Funding search · EIN 222914691 · Boston, MA
Mwc 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.
- 271
- grants reported
- $19.6M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $50,000
- 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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9 grants matching “turtle” · $720,000
- $110,000
Massachusetts Audobon - Wellfleet Bay · South Wellfleet, MA · 2024
Sea turtle rescue & recovery program/permit center for fossil free/goose pond dam & trail restoration project
- $100,000
New England Aquarium · Boston, MA · 2024
Sea turtle recovery programs at quincy faility/education programs
- $60,000
Turtle Island Restoration Network · Olema, CA · 2024
Protect endangered sea turtles and habitats
- $160,000
New England Aquarium · Boston, MA · 2023
Sea turtle recovery programs at quincy faility/education programs
- $60,000
Turtle Island Restoration Network · Olema, CA · 2023
Protect endangered sea turtles and habitats
- $35,000
Massachusetts Audobon - Wellfleet Bay · South Wellfleet, MA · 2023
Sea turtle rescue & recovery program/permit center for fossil free/goose pond dam & trail restoration project
- $100,000
New England Aquarium · Boston, MA · 2022
Sea turtle recovery programs at quincy faility/education programs
- $60,000
Turtle Island Restoration Network · Olema, CA · 2022
Protect endangered sea turtles and habitats
- $35,000
Massachusetts Audobon - Wellfleet Bay · South Wellfleet, MA · 2022
Sea turtle rescue & recovery program/permit center for fossil free/goose pond dam & trail restoration project
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund3 grants · $3.3M
- Earth Justice3 grants · $725,000
- Wilderness Society3 grants · $450,000
- Defenders of Wildlife3 grants · $425,000
- National Wildlife Federation3 grants · $375,000
- Pine Street Inn3 grants · $375,000
- New England Aquarium3 grants · $360,000
- Beth Israel Lahey Health2 grants · $325,000
- Northeast Wilderness Trust3 grants · $325,000
- Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund3 grants · $325,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 271 grants.
- $1.1M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General fund
- $1.1M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General fund
- $1.1M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General fund
- $250,000
Earth Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
- $250,000
Earth Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
- $225,000
Earth Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
- $175,000
Beth Israel Lahey Health · Boston, MA · 2024
Center for nutrition medicine in department of surgery
- $170,000
Women'S Bar Foundation of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2024
Elder law project/family law project/technology support
- $160,000
New England Aquarium · Boston, MA · 2023
Sea turtle recovery programs at quincy faility/education programs
- $150,000
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2024
Wildlife conservation in the rockies and plains/southern rockies wolf strategic plan
- $150,000
Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2024
Idaho high divide campaign/legal efforts in the artic/legal efforts to protect the wilderness
- $150,000
Beth Israel Lahey Health · Boston, MA · 2023
Center for nutrition medicine in department of surgery
- $150,000
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2023
Wildlife conservation in the rockies and plains/southern rockies wolf strategic plan
- $150,000
Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2023
Idaho high divide campaign/legal efforts in the artic/legal efforts to protect the wilderness
- $150,000
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2022
Center for nutrition medicine in department of surgery
- $150,000
Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2022
Idaho high divide campaign/legal efforts in the artic/legal efforts to protect the wilderness
- $125,000
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
- $125,000
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2024
For bison management on wind river reservation
- $125,000
Northeast Wilderness Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2024
Land acquisition & forever wild easements
- $125,000
Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2024
50th anniversary campaign
- $125,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Restoration efforts in northern great plains/mustang meadows lease payment for redco rosebud reservation
- $125,000
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
- $125,000
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2023
For bison management on wind river reservation
- $125,000
Northeast Wilderness Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2023
Land acquisition & forever wild easements
- $125,000
Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2023
50th anniversary campaign
- $125,000
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2022
Wildlife conservation in the rockies and plains/southern rockies wolf strategic plan
- $125,000
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2022
For bison management on wind river reservation
- $125,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022
Montana office/wildlife advocate position
- $125,000
Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2022
50th anniversary campaign
- $122,750
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2023
Diversity, equity & inclusion efforts
- $115,000
Boston Public Library · Boston, MA · 2024
For teen central program and homework assistance program
- $110,000
Massachusetts Audobon - Wellfleet Bay · South Wellfleet, MA · 2024
Sea turtle rescue & recovery program/permit center for fossil free/goose pond dam & trail restoration project
- $100,000
Aclu Foundation of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2024
General fund protect civil rights and individual liberties in ma
- $100,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2024
Diversity, equity & inclusion efforts
- $100,000
Boston Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2024
Mobil team initiative
- $100,000
Democracy Now Productions · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
- $100,000
Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders · Boston, MA · 2024
General operations
- $100,000
Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2024
Children and families stabilization project and other projects
- $100,000
Hebrew Senior Life · Roslindale, MA · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Melrose Wakefield Hospital · Melrose, MA · 2024
Nurse residency training program
- $100,000
New England Aquarium · Boston, MA · 2024
Sea turtle recovery programs at quincy faility/education programs
- $100,000
New England Center for Arts and Technology · Boston, MA · 2024
Boston training reinforcement program
- $100,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024
25,000 general fund & 50,000 artic conservation work
- $100,000
Rogerson Communities · Roslindale, MA · 2024
Adult daycare programs
- $100,000
Ymca of Greater Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Support salary of executive director of teen programs/services of weikart center for youth program quality
- $100,000
Aclu Foundation of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2023
General fund protect civil rights and individual liberties in ma
- $100,000
Boston Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2023
Mobil team initiative
- $100,000
Democracy Now Productions · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
- $100,000
Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2023
Children and families stabilization project and other projects
- $100,000
Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership · New York, NY · 2023
To support programming
- $100,000
Hebrew Senior Life · Roslindale, MA · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Melrose Wakefield Hospital · Melrose, MA · 2023
Nurse residency training program
- $100,000
New England Center for Arts and Technology · Boston, MA · 2023
Boston training reinforcement program
- $100,000
Rogerson Communities · Roslindale, MA · 2023
Adult daycare programs
- $100,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Restoration efforts in northern great plains/mustang meadows lease payment for redco rosebud reservation
- $100,000
Ymca of Greater Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
Support salary of executive director of teen programs/services of weikart center for youth program quality
- $100,000
Aclu Foundation of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2022
General fund protect civil rights and individual liberties in ma
- $100,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2022
Diversity, equity & inclusion efforts
- $100,000
Boston Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2022
Mobil team initiative
- $100,000
Democracy Now Productions · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
- $100,000
Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2022
Children and families stabilization project and other projects
- $100,000
Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership · New York, NY · 2022
To support programming
- $100,000
Hebrew Senior Life · Roslindale, MA · 2022
General support
- $100,000
New England Aquarium · Boston, MA · 2022
Sea turtle recovery programs at quincy faility/education programs
- $100,000
Rainforest Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
Developing community forest enterpries in cameroon & democratic republic of congo
- $100,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Restoration efforts in northern great plains/mustang meadows lease payment for redco rosebud reservation
- $100,000
Ymca of Greater Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
Support salary of executive director of teen programs/services of weikart center for youth program quality
- $95,000
Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice · Boston, MA · 2023
Contributions for dcf work
- $90,000
Haymarket People'S Fund · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
General fund
- $85,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
Habitat exchange program/work with navajo nation on methane rules
- $85,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Clean energy for all campaign
- $80,000
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Frontline program
- $80,000
826 Boston · Roxbury, MA · 2022
Writers room expansion plan, campaign for growth
- $80,000
Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General purposes
- $75,000
826 Boston · Roxbury, MA · 2024
Writers room expansion plan, campaign for growth
- $75,000
Agassiz Village · Lexington, MA · 2024
Teen programs
- $75,000
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
- $75,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
North atlantic right whale campaign
- $75,000
Family Aid Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
For general purposes
- $75,000
Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2024
For hunger free by 2028 campaign
- $75,000
Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General purposes
- $75,000
Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership · New York, NY · 2024
To support programming
- $75,000
National Center for Lesbian Rights · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purposes/antidiscrimination litigation
- $75,000
826 Boston · Roxbury, MA · 2023
Writers room expansion plan, campaign for growth
- $75,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
North atlantic right whale campaign
- $75,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
Habitat exchange program/work with navajo nation on methane rules
- $75,000
Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2023
For hunger free by 2028 campaign
- $75,000
National Center for Lesbian Rights · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purposes/antidiscrimination litigation
- $75,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023
25,000 general fund & 50,000 artic conservation work
- $75,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Clean energy for all campaign
- $75,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
Habitat exchange program/work with navajo nation on methane rules
- $75,000
Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders · Boston, MA · 2022
General operations
- $75,000
Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2022
For hunger free by 2028 campaign
- $75,000
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
- $75,000
National Center for Lesbian Rights · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General purposes/antidiscrimination litigation
- $75,000
Northeast Wilderness Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2022
Land acquisition & forever wild easements
- $75,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2022
25,000 general fund & 50,000 artic conservation work
- $75,000
Rogerson Communities · Roslindale, MA · 2022
Adult daycare programs
- $75,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Clean energy for all campaign
- $75,000
Women'S Bar Foundation of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2022
Elder law project/family law project/technology support
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- Mass General Brigham Incorporated &472 grants · $3.11B
Similar purposes
- The San Francisco Foundation6,369 grants · $813.9M
- Miramar Charitable Foundation625 grants · $750.0M
- Marin Community Foundation5,238 grants · $990.8M
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