Funding search · EIN 046013680 · Boston, MA
The Hyams Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 301
- grants reported
- $17.8M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $45,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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7 grants matching “revival” · $1.2M
- $205,000
Urban Revival · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
Homes for All Massachusetts Project
- $190,000
Urban Revival · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Urban Revival · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
Support for the BMIP Design Team
- $10,000
Urban Revival · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
Support for Rent Control and Social Housing Campaigns
- $444,508
Urban Revival Inc (City Lifevida Urbana) · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
Homes for All Massachusetts, anniversary, employee match, 2023 ReFrame Academy participation, and general support
- $260,000
Urban Revival · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
Housing Justice education, Lynn United for Change, PUEBLO, and general support
- $378
Urban Revival · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
General support - Hyams employee donation match
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Resist8 grants · $1.1M
- Third Sector New England5 grants · $985,000
- Alternatives for Community and Environment3 grants · $845,000
- The City School7 grants · $760,000
- Urban Revival6 grants · $715,378
- Center for Economic Democracy7 grants · $677,385
- Community Labor United4 grants · $625,200
- Massachusetts Law Reform Institute3 grants · $510,000
- Resist2 grants · $467,632
- Urban Revival Inc (City Lifevida Urbana)1 grant · $444,508
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 301 grants.
- $479,565
Resist · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
Matahari Women Workers' Center, BEJA, SIM, Reclaim Roxbury, MassCOSH, Learning Circle & New Fundraisers Cohort
- $466,180
Resist · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
Boston Education Justice Alliance, Matahari Women Workers' Center, Reclaim Roxbury, other projects, and general support
- $444,508
Urban Revival Inc (City Lifevida Urbana) · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
Homes for All Massachusetts, anniversary, employee match, 2023 ReFrame Academy participation, and general support
- $420,000
Alternatives for Community and Environment · Roxbury, MA · 2024
General support
- $375,000
Alternatives for Community and Environment · Roxbury, MA · 2023
NEU4J's Climate Justice Organizing Training School, participatory design, and general support
- $370,000
Community Labor United · Boston, MA · 2022
Democracy HUBs Boston Redistricting Education, New England United for Justice, and general support
- $350,000
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
Housing Justice, Equity and Preservation, and Springfield Community Lawyering projects
- $325,000
Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2024
HUBS Movement Infrastructure Project
- $325,000
The City School · Boston, MA · 2023
General support, Youth Justice & Power Union, Ella Baker Young Adult Fellowship, leadership transition, and project design
- $280,000
Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2023
MA Hubs, Center to Support Immigrant Organizing, and Revere Youth in Action projects
- $260,000
Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2022
Center for Support Immigrant Organizing, Voter Table Education
- $260,000
Urban Revival · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
Housing Justice education, Lynn United for Change, PUEBLO, and general support
- $233,517
Center for Economic Democracy · Boston, MA · 2023
Boston Ujima support, Center for Cooperative Development and Solidarity, employee match, and general support
- $225,000
Center for Economic Democracy · Boston, MA · 2022
Boston Ujima, Center for Cooperative Development and Solidarity, Solidarity Economy Initiative
- $205,000
Urban Revival · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
Homes for All Massachusetts Project
- $202,500
Resist · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
General support
- $194,435
Commonwealth Kitchen · Dorchester, MA · 2022
Holiday Gift Boxes
- $190,000
Urban Revival · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
General support
- $181,000
Asian American Resource Workshop · Dorchester, MA · 2022
ADA, Not For Sale project, Pan Asian Narrative Strategy team project, SEARR, and general support
- $180,000
Black Economic Council of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2023
Black Mass. Coalition and general support
- $179,500
Asian American Resource Workshop · Dorchester, MA · 2023
Dorchester Not For Sale, refugee assistance, 2023 ReFrame Academy, and general support
- $175,000
Community Labor United · Boston, MA · 2023
New England United for Justice, project design, and general support
- $175,000
Chinese Progressive Assoc · Boston, MA · 2022
Anniversary Event, executive transition, data migration and integration, flood recovery, and general support
- $165,000
The City School · Boston, MA · 2022
Celebrating Change Event, Youth Justice & Power Union Project, and general support
- $159,000
Resist · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
MassCOSH - Immigrant and Youth Worker Justice
- $151,000
Neighbor To Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund · Worcester, MA · 2024
General support
- $150,000
Center for Labor Educ & Research · Boston, MA · 2022
Data Integration Pilot, leadership development, narrative strategy and re-branding
- $147,000
Massachusetts Communities Action Network · Boston, MA · 2023
I Have a Future project, staff alignment retreat, and general support
- $142,000
Center for Labor Education and Research · Boston, MA · 2024
Digital Empowerment for Social Justice Project
- $140,000
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative · Roxbury, MA · 2022
Greater Boston Community Land Trust Network, leadership transition, and general support
- $135,000
Massachusetts Communities Action Network · Dorchester, MA · 2022
Carry it Forward and I Have a Future projects and general support
- $135,000
Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Expanding SNOL's Capacity, Right to the City Boston, Springfield No One Leaves projects
- $130,000
Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
SNOL, project alignment, 2023 ReFrame Academy participation
- $130,000
Massachusetts Budget & Policy Center · Boston, MA · 2022
Delivering on Equity, MassBudget Communications Transition, and general support
- $125,000
Massachusetts Voter Education Network · Boston, MA · 2022
Democracy Hub Initiative and general support
- $113,000
Chinese Progressive Association · Boston, MA · 2023
Participatory design and general support
- $110,000
The City School · Dorchester, MA · 2024
Young Adult Fellowship Project
- $110,000
Black Economic Council of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2022
Black Mass Coalition and general support
- $105,500
Boston Impact Initiative Fund · Roxbury, MA · 2024
General support
- $103,000
Center for Labor Education and Research · Boston, MA · 2023
Participatory design and general support
- $102,500
La Colaborativa · Chelsea, MA · 2024
General support
- $102,249
Center for Economic Democracy · Boston, MA · 2024
Boston Ujima Project
- $100,000
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative · Roxbury, MA · 2024
Greater Boston Community Land Trust Network Project
- $100,000
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative · Roxbury, MA · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
Springfield Community Lawyering Project
- $100,000
Boston Impact Initiative Fund · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
City Life/Vida Urbanas Participation in BIIs Fund-Building Cohort and general support
- $97,500
Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $95,000
Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust · Roxbury, MA · 2024
General support
- $95,000
Chinatown Community Land Trust · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $95,000
Vietnamese American Initiative for Devel · Dorchester, MA · 2022
Board development, IT infrastructure, Nail Salon Project, and VACC support
- $91,000
Chinese Progressive Association · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $90,000
Cair-Ma · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
- $90,000
Immigrant Family Services Institute · Mattapan, MA · 2023
Immigrants Make America Strong and general support
- $82,000
Brockton Interfaith Community · Brockton, MA · 2023
General support, IT, training and development
- $81,000
Center for Labor Education and Research · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $81,000
The City School · Dorchester, MA · 2024
General support
- $80,000
Community Labor United · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $80,000
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $80,000
Massachusetts Voter Education Network · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $80,000
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
- $80,000
Greenroots · Chelsea, MA · 2022
Forbes St/Chelsea Land Trust Initiative and general support
- $80,000
Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $79,900
Massachusetts Advocates for Children · Boston, MA · 2023
General support, executive coaching and DEI initiatives, cybersecurity enhancement and data migration
- $78,000
La Colaborativa · Chelsea, MA · 2023
General support
- $76,000
Greenroots · Chelsea, MA · 2024
General support
- $76,000
Massachusetts Senior Action Council · Quincy, MA · 2024
General support
- $75,000
Massachusetts Communities Action Network · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $75,000
Boston Impact Initiative Fund · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
Growing the Solidarity Finance Movement to Strengthen the Solidarity Economy in Massachusetts
- $75,000
Massachusetts Voter Education Network · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
- $75,000
Alternatives for Community & Environment · Roxbury, MA · 2022
General support
- $75,000
La Colaborativa (Chelsea Collaborative) · Chelsea, MA · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational · Dorchester, MA · 2022
Immigrant and Youth Worker Justice
- $75,000
Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp · Boston, MA · 2022
The Greater Boston Immigrant Defense Fund
- $73,000
Greenroots · Chelsea, MA · 2023
General support
- $73,000
Massachusetts Senior Action Council · Quincy, MA · 2023
General support
- $71,000
Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center · Boston, MA · 2023
Technology infrastructure and general support
- $70,000
Massachusetts Communities Action Network · Boston, MA · 2024
I Have a Future Project
- $70,000
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative · Roxbury, MA · 2023
Participatory design and general support
- $70,000
Mass Senior Action Council · Quincy, MA · 2022
General support
- $68,780
Greater Boston Interfaith Organization Sponsoring Committee · Boston, MA · 2023
Housing Justice Project
- $65,000
Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $65,000
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance · Boston, MA · 2023
Homebuyer Union Project, movement infrastructure, and executive transitions
- $64,000
Asian American Resource Workshop · Dorchester, MA · 2024
General support
- $64,000
Brazilian Worker Center · Allston, MA · 2024
General support
- $64,000
Lawyers for Civil Rights · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $64,000
Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Right to the City Boston Project
- $62,309
Lawyers for Civil Rights · Boston, MA · 2023
General support and employee match
- $62,000
Ayni Institute · Revere, MA · 2023
Neighbors United for a Better East Boston
- $62,000
Brazilian Worker Center · Allston, MA · 2023
General support
- $60,500
Pioneer Valley Project · Springfield, MA · 2023
Pioneer Valley Project and SOF grant
- $60,000
Center for Economic Democracy · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $60,000
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $60,000
Resist · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
Matahari Women Workers Center Project
- $60,000
Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth · Boston, MA · 2022
Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition and general support
- $60,000
Brazilian Worker Center · Allston, MA · 2022
General support
- $60,000
Lawyers for Civil Rights · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $60,000
Neighbor To Neighbor Ma Ed Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $60,000
The Center for Teen Empowerment · Boston, MA · 2022
Relocation and Build-Out of New Teen Empowerment Headquarters and general support
- $56,000
Justice at Work · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $55,000
Citizens for Juvenile Justice · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
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