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Homelessness grants for nonprofits in Massachusetts

642 private foundations reported 1,220 homelessness grants to organizations in Massachusetts on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $31.2M in all. 388 of them are based in Massachusetts.

Foundations642
Grants on record1,220
Total granted$31.2M
Their typical grant$5,000

Foundations that fund homelessness in Massachusetts

20 of the 642: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of homelessness 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
    Homelessness grants in MA 40 Total there $12K Typical grant $57 Preselected recipients only
    • Rosie's Place Inc, Boston - General support$2,254
    • Lazarus House Inc, Lawrence - General support$1,319
    • Pine Street Inn, Boston - General support$1,085

  • Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc

    Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $50.6M in 2024
    Homelessness grants in MA 34 Total there $3.4M Typical grant $35,000 Describes how to apply
    • St Mary's Center for Women and Children, Dorchester - Urgent & transformative capital project doubling the number of families experiencing homelessness served$1,000,000
    • Bridges Homeward, Cambridge - Using permanency to improve housing outcomes for homeless and at-risk young adults$300,000
    • Familyaid Boston, Boston - Innovative two-generational strategies for reducing family homelessness$250,000

  • Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation

    Wakefield, MA · latest return: tax year 2025
    Gave $19M in 2025
    Homelessness grants in MA 21 Total there $199K Typical grant $2,500 Describes how to apply
    • St Francis House, Boston - Exempt purpose$105,000
    • Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, Lynn - Exempt purpose$13,500
    • Interseminarian - Project Place Inc, Boston - Exempt purpose$10,000

  • Agnes M Lindsay Trust

    Chelmsford, MA · latest return: tax year 2025
    Gave $1.2M in 2025
    Homelessness grants in MA 19 Total there $86K Typical grant $3,000 Describes how to apply
    • Belonging to Each Other, Falmouth - Homeless shelter$5,000
    • Birthday Wishes Inc, Natick - Homeless shelter$5,000
    • Champ Homes Inc, Hyannis - Homeless shelter$5,000

  • Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc

    Pittsfield, MA · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $2M in 2024
    Homelessness grants in MA 14 Total there $39K Typical grant $2,500 Describes how to apply
    • Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, Pittsfield - Build a bed - a bed for every child$7,350
    • Construct Inc, Pittsfield - South berkshire county housing services program$5,000
    • Heading Home Inc, Pittsfield - Heading home and berkshire bank partner to create pathways out of homelessness$5,000

  • Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc)

    Woburn, MA · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $38.2M in 2024
    Homelessness grants in MA 12 Total there $555K Typical grant $35,000 Describes how to apply
    • Pine Street Inn, Boston - Human Services$102,000
    • Housing Families Inc, Malden - Human Services$90,000
    • St Francis House, Boston - Human Services$75,000

  • Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc

    Rockland, MA · latest return: tax year 2025
    Gave $2.3M in 2025
    Homelessness grants in MA 12 Total there $94K Typical grant $5,000 Describes how to apply
    • Saint Francis House, Boston - Exempt purpose$25,000
    • Father Bill's & Mainspring, Brockton - Exempt purpose$20,000
    • Lynn Shelter Association Inc, Lynn - Exempt purpose$10,000

  • Ploughshares Foundation

    Highland Park, IL · latest return: tax year 2025
    Gave $3.6M in 2025
    Homelessness grants in MA 9 Total there $66K Typical grant $6,000 Describes how to apply
    • Rosie's Place, Boston - General$14,000
    • St Francis House, Boston - General$12,000
    • Somerville Homeless Coalition, Somerville - General$8,000

  • Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc

    Salem, MA · latest return: tax year 2025
    Gave $1.1M in 2025
    Homelessness grants in MA 9 Total there $41K Typical grant $2,500 Describes how to apply
    • Lazarus House, Lawrence - Exempt purposes$10,000
    • Citizens Inn Inc, Peabody - Exempt purposes$8,400
    • Lynn Shelter Association, Lynn - Exempt purposes$5,000

  • Analog Devices Foundation

    Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $1.9M in 2024
    Homelessness grants in MA 9 Total there $15K Typical grant $371 Describes how to apply
    • Family Promise Metrowest Inc, Natick - General support$7,929
    • Harvard Homeless Mission, Belmont - General support$2,059
    • Somerville Homeless Coalition Incorporated, Somerville - General support$1,449

  • The Pfizer Foundation Inc

    New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024
    Invitation Only
    Homelessness grants in MA 9 Total there $8,480 Typical grant $200 Preselected recipients only
    • Friends of Boston Homeless Inc, Boston - Matching gifts$2,500
    • Lazarus House Incorporated, Lawrence - Matching gifts$1,800
    • Pine Street Inn Inc, Boston - Matching gifts$1,700

  • Yawkey Foundation II

    Westwood, MA · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $19.1M in 2024
    Homelessness grants in MA 8 Total there $3.2M Typical grant $35,000 Describes how to apply
    • Pine Street Inn Inc, Boston - Capital support for permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless individuals$2,000,000
    • Father Bills & Mainspring Inc, Brockton - Support for housing resource center for underserved individuals$1,000,000
    • Rosies Place Inc, Boston - Capital support for housing homeless individuals$75,000

  • Edward Jones Foundation

    St Louis, MO · latest return: tax year 2024
    Invitation Only
    Homelessness grants in MA 7 Total there $4,515 Typical grant $300 Preselected recipients only
    • Lazarus House Inc, Lawrence - Homeless shelters$2,500
    • Habitat for Humanity Greater Boston, Boston - Housing, shelter$500
    • Lazarus House Incorporated, Lawrence - Housing, shelter$500

  • Eversource Energy Foundation Inc

    Hartford, CT · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $6.2M in 2024
    Homelessness grants in MA 6 Total there $16K Typical grant $2,000 Describes how to apply
    • Caritas Communities (Ma), Braintree - Support for the homelessness prevention programs$5,000
    • Saint Francis House (Ma), Boston - Support for the all the way home & homeless progra$5,000
    • Project Hope (Ma), Boston - Support for the emergency shelter programs and the$2,500

  • Td Charitable Foundation

    Portland, ME · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $24.9M in 2024
    Homelessness grants in MA 5 Total there $62K Typical grant $10,000 Describes how to apply
    • Familyaid Boston Inc, Boston - Preventing homelessness and building economic stability$25,000
    • Champ Homes Inc, Hyannis - Transitional housing assistance$10,000
    • St Mary's Center for Women and Children Inc, Dorchester - Trauma-Informed clinical services for families experiencing homelessness$10,000

  • Ge Aerospace Foundation

    Norwalk, CT · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $15.3M in 2024
    Homelessness grants in MA 5 Total there $3,250 Typical grant $429 Describes how to apply
    • Citizens Inn Inc, Peabody - Matching gift$1,800
    • Pine Street Inn Inc, Boston - Matching gift$700
    • Lynn Shelter Association Inc, Lynn - Matching gift$450

  • Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

    New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2025
    Invitation Only
    Homelessness grants in MA 5 Total there $3,240 Typical grant $600 Preselected recipients only
    • Rosies Place Inc, Boston - Matching contribution (general operating support)$1,750
    • Abby Kelley Foster House Inc, Worcester - Matching contribution (general operating support)$600
    • Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc, Boston - Matching contribution (general operating support)$500

  • The Flatley Foundation

    Braintree, MA · latest return: tax year 2024
    Invitation Only
    Homelessness grants in MA 4 Total there $350K Typical grant $100,000 Preselected recipients only
    • Father Bill's Mainspring Inc, Brockton - Unrestricted$125,000
    • Rosie's Place, Boston - Unrestricted$125,000
    • Emmaus Inc, Haverhill - Unrestricted$50,000

  • New Balance Foundation

    Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024
    Invitation Only
    Homelessness grants in MA 4 Total there $160K Typical grant $50,000 Preselected recipients only
    • Rosie's Place, Boston - General support$60,000
    • Lazarus House, Lawrence - General support$50,000
    • Haley House, Boston - General support$25,000

  • Conrad N Hilton Foundation

    Westlake Village, CA · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $287.7M in 2024
    Homelessness grants in MA 3 Total there $375K Typical grant $76,000 Describes how to apply
    • Funders Together to End Homelessness Inc, Boston - For continued support to strengthen philanthropys voice in lifting up policies that align with best practices…$175,000
    • Funders Together to End Homelessness Inc, Boston - To catalyze california philanthropies to advance strategy and policy to reduce homelessness$100,000
    • Funders Together to End Homelessness Inc, Boston - To support the programming of workforce matters, a project of funders together to end homelessness, inc., and…$100,000

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Organizations several of these foundations fund

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

OrganizationFundersGrants total
Rosie's Place Inc
Boston
14$413,985
Pine Street Inn
Boston
13$2,405,114
Saint Francis House Inc
Boston
9$332,577
Lazarus House Inc
Lawrence
9$132,520
Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless Inc
Lynn
8$136,789
Lynn Shelter Association Inc
Lynn
7$110,532
Father Bills & Mainspring Inc
Brockton
6$1,200,346
Housing Families Inc
Malden
6$123,832
Haley House Inc
Boston
6$62,875
Citizens Inn Inc
Peabody
6$23,247

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 homelessness, 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 642 foundations, 210 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.