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The William & Lia G Poorvu

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$27.8M
in grants paid: 339
grants: 135
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$2.5M
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Endowment and operating support
$1.1M
Ecoamerica · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$1.0M
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Brookline, MA · 2024
Program support
$600,000
Wbur · Boston, MA · 2024
Program support
$510,000
Brigham & Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Program and operating support
$500,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Shorenstein ctr on media, politics & public policy
$350,000
Gilder Lehrman Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Program and operating support
$260,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2024
Program and operating support
$250,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Graduate school of design
$200,000
Broad Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Program support
$200,000
American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Program support
$150,000
Combined Jewish Philanthropies · Boston, MA · 2024
Program support
$100,000
Summer Search Boston · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
Operating support
$100,000
Bard College - Fisher Center · Annandaleonthehudso, NY · 2024
Fisher center
$100,000
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2024
Program support
$100,000
Adolescent Consultation Services · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Endowment - program and operating support
$75,000
Boston Baroque · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$50,000
Facing History and Ourselves · Brookline, MA · 2024
Operating support
$50,000
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Project, program, and operating support
$50,000
West Chop Community Fund · Tisbury, MA · 2024
Operating support
$50,000
Tsne Missionworks - Integrity Initiatives International · Boston, MA · 2024
Intergrity initiatives international
$50,000
Project Bread - the Walk for Hunger · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$50,000
Phillips Academy Andover · Andover, MA · 2024
Scholarship fund
$50,000
Massachusetts Humanities · Northampton, MA · 2024
Operating support
$50,000
Massachusetts Historical Society · Boston, MA · 2024
Program and operating support
$50,000
Lovin' Spoonfulls · Newton, MA · 2024
Operating support
$50,000
Arnold Arboretum (Harvard) · Boston, MA · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Familyaid Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$50,000
Boston Area Gleaners · Acton, MA · 2024
Operating support
$50,000
Food for Free · Somerville, MA · 2024
Operating support
$50,000
Cradles To Crayons · Newton, MA · 2024
Program and operating support
$45,000
Boston Camerata · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$40,000
Bard College - Longy School of Music · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Longy school of music
$30,000
Metropolitan Opera Association · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
Equis Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
Accelerate Change · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
Aclu Foundation of Ma · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
American Independent Foundation · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Transatlantic institute
$25,000
Boston Landmarks Orchestra · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
Bridge Over Troubled Waters · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
Cambridge Community Foundation · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
Cambridge Health Alliance Foundation · Malden, MA · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
Cambridge Public Library Foundation · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
Charities Aid Foundation of America · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Education program support
$25,000
Conservatory Lab Charter School · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
2life Communities Services · Brighton, MA · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
Families First Parenitng Programs · Watertown, MA · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
Global Impact · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Homesmart · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
Hopewell Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Program support
$25,000
National Public Radio Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
Philanthropy Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2024
Summer fund
$25,000
Reproductive Equity Now Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$25,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Vilna Shul · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$20,000
Fort Ticonderoga · Ticonderoga, NY · 2024
Operating support
$15,000
Tenacity · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$15,000
French Cultural Center · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$15,000
Sunflower of Peace · Newton, MA · 2024
Operating support
$15,000
Filmmakers Collaborative · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program support
$15,000
Thrive Scholars · Boston, MA · 2024
Program support
$15,000
Razom for Ukraine · New York, NY · 2024
Operating support
$15,000
The Schwartz Center · Boston, MA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Associates of the Boston Public Library · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Harvard Hillel · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Program and operating support
$10,000
Cambridge Center for Adult Education · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Cure Alzheimer'S Foundation · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Boston Book Festival · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Ivy Child International · Concord, MA · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Jewish Women'S Archive · Brookline, MA · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Kean University Foundation · Union, NJ · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Martha'S Vineyard Museum · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Partnership · Hyde Park, NY · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Boston By Foot · Boston, MA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
More Than Words · Waltham, MA · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Perkins School for the Blind · Watertown, MA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Dream Program the · Winooski, VT · 2024
Boston program
$10,000
Boston Public Library Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
De Novo (Fka Community Legal Services and Counseling Center) · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Raising a Reader · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Whitehead Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Sportsmen'S Tennis Club · Dorchester, MA · 2024
Capital support
$10,000
Squashbusters · Roxbury Crossing, MA · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Alexander Twilight Academy · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Yale Hillel · New Haven, CT · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Friends of the Lobkowicz Collections · Dover, MA · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
American Ancestors · Boston, MA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Bridges Homeward · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Boston Lyric Opera · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating support
$5,000
Leap · New Haven, CT · 2024
Operating support
$5,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Kennedy school for women and public policy

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.