Funding search · climate adaptation · Massachusetts
Who funds climate adaptation work in Massachusetts
15 funders have a record of paying for climate adaptation work by Massachusetts recipients: 216 grants totaling $29.7M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Liberty Mutual Foundation ($3.8M), Barr Foundation ($13.2M) and Essex County Community Foundation ($1.0M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Massachusetts recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $15,000 to BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CUMMINGS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — climate resiliency technician scholarships
Largest: $75,000 to (860) UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION INC — to support mass ecosystem climate adaptation network to expand learning networks for climate resilience
Essex County Community FoundationBeverly, MACharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $114,000 to BACKYARD GROWERS — environment and climate resilience
Mystic River WatershedArlington, MACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $50,326 · through 2025Largest: $14,113 to GROUNDWORK SOMERVILLE INC — climate resilience
Ares Charitable FoundationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $10.5M · through 2024Largest: $4.4M to JOBS FOR THE FUTURE — help individuals prepare for climate-resilient jobs in the u.s. as well as identify leading training providers, organizations and best practices to design pathways to those career …
Largest: $100,000 to CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC — clean water and climate resilience advocacy in northern new england
Conservation Law FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $22,500 · through 2024Largest: $7,500 to ENVIRONMENTAL BUSINESS COUNCIL OF NEW ENGLAND INC — climate adaptation forum
Largest: $6,400 to GROUNDWORK LAWRENCE — climate resiliency through increasing urban tree canopy in lawrence, ma
Largest: $15,000 to MASSACHUSSETTES INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — journal of climate resiliance and climate justice project
Largest: $98,000 to Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance Inc — to incorporate climate resiliency into fisheries management through ecosystem based fisheries management (ebfm) in new england and to build national support for ebfm and climate re…
Largest: $268,150 to BANKABLE FRONTIER ASSOCIATES LLC — financial security / climate resilience
The Clara Lionel FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $200,000 · through 2023Largest: $200,000 to ST BONIFACE HAITI FOUNDATION — to support climate resilience upgrades
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