STEM grants for nonprofits in Massachusetts
414 private foundations reported 748 stem grants to organizations in Massachusetts on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $184M in all. 129 of them are based in Massachusetts.
Foundations414
Grants on record748
Total granted$184M
Their typical grant$10,000
Foundations that fund stem in Massachusetts
20 of the 414: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of stem 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- Choroideremia Research Foundation Inc, Springfield - General support$2,205
- Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Inc, Chatham - General support$1,653
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole - General support$538
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The Simons Foundation Inc
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole - Ecosystem on the edge: how coastal marsh plants and microbes thrive in an oscillating environment$384,005
- Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole - Ecosystem on the edge: how coastal marsh plants and microbes thrive in an oscillating environment$258,498
- Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole - Thermodynamically guided trait-based ocean biogeochemistry modeling$221,718
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Gave $350M in 2024
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Los Altos, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge - Environment and Science$836,048
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge - Environment and Science$574,646
- Oxfam-America Inc, Boston - Environment and Science$300,000
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Gave $6.3B in 2024
Gates Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2024- Ensoma Inc, Boston - Create novel technology platform capabilities$2,047,958
- President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge - Create novel technology platform capabilities$1,799,777
- Nanite Inc, Boston - Create novel technology platform capabilities$1,797,450
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The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation
Palo Alto, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Convergent Research Inc, Cambridge - To provide support for scientific focused research$8,000,000
- Convergent Research Inc, Cambridge - To provide support for scientific focused research$8,000,000
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge - To support mit's plasma science and fusion center$6,000,000
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Gave $89M in 2024
Alfred P Sloan Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Convergent Research, Cambridge - To make mathematics more reliable, searchable, understandable, and accessible by developing open source…$1,030,788
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst - To diversify pathways from undergraduate to graduate education in computer science and engineering at umass…$249,986
- National Bureau of Economic Research Inc, Cambridge - To strengthen economics research on science funding practices and their impacts by holding conferences,…$163,249
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Gave $156.2M in 2024
Fidelity Foundation
Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024- New England Aquarium, Boston - Discovery research (science)$2,500,000
- Build Commonwealth Inc, Boston - Technology & equipment$500,000
- Catholic Charities - Archdiocese of Boston, South Boston - Technology & equipment$475,000
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Gave $50.6M in 2024
Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc
Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024- Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School, Boston - Cathleen stone island environmental education programs: building a pathway to STEM and green jobs for boston…$150,000
- Science Club for Girls Inc, Cambridge - Dual-Mode STEM programming$50,000
- University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc (For Umass Boston), Newton - STEM workforce alignment for the urban scholars program serving striving boston public school teens$50,000
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Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation
Palo Alto, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Broad Institute Inc, Cambridge - In support of a unique technology platform and associated resources that supports immersive educational…$20,000,000
- Scratch Foundation, Boston - In support of the integration of ai into a coding platform to support creative learning for youth at scale.$1,960,000
- President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge - To support postdoctoral fellows at the black hole initiative, a unique interdisciplinary center bringing…$1,293,012
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The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024- Project Innerspace, Marshfield - Climate science & policy research$2,400,000
- Cascade Climate, Somerville - Climate science & policy research$1,825,000
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge - Climate science & policy research$750,000
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Gave $844.7M in 2024
The Ford Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- World Wide Web Consortium Inc, Wakefield - Core support to the web accessibility initiative (wai) for developing and updating digital accessibility…$410,037
- President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge - Core support for the public interest technology lab: a center for critical inquiry and project-based learning…$350,000
- Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth - To analyze carbon storage and ecological co-benefits for indigenous lands in the amazon$225,000
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Gave $16.8M in 2024
Linde Family Foundation
Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge - MIT introduction to technology, engineering, and science (mites)$175,000
- Bpe, Roxbury - Building a pipeline of STEM students, educators, and professionals at the dearborn STEM academy$100,000
- Trustees of Boston College, Chestnut Hill - Enabling opportunity over time: re-engaging youth with STEM via community and family engagment$100,000
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Rita Allen Foundation Inc
Princeton, NJ · latest return: tax year 2024- Tufts University, Boston - Civic science fellowship network support$30,389
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge - Building trust in science: conference for a more informed future$30,000
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge - Bridging the gap between science and the public$25,000
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The Heising-Simons Foundation
Los Altos, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Education Development Center Inc, Waltham - For integration of math into community education programs$475,000
- Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth - For mapping thaw slumps in arctic permafrost$218,292
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Aphorism Foundation
San Francisco, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Probabilistic Computing Foundation Inc, Cambridge - General support$10,000,000
- Science for America Inc, Cambridge - General support$3,000,000
- Cortico Corporation, Cambridge - General support$1,000,000
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Gave $49.3M in 2024
The Henry Luce Foundation Inc
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley - Support for the Clare Boothe Luce STEM program$458,200
- University of Massachusetts Boston, Newton - Support for 24 Clare Boothe Luce undergraduate STEM research awards$150,000
- Emmanuel College, Boston - Support for 24 Clare Boothe Luce undergraduate STEM research awards$100,000
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Gave $90.3M in 2024
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Northeastern University, Boston - The movement undercommons: technology as resistance | future archives$125,000
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge - To support bridging the gap between science and the public$40,000
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge - To support building trust in science: a one-day conference for a more informed future, a collaboration…$25,000
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Gave $2M in 2024
Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc
Pittsfield, MA · latest return: tax year 2024- Mcla Foundation Inc, Pittsfield - Berkshire bank STEM academy$10,000
- Springfield Tech Comm College Foundation, Pittsfield - STEM focused scholarship for springfield public schools students$10,000
- Discovery Center of Science & Technology, Pittsfield - Science learning partnership program$1,000
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Gave $19M in 2025
Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation
Wakefield, MA · latest return: tax year 2025- Earthwatch Institute, Newton - Exempt purpose$5,000
- Latinos in Bio Inc, Brighton - Exempt purpose$2,500
- The Reading Engineering Teams Inc, Reading - Exempt purpose$500
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Gave $15.3M in 2024
Ge Aerospace Foundation
Norwalk, CT · latest return: tax year 2024- Choroideremia Research Foundation Inc, Springfield - Matching gift$2,950
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole - Matching gift$60
- Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth - Matching gift$50
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Organizations several of these foundations fund
Massachusetts organizations that received stem grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.
| Organization | Funders | Grants total |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge | 7 | $9,823,194 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge | 4 | $5,918,085 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole | 4 | $910,314 |
| Woodwell Climate Research Center Falmouth | 4 | $443,697 |
| Convergent Research Inc Cambridge | 3 | $27,522,002 |
| Broad Institute Inc Cambridge | 2 | $21,899,661 |
| Scratch Foundation Boston | 2 | $2,010,000 |
| Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole | 2 | $1,279,216 |
| Northeastern University Boston | 2 | $809,500 |
| Harvard University Cambridge | 2 | $726,000 |
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 stem, 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 414 foundations, 153 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.