Community Development grants for nonprofits in Massachusetts
659 private foundations reported 1,988 community development grants to organizations in Massachusetts on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $115.9M in all. 271 of them are based in Massachusetts.
Foundations659
Grants on record1,988
Total granted$115.9M
Their typical grant$10,000
Foundations that fund community development in Massachusetts
20 of the 659: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of community development grants to Massachusetts organizations on their latest return. Each shows its largest such grants.
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Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023- Ct Douglas School PTO, Acton - General support$727
- Veterans Inc, Worcester - General support$446
- Friends of Buker Elementary School Inc, Wenham - General support$380
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Gave $50.6M in 2024
Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc
Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024- Rebuilding Together Boston, Boston - Building resilient futures$300,000
- Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center, Dorchester - Empowering youth through sports-based workforce development$300,000
- The Loop Lab, Cambridge - Mass A/V supertrack: audio/visual youth workforce development initiative$300,000
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Gave $19M in 2025
Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation
Wakefield, MA · latest return: tax year 2025- The Builder Coalition, Boston - Exempt purpose$301,930
- South Shore Community Action Council, Plymouth - Exempt purpose$104,700
- Women of Color Entrepreneurs Inc, Boston - Exempt purpose$84,755
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Gave $2M in 2024
Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc
Pittsfield, MA · latest return: tax year 2024- Common Capital Inc, Pittsfield - Small and micro business lending and business assistance expansion- multi-year$33,333
- Entrepreneurship for All Inc, Pittsfield - Business accelerator$25,000
- Habitat for Humanity International Inc, Pittsfield - Westside revitalization affordable housing xday$25,000
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Gave $38.2M in 2024
Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc)
Woburn, MA · latest return: tax year 2024- Commonwealth Kitchen Inc, Dorchester - Human Services$105,000
- Cooperative Development Institute, Northampton - Social Justice$75,000
- African Bridge Network, Newton - Human Services$60,000
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Gave $24.9M in 2024
Td Charitable Foundation
Portland, ME · latest return: tax year 2024- Act Lawrence Inc, Lawrence - Secure home initiative$200,000
- Commonwealth Kitchen, Dorchester - Creating pathways for diverse and equitable food entrepreneurship$25,000
- Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation, Jamaica Plain - Family mobility services$25,000
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Gave $1.2M in 2024
The Gap Foundation
San Francisco, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Cradles to Crayons Inc, Newton - For civic & community engagement$2,250
- Cambridge Affordable Housing Corporation, Cambridge - For civic & community engagement$1,250
- Rosies Place Inc, Boston - For civic & community engagement$600
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Gave $622.6M in 2024
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, NJ · latest return: tax year 2024- Third Sector New England, Boston - Supporting the network for public health law, 2023-2025$3,113,279
- Third Sector New England, Boston - Supporting the early childhood funders collaborative and its racial justice and equity fund in strengthening…$1,350,000
- Third Sector New England, Boston - Supporting the public finance initiative in implementing a pilot program to strengthen the investment…$1,152,258
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Gave $2.3M in 2025
Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc
Rockland, MA · latest return: tax year 2025- Cape Cod Blue Economy Foundation Inc, Centerville - Exempt purpose$20,000
- South Shore Community Action Council Inc, Plymouth - Exempt purpose$12,500
- Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation, Dorchester - Exempt purpose$10,000
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Barr Foundation
Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024- (489) Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Boston - To support intensive arts-based economic development programming in transformative development initiative…$805,000
- (496) Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Inc, North Adams - To support the first phase of long-term planning, community development, and sustainability initiatives$500,000
- (499) Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Inc, North Adams - To support the second phase of its community development and sustainability initiatives strategy$500,000
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Wagner Foundation
Cambridge, MA · latest return: tax year 2024- Homestart Inc, Boston - General operating support$200,000
- Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative Inc, Roxbury - General operating support$100,000
- Genunity Inc, Dorchester - General operating support$100,000
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Gave $4.2M in 2024
Textron Charitable Trust Dtd
Providence, RI · latest return: tax year 2024- Homes for Our Troops Inc, Taunton - General support to civic agency$20,000
- Center for Women & Enterprise, Boston - General support to civic agency$15,000
- Entrepreneurship for All Inc, Lowell - General support to civic agency$5,000
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Gave $6.3B in 2024
Gates Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2024- New Profit Inc, Boston - K-12 education; postsecondary education$2,678,064
- Project Evident Inc, Boston - Postsecondary education$1,569,508
- Bridgespan Group Inc the, Boston - Global health and development public awareness and analysis; public awareness and analysis$1,179,094
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Gave $2.3M in 2025
Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc
Newburyport, MA · latest return: tax year 2025- Community Action Inc, Amesbury - Exempt purpose$11,720
- Beverly Main Streets, Beverly - Exempt purpose$5,000
- Topsfield Community Partnership LLC, Topsfield - Exempt purpose$3,000
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Gave $844.7M in 2024
The Ford Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Third Sector New England Inc, Boston - Core support for the building movement project to tackle the most significant social issues of our times by…$450,000
- Third Sector New England Inc, Boston - Core support for building movement project's (bmp) race to lead research agenda, and continuation of bmps…$400,000
- Bridgespan Group, Boston - Core support for the racial equity in philanthropy initiative$350,000
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Gave $1.1M in 2025
Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc
Salem, MA · latest return: tax year 2025- The Salem Partnership, Salem - Exempt purposes$7,500
- Stoneham Community Development, Stoneham - Exempt purposes$5,500
- Carpenters for Hope Charitable, Boston - Exempt purposes$5,000
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Gave $303.9M in 2024
W K Kellogg Foundation
Battle Creek, MI · latest return: tax year 2024- Third Sector New England Inc, Boston - Early Care and Education$500,000
- Third Sector New England Inc, Boston - Early Care and Education$250,000
- Third Sector New England Inc, Boston - Early Care and Education$206,001
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Gave $170M in 2024
The Kresge Foundation
Troy, MI · latest return: tax year 2024- Boston Ujima Project Inc, Jamaica Plain - General operating support$450,000
- Bottom Line Inc, Jamaica Plain - Project support to improve detroit student enrollment and college completion rates$180,000
- Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation, Dorchester - Project support grant for the fairmont indigo cdc collaborative as they mobilize communities in boston$150,000
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Gave $8.7M in 2024
Amelia Peabody Foundation
Topsfield, MA · latest return: tax year 2024- Mujeres Unidas Avanzando, Dorchester - MUA's Adult Basic Education, English for Speakers of Other Languages, and job training program$125,000
- Third Sector New England, Boston - 1-Year Grant: Future Chefs - Operations$100,000
- House of Peace and Education Inc, Gardner - HOPE for Kids$80,000
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Walton Family Foundation Inc
Bentonville, AR · latest return: tax year 2024- Populace Inc, Burlington - To advance efforts to inspire and enact cultural change in key civic institutions, especially education…$1,000,000
- New Profit Inc, Boston - To support the Post-Secondary Innovation and Equity Fund to build the capacity of proximate entrepreneurs who…$500,000
- Entrepreneurship For All Inc, Lowell - To renew a program that will provide entrepreneurial training, technical assistance and social capital for…$320,000
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Organizations several of these foundations fund
Massachusetts organizations that received community development grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.
| Organization | Funders | Grants total |
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| Third Sector New England Inc Boston | 11 | $11,949,534 |
| Bottom Line Inc Jamaica Plain | 7 | $305,275 |
| Hyde Square Task Force Inc Jamaica Plain | 6 | $255,369 |
| Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation Dorchester | 6 | $235,011 |
| Entrepreneurship for All Lowell | 5 | $408,333 |
| Commonwealth Kitchen Inc Dorchester | 5 | $340,025 |
| Homestart Inc Boston | 5 | $233,857 |
| Community Action Inc Haverhill | 5 | $63,584 |
| Rebuilding Together Boston Boston | 4 | $372,500 |
| Urban Edge Housing Corporation Roxbury | 4 | $106,500 |
How to use this list
A foundation is listed because its own latest tax return itemizes grants to organizations in Massachusetts that we classify as community development, by the purpose the foundation wrote or by the recipient's IRS activity code. Their typical grant is the middle of the funders' own typical grants across everything they fund. Start with funders whose typical grant is close to what you need and whose past recipients look like your organization, then open the profile for all of its grants and any application instructions.
Of these 659 foundations, 245 describe how to apply on their latest return; many others give only to organizations they already know. A badge such as Gave $1.2M in 2024 repeats what the latest return reports; it does not mean the foundation is accepting proposals now.
Facts on this page come from the foundation's own IRS Form 990-PF filings as published by the IRS. Grantvello does not know whether a foundation is accepting proposals right now: a past grant is not an open opportunity. Always confirm current guidelines with the funder before applying.