Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc
Historical FunderBoston, Massachusetts · EIN 14-1893520 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$50.6M
Organizations funded706
Typical grant$35,000
Total assets$48.5M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $20,000 and $60,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | RUTH COFFIN-VILLAROEL |
|---|---|
| Address | 175 BERKELEY STREET, BOSTON MA 02116 |
| Phone | 8572247484 |
| RUTH.COFFIN-VILLAROEL@LIBERTYMUTUAL.COM | |
| Form and materials | ONLY ONLINE APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED. VISIT WWW.LIBERTYMUTUALFOUNDATION.ORG TO APPLY ONLINE. |
| Deadlines | THERE ARE NO SUBMISSION DEADLINES. LIBERTY MUTUAL FOUNDATION HAS ROLLING REVIEWS OF APPLICATIONS. |
| Restrictions | LIBERTY MUTUAL FOUNDATION DOES NOT PROVIDE PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT FOR: INDIVIDUALS; FOUNDATIONS THAT ARE PRIMARILY GRANTMAKING AGENCIES; RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS REQUESTING FUNDS FOR SECTARIAN ACTIVITIES; FRATERNAL, SOCIAL OR POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS; TRIPS, TOURS AND TRANSPORTATION; DEFICIT SPENDING OR DEBT LIQUIDATION; CONFERENCES, FORUMS OR SPECIAL EVENTS; AND ORGANIZATIONS FUNDED WITHIN THE PAST 12 MONTHS. ALSO LIBERTY MUTUAL FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTES THE MAJORITY OF ITS FUNDING TO ORGANIZATIONS OR PROGRAMS THAT SERVE THE BOSTON, MA AREA. |
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What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
26% of grants went outside Massachusetts.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Online Giving Foundation Inc | Newark, DE | Lm torchbearer | $11,031,237 |
| St Mary's Center for Women and Children | Dorchester, MA | Urgent & transformative capital project doubling the number of families experiencing homelessness served | $1,000,000 |
| Groundwork USA | Yonkers, NY | Climate safe neighborhoods | $500,000 |
| Sbp | New Orleans, LA | Integrated community-based preparedness: capacity building + digital tools | $500,000 |
| Boston Private Industry Council | Boston, MA | Pic 2024 summer jobs | $361,631 |
| American Forests | Washington, DC | Boston green jobs solutions map | $300,000 |
| Bridges Homeward | Cambridge, MA | Using permanency to improve housing outcomes for homeless and at-risk young adults | $300,000 |
| Brockton Area Multi-Services Inc | Brockton, MA | Community drop-in center | $300,000 |
| Freedom House Inc | Boston, MA | Comprehensive program growth and facility enhancement project | $300,000 |
| Jewish Vocational Service Inc | Boston, MA | Brockton career & community initiative (bcci) | $300,000 |
| Massachusetts Immigrant Collaborative (Fiscal Sponsor Brazilian Worker Cent | Boston, MA | Emergency relief for new arrivals and capacity building 2024 | $300,000 |
| More Than Words | Boston, MA | Impact-Driven collaboration: expanding housing access for transition-aged youth | $300,000 |
| New Ecology Inc | Boston, MA | Capacity building for key decision-makers | $300,000 |
| Partners for Youth With Disabilities Inc | Boston, MA | Pathways to college and employment opportunities for young persons with disabilities | $300,000 |
| Piers Park Sailing Center | East Boston, MA | East boston & chelsea youth empowered | $300,000 |
| Rebuilding Together Boston | Boston, MA | Building resilient futures | $300,000 |
| Sbp | New Orleans, LA | Capacity building for community-based resilience | $300,000 |
| Sbp | New Orleans, LA | Capacity building for community-based resilience | $300,000 |
| Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center | Dorchester, MA | Empowering youth through sports-based workforce development | $300,000 |
| The Boston Higher Education Resource Center Inc | Boston, MA | Latine college and career access network (lacca) | $300,000 |
| The Loop Lab | Cambridge, MA | Mass A/V supertrack: audio/visual youth workforce development initiative | $300,000 |
| West End House Inc | Allston, MA | Youth development fellowship program: preparing program alumni for careers in youth organizations | $300,000 |
| YMCA of Greater Boston | Boston, MA | Boston collaborative food access hub and network | $300,000 |
| American Forests | Washington, DC | Mobilizing a national tree equity movement | $250,000 |
| Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program | Boston, MA | Barbara mcinnis house | $250,000 |
| Boston Medical Center Corporation | Boston, MA | Support for the living well at home program | $250,000 |
| Familyaid Boston | Boston, MA | Innovative two-generational strategies for reducing family homelessness | $250,000 |
| Greater Boston Legal Services | Boston, MA | Eviction defense and housing advocacy project | $250,000 |
| More Than Words | Boston, MA | More than words youth job training & housing | $250,000 |
| Pine Street Inn | Boston, MA | Permanent supportive housing: scaling up pine street inns proven solution to homelessness | $250,000 |
| Silver Lining Mentoring | Waltham, MA | Operating support | $250,000 |
| Student Conservation Association | Arlington, VA | Urban green: advancing climate justice and resilient cities through workforce development | $250,000 |
| YMCA of Greater Boston | Boston, MA | General operating | $250,000 |
| New Ecology Inc | Boston, MA | Decarbonization planning and a unique approach to scaling | $225,000 |
| University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc (For Umass Boston) | Newton, MA | Climate careers curricula initiative (C3 initiative) | $180,000 |
| Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc | Boston, MA | Maintaining and rejuvenating the emerald necklace's urban tree canopy | $175,000 |
| Massachusetts Immigrant Collaborative (Fiscal Sponsor Brazilian Worker Cent | Boston, MA | Mass immigrant collaborative - impact driven collaboration | $160,000 |
| Boston Food Forest Coalition Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | Food forest development, conservation, and agroecology education | $150,000 |
| Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School | Boston, MA | Cathleen stone island environmental education programs: building a pathway to STEM and green jobs for boston youth | $150,000 |
| Codman Square Ndc | Dorchester, MA | Codman square neighborhood development corporation eco-innovation department | $150,000 |
| Eastie Farm | East Boston, MA | Operating support | $150,000 |
| Jewish Vocational Service Inc | Boston, MA | Jvs transitions to work | $150,000 |
| Project Bread - the Walk for Hunger Inc | East Boston, MA | State plan to end hunger in massachusetts | $150,000 |
| Rian Immigrant Center | Boston, MA | Emergency shelter youth project | $150,000 |
| Social Innovation Forum | Boston, MA | Fy25 social innovator accelerator (climate resiliency track) and social innovator fund support | $150,000 |
| Urban Farming Institute of Boston Inc | Mattapan, MA | Growing healthy and resilient communities | $150,000 |
| Justice Resource Institute Inc | Needham Heights, MA | Youthharbors & jri health youth housing solutions gap year funding | $145,000 |
| Hale Education Inc | Westwood, MA | Nature, climate, justice, and jobs for urban youth | $140,000 |
| Massachusetts Audubon Society | Lincoln, MA | Nature in the city and boston greenup program: combining nature-based solutions with community power to build climate resilience. | $140,000 |
| Boston Building Materials Co-Op Charitable & Educational Fund | Roxbury, MA | Boston building resources - reuse center | $135,000 |
| Bay Cove Human Services Inc | Boston, MA | Bay cove cambridge homelessness continuum | $125,000 |
| Boston Casa | Boston, MA | Boston casas strategic plan for growth | $125,000 |
| Boston Local Development Corporation | Boston, MA | Program education and credentials | $125,000 |
| Boston Schools Fund | Boston, MA | Partnering with educators to accelerate knowledge (peak) | $125,000 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston | Boston, MA | Bgcbs mattapan teen center (mtc)) | $125,000 |
| Capital Link Inc | Boston, MA | Expanding environmental resiliency for healthcare centers | $125,000 |
| Commonwealth Kitchen Inc | Dorchester, MA | Developing locally grown, climate resilient, healthy food & expanding equitable access in schools & colleges | $125,000 |
| Home Energy Efficiency Team Inc | Boston, MA | Beyond gas: equity and the tactical thermal transition | $125,000 |
| Maverick Landing Community Services Inc | East Boston, MA | Operating support | $125,000 |
| National Youth Employment Coalition Inc | Boston, MA | Housing stability initiative | $125,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 706 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sbp | New Orleans, LA | Integrated community-based preparedness: capacity building + digital tools | $1,000,000 |
| St Mary's Center for Women and Children | Dorchester, MA | Urgent & transformative capital project doubling the number of families experiencing homelessness served | $1,000,000 |
| American Online Giving Foundation Inc | Newark, DE | Lm torchbearer | $783,482 |
| Freedom House Inc | Boston, MA | Comprehensive program growth and facility enhancement project | $600,000 |
| Familyaid Boston | Boston, MA | Innovative two-generational strategies for reducing family homelessness | $500,000 |
| New Ecology Inc | Boston, MA | Decarbonization planning and a unique approach to scaling | $450,000 |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | Boston, MA | Capital grant & early college for green jobs | $400,000 |
| Saint Francis House Inc | Boston, MA | Pathways of progress: refuge, readiness, recovery, and resources (working title) | $400,000 |
| University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc (For Umass Boston) | Newton, MA | Climate careers curricula initiative (C3 initiative) | $360,000 |
| Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc | Boston, MA | Maintaining and rejuvenating the emerald necklace's urban tree canopy | $350,000 |
| Boston Food Forest Coalition Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | Food forest development, conservation, and agroecology education | $300,000 |
| Codman Square Ndc | Dorchester, MA | Codman square neighborhood development corporation eco-innovation department | $300,000 |
| Eastie Farm | East Boston, MA | Operating support | $300,000 |
| Urban Farming Institute of Boston Inc | Mattapan, MA | Growing healthy and resilient communities | $300,000 |
| Massachusetts Audubon Society | Lincoln, MA | Nature in the city and boston greenup program: combining nature-based solutions with community power to build climate resilience. | $280,000 |
| Boston Building Materials Co-Op Charitable & Educational Fund | Roxbury, MA | Boston building resources - reuse center | $270,000 |
| Boston Local Development Corporation | Boston, MA | Program education and credentials | $250,000 |
| Capital Link Inc | Boston, MA | Expanding environmental resiliency for healthcare centers | $250,000 |
| Commonwealth Kitchen Inc | Dorchester, MA | Developing locally grown, climate resilient, healthy food & expanding equitable access in schools & colleges | $250,000 |
| Home Energy Efficiency Team Inc | Boston, MA | Beyond gas: equity and the tactical thermal transition | $250,000 |
| Save the Harborsave the Bay | Boston, MA | 2025 youth job and leadership training program | $250,000 |
| The Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | Boston, MA | Hunger relief for eastern massachusetts | $250,000 |
| Boston Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | New commonwealth fund for social justice | $200,000 |
| Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee | Cambridge, MA | Operating support | $200,000 |
| Charles River Watershed Association | Boston, MA | Accelerating climate resilient neighborhoods | $200,000 |
| Columbus Housing Partnership Inc Dba Homeport | Columbus, OH | Homeport out-of-school programming for low-income youth | $200,000 |
| Commonwealth Zoological Corporation Dba Zoo New England | Boston, MA | Partnership for greening dorchester & roxbury - climate resilient communities (pgd&r) | $200,000 |
| Community Servings | Jamaica Plain, MA | Food is medicine: medically tailored nutrition program in greater boston for individuals & families experiencing or at-risk of homelessness | $200,000 |
| Friends of Boston's Homeless | Boston, MA | Front door triage | $200,000 |
| Mystic River Watershed Association Inc | Arlington, MA | Heat-Proofing somerville and charlestown communities through two climate-resilient parks | $200,000 |
| Special Olympics Massachusetts | Marlborough, MA | Special olympics massachusetts - boston community and schools mission and growth | $200,000 |
| The Trust for Public Land | Boston, MA | Boston parks for people program: equity-focused nature-based climate solutions | $200,000 |
| Women's Lunch Place Inc | Boston, MA | Operating support | $200,000 |
| Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless Inc | Lynn, MA | The casa project-birth to big kid initiative | $190,000 |
| Boston Green Academy | Brighton, MA | Diversifying the green and sustainability workforce | $160,000 |
| Rosie's Place | Boston, MA | Operating support for enhancements and growth to meet growing needs among poor and homeless women | $160,000 |
| The Food Project | Lincoln, MA | Expanding the green skills pipeline: equipping youth to lead climate-resilient communities | $160,000 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Charlestown, MA | Bowdoin street health center (bshc) food access and education expansion | $150,000 |
| Brookview House Inc | Dorchester, MA | Operating support | $150,000 |
| Fresh Truck | Boston, MA | Fresh truck operating: increasing local, healthy food access | $150,000 |
| Greenroots | Chelsea, MA | Resident-Led strategies for environmental justice and climate resilience | $150,000 |
| New England Aquarium | Boston, MA | Conservation learning/youth development/teen internship programs | $150,000 |
| Social Innovation Forum | Boston, MA | Fy25 social innovator accelerator (climate resiliency track) and social innovator fund support | $150,000 |
| Speak for the Trees Inc | Dorchester, MA | General operations | $150,000 |
| Third Sector New England Inc | Mattapan, MA | Advancing health equity in mattapan through food access | $150,000 |
| Catie's Closet Inc | Dracut, MA | In-School closet at charlestown high & sos program | $140,000 |
| United Way of Central Ohio | Columbus, OH | Operating support | $140,000 |
| Bay Cove Human Services Inc | Boston, MA | Bay cove cambridge homelessness continuum | $125,000 |
| Boston Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | Embrace boston | $125,000 |
| Caritas Communities Inc | Braintree, MA | Converting six boston affordable housing residences from oil to natural gas | $120,000 |
| Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston Inc | Boston, MA | Boston basic needs program | $120,000 |
| Economic Mobility Pathways | Boston, MA | Operating support | $120,000 |
| Boston Area Gleaners Inc | Acton, MA | Distribution program | $100,000 |
| Boston Rescue Mission Inc | Boston, MA | Program support | $100,000 |
| Bunker Hill Community College Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | Stocking the dish food pantry | $100,000 |
| Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc | Boston, MA | Operating support | $100,000 |
| Celebrity Series of Boston Inc | Boston, MA | Neighborhood arts | $100,000 |
| Charles River Conservancy | Cambridge, MA | Charles river floating wetland (crfw) initiative | $100,000 |
| Circle of Hope Inc | Needham, MA | Rapid response for people experiencing homelessness in greater boston | $100,000 |
| Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts Inc | Dorchester, MA | Community-Based family support for families experiencing homelessness | $100,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $50,580,017 | 891 |
| 2023 | $52,239,174 | 1,025 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 12, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202533169349100813
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 14-1893520
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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