Children & Youth grants for nonprofits in Massachusetts

1,372 private foundations reported 3,966 children & youth grants to organizations in Massachusetts on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $459.3M in all. 608 of them are based in Massachusetts.

Foundations1,372

Grants on record3,966

Total granted$459.3M

Their typical grant$7,116

Foundations that fund children & youth in Massachusetts

20 of the 1,372: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of children & youth grants to Massachusetts organizations on their latest return. Each shows its largest such grants.

• Amazonsmile Foundation

  Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023

  Invitation Only
  Children & Youth grants in MA 357 Total there $46K Typical grant $57 Preselected recipients only
  • Great Dog Rescue Ne Inc, Andover - General support$2,290
  • The Home for Little Wanderers, Boston - General support$1,462
  • Roca Inc, Chelsea - General support$1,414

• Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc

  Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $50.6M in 2024
  Children & Youth grants in MA 103 Total there $6.9M Typical grant $35,000 Describes how to apply
  • More Than Words, Boston - Impact-Driven collaboration: expanding housing access for transition-aged youth$300,000
  • Piers Park Sailing Center, East Boston - East boston & chelsea youth empowered$300,000
  • Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center, Dorchester - Empowering youth through sports-based workforce development$300,000

• Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation

  Wakefield, MA · latest return: tax year 2025

  Gave $19M in 2025
  Children & Youth grants in MA 63 Total there $879K Typical grant $2,500 Describes how to apply
  • Gregg Neighborhood House Association Inc, Lynn - Exempt purpose$205,000
  • Girls Inc of Greater Lowell, Lowell - Exempt purpose$112,050
  • Jumpstart for Young Children, Boston - Exempt purpose$100,000

• Amelia Peabody Foundation

  Topsfield, MA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $8.7M in 2024
  Children & Youth grants in MA 58 Total there $2.8M Typical grant $40,000 Describes how to apply
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell, Lowell - Believe & Become Capital Campaign$360,000
  • Youth Development Organization Inc, Lawrence - Operations$125,000
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell, Lowell - General$90,000

• Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc)

  Woburn, MA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $38.2M in 2024
  Children & Youth grants in MA 46 Total there $2M Typical grant $35,000 Describes how to apply
  • Louis D Brown Peace Institute, Dorchester - Human Services$101,000
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston Inc, Boston - Human Services$100,000
  • Utec Inc, Lowell - Human Services$100,000

• Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc

  Pittsfield, MA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $2M in 2024
  Children & Youth grants in MA 44 Total there $198K Typical grant $2,500 Describes how to apply
  • Barrington Stage Company Inc, Pittsfield - Playwright mentoring project (pmp)$20,000
  • Easter Seals Massachusetts Inc, Pittsfield - Esma: children & youth services program$15,000
  • 1Berkshire Strategic Alliance Foundation, Pittsfield - Celebrate the berkshires and youth leadership program$13,000

• Yawkey Foundation II

  Westwood, MA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $19.1M in 2024
  Children & Youth grants in MA 40 Total there $5.4M Typical grant $35,000 Describes how to apply
  • Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc, Boston - Capital renovations to new co-located facility for camp & youth enrichment programs$2,500,000
  • The Baseball Inc, Roxbury - Capital project for new building to improve delivery of youth programs$1,000,000
  • Bma Tenpoint Inc, Roxbury - Education & enrichment opportunities for underserved youth$200,000

• Fidelity Foundation

  Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $156.2M in 2024
  Children & Youth grants in MA 38 Total there $3.3M Typical grant $400 Describes how to apply
  • Neighborhood Villages Inc, Jamaica Plain - Strategic plan$600,000
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell, Lowell - Property care; buildings; renovation$500,000
  • Neighborhood Villages Inc, Jamaica Plain - Strategic plan$420,000

• Eversource Energy Foundation Inc

  Hartford, CT · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $6.2M in 2024
  Children & Youth grants in MA 33 Total there $68K Typical grant $2,000 Describes how to apply
  • Freedom House (Ma), Boston - Support for the champions of freedom youth program$12,500
  • Dream Day on Cape Cod (Ma), Brewster - Support for the respite care services for children$5,000
  • Rfk Community Alliance (Ma), Lancaster - Rfk community alliances 20th annual fairway for kids golf tournament$5,000

• Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation

  Coraopolis, PA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $18M in 2024
  Children & Youth grants in MA 26 Total there $2.2M Typical grant $5,000 Describes how to apply
  • Good Sports Inc, Braintree - Discretionary grants - sm$2,000,000
  • Hoops Collaborative Youth Development, Brockton - Grant for youth sports$27,500
  • New England Pga Foundation LLC, Boylston - Grant for youth sports$25,000

• Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc

  Rockland, MA · latest return: tax year 2025

  Gave $2.3M in 2025
  Children & Youth grants in MA 25 Total there $152K Typical grant $5,000 Describes how to apply
  • Massachusetts Wonderfund Inc, Newton - Exempt purpose$25,000
  • Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Boston - Exempt purpose$15,000
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester, Boston - Exempt purpose$10,000

• The Pfizer Foundation Inc

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024

  Invitation Only
  Children & Youth grants in MA 24 Total there $8,301 Typical grant $200 Preselected recipients only
  • Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Inc, Waltham - Volunteer program$1,850
  • Science Club for Girls, Cambridge - Volunteer program$1,130
  • Tantasqua Regional Youth Lacross Inc, Fiskdale - Volunteer program$1,000

• Gates Foundation

  Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $6.3B in 2024
  Children & Youth grants in MA 23 Total there $304.4M Typical grant $500,000 Describes how to apply
  • Gates Medical Research Institute, Cambridge - Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; malaria; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health;…$276,581,817
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge - Maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health$4,226,206
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College, Boston - Maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health$2,274,996

• Td Charitable Foundation

  Portland, ME · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $24.9M in 2024
  Children & Youth grants in MA 21 Total there $260K Typical grant $10,000 Describes how to apply
  • Roca Inc, Chelsea - Connecting young adults at the center of violence in ma communities$25,000
  • Plimoth Patuxet Museums Inc, Plymouth - Children's fund at plimoth patuxet$20,000
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay, Boston - Growing the family child care workforce in massachusetts$20,000

• Annie E Casey Foundation Inc

  Baltimore, MD · latest return: tax year 2024

  Invitation Only
  Children & Youth grants in MA 18 Total there $1.6M Typical grant $40,000 Preselected recipients only
  • School and Main Institute Inc, Boston - Support Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential technical assistance and learning community$333,000
  • Child Welfare Innovation Inc, Dorchester - Support Project Management for the Thriving Families, Safer Children (TFSC) National Partnership for Child…$270,000
  • School and Main Institute Inc, Boston - Support for Youth Engagement Innovation Fund Technical Assistance$200,000

• Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc

  Salem, MA · latest return: tax year 2025

  Gave $1.1M in 2025
  Children & Youth grants in MA 18 Total there $49K Typical grant $2,500 Describes how to apply
  • Horizons for Homeless Children, Roxbury - Exempt purposes$6,000
  • Boys & Girls Club of Lynn, Lynn - Exempt purposes$5,250
  • Connors Kindness Project, Lynnfield - Exempt purposes$5,000

• Linde Family Foundation

  Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $16.8M in 2024
  Children & Youth grants in MA 14 Total there $2.1M Typical grant $30,000 Describes how to apply
  • Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc, Boston - General operations, intensive community program faculty salaries, and creating the byso youth center for music$1,200,000
  • Sociedad Latina Inc, Roxbury - General operations/marketing associate staffer$215,000
  • Community Music Center of Boston, Boston - General operations/to refine, standardize, and continue to expand youth arts employment at cmcb$195,000

• Ploughshares Foundation

  Highland Park, IL · latest return: tax year 2025

  Gave $3.6M in 2025
  Children & Youth grants in MA 14 Total there $172K Typical grant $6,000 Describes how to apply
  • Lenny Zakim Fund, Boston - Youth violence prevention, social justice, human rights and alleviation of poverty and illness$75,000
  • Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry, Roxbury - $10,000 for ryp (roxbury youth programs)$20,000
  • Horizons for Homeless Children, Roxbury - General$12,000

• Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2025

  Invitation Only
  Children & Youth grants in MA 14 Total there $37K Typical grant $600 Preselected recipients only
  • Squashbusters Inc, Roxbury Crossing - Matching contribution (general operating support)$20,000
  • Silver Lining Mentoring Inc, Boston - Matching contribution (general operating support)$5,250
  • Bill Belichick Foundation, Wellesley - Matching contribution (general operating support)$4,380

• Analog Devices Foundation

  Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $1.9M in 2024
  Children & Youth grants in MA 13 Total there $9,740 Typical grant $371 Describes how to apply
  • Bill Belichick Foundation, Wellesley - General support$2,059
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston Inc, Boston - General support$2,059
  • Concord Childrens Center Inc, Concord - General support$1,596

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Organizations several of these foundations fund

Massachusetts organizations that received children & youth grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.

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