worcester, MA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Paul Revere Memorial Assoc Corp | Boston, MA | $18,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wellspring House Inc | Gloucester, MA | $17,930 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hitchcock Center for the Environment Inc | Amherst, MA | $17,798 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends Group of Egleston Square Branch Library | Boston, MA | $17,237 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Springfield Dementia Friendly Coalition | Springfield, MA | $17,077 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Justflix | Medford, MA | $16,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Village Afrocentric Cultural Center Inc | Worcester, MA | $16,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grassroots Culture | Minneapolis, MN | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Framingham Historical and Natural History Society | Framingham, MA | $15,840 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holyoke Public Library Corp | Holyoke, MA | $15,632 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Danvers Historical Society Glen Magna | Danvers, MA | $15,044 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boston Book Festival Inc | Brighton, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hancock Shaker Village Inc | Pittsfield, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Marthas Vineyard Museum Inc | Vineyard Hvn, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Massachusetts Archaeological Society Inc | Middleboro, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Proprietors of the Salem Athenaeum | Salem, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Somerville Historical Society | Somerville, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Worcester Art Museum | Worcester, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nauset Interfaith Association | Wellfleet, MA | $14,971 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gabrielle Ewing Filmmaker | Washington, DC | $14,436 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Bedford Historical Society | New Bedford, MA | $13,395 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Merrimack Repertory Theatre | Lowell, MA | $13,332 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amherst Historical Society | Amherst, MA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cambridge Center for Adult Education Inc | Cambridge, MA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Center for Arabic Culture Inc | Somerville, MA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Museum of Afro American History Inc | Boston, MA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Association for Armenian Studies and Research Inc | Belmont, MA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States | Washington, DC | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pilgrim Society | Plymouth, MA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Spinner Publications Inc | New Bedford, MA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Weiying Olivia Huang - Filmmaker | Boston, MA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| House of Seven Gables Settlement Association | Salem, MA | $12,808 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Town of Longmeadow Public Schools | Longmeadow, MA | $12,779 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peabody Historical Society | Peabody, MA | $12,436 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Needham Historical Society Inc | Needham, MA | $12,350 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Historic Northampton Inc | Northampton, MA | $12,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Wistariahurst Foundation Inc | Holyoke, MA | $12,129 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Center for Independent Documentary Inc | Cambridge, MA | $11,919 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Museum of Our Industrial Heritage | Greenfield, MA | $11,805 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Historical Society of Old Newbury | Newburyport, MA | $11,473 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Falmouth Historical Society | Falmouth, MA | $11,375 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cape Cod Verdean Museum and Cultural Center Inc | East Falmouth, MA | $10,245 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Amesbury Carriage Musuem Inc | Amesbury, MA | $10,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Arlington Historical Society | Arlington, MA | $10,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Inc | Whitinsville, MA | $10,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fairbanks Family in America Inc | Dedham, MA | $10,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hawthorne Youth and Community Center Incorporated | Roxbury, MA | $10,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Massachusetts Center for the Book Inc | Northampton, MA | $10,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Massachusetts Poetry Outreach Project | Boston, MA | $10,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Old Sturbridge Inc | Sturbridge, MA | $10,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Osterville Historical Society Inc | Osterville, MA | $10,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Preservation Worcester Inc | Worcester, MA | $10,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Revolutionary Spaces Inc | Boston, MA | $10,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sterling & Francine Clark Art Inst | Williamstown, MA | $10,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum | Quincy, MA | $10,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Uss Constitution Museum Inc | Charlestown, MA | $10,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Uss Massachusetts Memorial Comm Inc | Fall River, MA | $10,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wenham Historical Association & Museum Inc | Wenham, MA | $10,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| West End Museum Incorporated | Boston, MA | $10,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Westfield Athenaeum | Westfield, MA | $10,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| YWCA of Southeastern Massachuetts | New Bedford, MA | $10,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Essex Historical Society & Shipbuilding Museum Inc | Essex, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rutland Free Public Library | Rutland, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum Inc | New Bedford, MA | $9,945 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ventfort Hall Association Inc | Lenox, MA | $9,902 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Devens Historical Museum | Devens, MA | $9,750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Greek Institute Inc | Cambridge, MA | $9,744 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Historical Society of Old Yarmouth | Yarmouth Port, MA | $9,482 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Norwood Historical Society | Norwood, MA | $9,100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Berkshire County Historical Society Inc | Pittsfield, MA | $8,750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Nolumbeka Project Inc | Greenfield, MA | $8,744 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hyannis Public Library Association | Hyannis, MA | $8,392 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New Bedford Preservation Society Inc | New Bedford, MA | $8,200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Willard House & Clock Museum Inc | North Grafton, MA | $8,044 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lower Cape Community Access Television Inc | North Eastham, MA | $8,030 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stoneham Historical Society Inc | Stoneham, MA | $7,819 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Springfield Museums Corporation | Springfield, MA | $7,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Springfield College | Springfield, MA | $7,777 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Norman B Leventhal Map & Education Center Inc | Boston, MA | $7,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Groton Historical Society | Groton, MA | $7,544 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Danvers Alarm List Company Inc | Danvers, MA | $7,319 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Hammond Museum Inc | Gloucester, MA | $7,170 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Norton Historical Society Inc | Norton, MA | $7,057 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Amelia Park Childrens Museum Inc | Westfield, MA | $7,040 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Governor Bellingham-Cary House Association | Chelsea, MA | $5,962 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Anikaya Akhra Inc | Somerville, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Beyond Walls Inc | Lynn, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boston Center for the Arts Inc | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boston Women's Heritage Trail | Dorchester, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cape Arts & Entertainment Inc | W Barnstable, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cape Verdean Association in New Bedford Inc | New Bedford, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Committee for Northampton Inc | Florence, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cuttyhunk Historical Society Inc | Cuttyhunk, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Handshouse Studio Inc | Norwell, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Massachusetts Design Art & Technology Institute Inc | New Bedford, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Payomet Inc | Truro, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Literacy Project Inc | Greenfield, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Theatre Espresso Incorporated | Jamaica Plain, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Trustees of the Berkshire Museum | Pittsfield, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Union of Minority Neighborhoods | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wam Theatre | Lenox, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Worcester Youth Center Inc | Worcester, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
43 of 249 (17%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 171 of 249 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 137 | $1,478,147 | $10,044 |
| 2021 | 46 | $801,021 | $19,860 |
| 2022 | 84 | $2,181,633 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 52 | $963,214 | $20,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
97% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $18,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Massachusetts Foundation for the's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 66 Bridge Street, Northampton, MA, 01060.
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