Funding search · EIN 222946282 · Needham Heights, MA

The Croll 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.

206
grants reported
$4.8M
total given
2020–2023
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20202023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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8 grants matching “whaling · $86,000

  • $10,000

    New Bedford Whaling Museum · New Bedford, MA · 2023

    Support for current programs

  • $1,000

    New Bedford Whaling Museum · New Bedford, MA · 2023

    Support for current programs

  • $20,000

    New Bedford Whaling Museum · New Bedford, MA · 2022

    Support for exhibits

  • $15,000

    New Bedford Whaling Museum · New Bedford, MA · 2022

    Support for exhibits

  • $10,000

    New Bedford Whaling Museum · New Bedford, MA · 2022

    Support for current programs

  • $10,000

    New Bedford Whaling Museum · New Bedford, MA · 2021

    Support for current programs

  • $10,000

    New Bedford Whaling Museum · New Bedford, MA · 2020

    Support for current programs

  • $10,000

    New Bedford Whaling Museum · New Bedford, MA · 2020

    Support for sponsorship - ryder century of american art

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Buzzards Bay Coalition9 grants · $797,000
  • Trustees of Reservations3 grants · $400,000
  • The Trustees of Reservations9 grants · $357,400
  • Cornell University5 grants · $350,000
  • Museum of Fine Arts4 grants · $315,420
  • Children'S Hospital2 grants · $300,000
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society3 grants · $176,000
  • Brigham & Women'S Hospital6 grants · $132,000
  • Mass Audubon Society2 grants · $111,000
  • Ohio Wesleyan University4 grants · $100,000

Giving over time

$1.2M
2020
$1.4M
2021
$1.4M
2022
$841,873
2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 206 grants.

  • $300,000

    Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2021

    Support for current programs

  • $250,000

    Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2022

    Support for current programs

  • $250,000

    The Trustees of Reservations · Beverly, MA · 2022

    Support for current programs and decordova gala

  • $250,000

    Trustees of Reservations · Sharon, MA · 2021

    Support for annual fund

  • $200,000

    Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2020

    Phase 2 edmc fund, 3rd installment

  • $150,000

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2020

    Support current programs

  • $100,000

    Mass Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2023

    Support for current programs

  • $100,000

    Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022

    Pledge payment #3 crl

  • $100,000

    Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2022

    Support for current programs

  • $100,000

    Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2022

    Annual fund

  • $100,000

    Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2021

    Support current programs

  • $100,000

    Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2021

    Support for current programs

  • $100,000

    Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2021

    Support current programs

  • $100,000

    Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2020

    Support for the generations campaign

  • $100,000

    Trustees of Reservations · Sharon, MA · 2020

    Support for decordova sculpture park and museum

  • $51,000

    Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2021

    Annual fund

  • $50,000

    Boston Childrens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    4th installment of pledge

  • $50,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Boston · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for current programs

  • $50,000

    Cornell University · Riverside, CT · 2023

    Support for lab of ornithology annual fund

  • $50,000

    Greenwich County Day School · Greenwich, CT · 2023

    Support for gcds first

  • $50,000

    Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for presidents circle

  • $50,000

    The Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for millborn farm

  • $50,000

    Brigham & Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022

    Support for solomon scholars

  • $50,000

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    Lab of ornithology

  • $50,000

    Greenwich Country Day School · Greenwich, CT · 2022

    Support for gcds first

  • $50,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Boston · Boston, MA · 2021

    Support 2022 annual dinner

  • $50,000

    Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2021

    Land stewardship endowment

  • $50,000

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2021

    Lab of ornithology

  • $50,000

    Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2021

    Support for current programs

  • $50,000

    Brigham & Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2020

    Solomon scholars

  • $50,000

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2020

    Lab of ornithology

  • $50,000

    Trustees of Reservations · Sharon, MA · 2020

    Support for annual fund

  • $35,000

    St Stephen'S Youth Programs · Boston, MA · 2020

    Annual fund

  • $30,000

    Reach Prep · Stamford, CT · 2023

    Support for current programs

  • $25,000

    Boston Childrens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    Annual fund

  • $25,000

    Catholic Schools Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for current programs

  • $25,000

    Friends of St Stephen'S Youth Programs · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for current programs

  • $25,000

    Historic New England · Haverhill, MA · 2023

    Support for civic leader

  • $25,000

    Ohio Wesleyan University · Delaware, OH · 2023

    Support for current programs

  • $25,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Boston · Boston, MA · 2022

    Annual fund

  • $25,000

    Catholic School Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022

    Support for current programs

  • $25,000

    Ohio Wesleyan University · Delaware, OH · 2022

    Support for current programs

  • $25,000

    Sippican Lands Trust · Marion, MA · 2022

    Support for hoff property parking lot

  • $25,000

    St Stephen'S Youth Programs · Boston, MA · 2022

    Support for current programs

  • $25,000

    Historic New England · Boston, MA · 2021

    Benefit for lilly johnson

  • $25,000

    Ohio Wesleyan University · Delaware, OH · 2021

    Support for current programs

  • $25,000

    St Stephen'S Youth Programs · Boston, MA · 2021

    Support for current programs

  • $25,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Boston · Boston, MA · 2020

    Support for current programs

  • $25,000

    Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2020

    Support for current programs

  • $25,000

    Harvard Business School · Cambridge, MA · 2020

    Support for current programs - annual fund

  • $25,000

    Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2020

    Annual fund

  • $25,000

    Ohio Wesleyan University · Delaware, OH · 2020

    Support for current programs

  • $25,000

    The Catholic Schools Foundation · Boston, MA · 2020

    Support for inner city scholarship fund

  • $22,000

    Church of the Redeemer · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2023

    Annual pledge

  • $21,000

    Church of the Redeemer · Chesnut Hill, MA · 2022

    Support for current programs

  • $20,500

    Church of the Redeemer · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2021

    Support for current programs

  • $20,000

    Alma Del Mar Foundation · New Bedford, MA · 2023

    Annual fund

  • $20,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2023

    Support for current programs

  • $20,000

    Alma Del Mar Foundation · New Bedford, MA · 2022

    Support for current programs

  • $20,000

    Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2022

    Support for ride challenge

  • $20,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2022

    Support for current programs

  • $20,000

    New Bedford Whaling Museum · New Bedford, MA · 2022

    Support for exhibits

  • $20,000

    Alma Del Mar Foundation · New Bedford, MA · 2021

    Support for current programs

  • $20,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2021

    Support current programs

  • $20,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2020

    Support current programs

  • $20,000

    Church of the Redeemer · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2020

    Support for current programs

  • $20,000

    Lyceum Fellowship · Falmouth, MA · 2020

    Support for current programs

  • $18,000

    Winterthur Museum · Winterthur, DE · 2021

    Support for current programs

  • $15,000

    Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for current programs

  • $15,000

    New Bedford Whaling Museum · New Bedford, MA · 2022

    Support for exhibits

  • $15,000

    Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2022

    Support for services on south coast

  • $15,000

    Catholic School Foundation · Boston, MA · 2021

    Support current programs

  • $15,000

    Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2021

    Annual fund

  • $13,000

    The Trustees of Reservations · Beverly, MA · 2022

    Support for wicker purchase

  • $11,000

    Mass Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2023

    Support for current programs

  • $10,920

    Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2022

    Support for wicker furniture

  • $10,000

    Biological Medicine Institute · Providence, RI · 2023

    Support for current programs

  • $10,000

    Breast Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Support for boston hot pink party

  • $10,000

    Brigham & Womens Hospital · Somerville, MA · 2023

    Support for current programs

  • $10,000

    Emerald Necklace Conservancy · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for justine mee liff fund

  • $10,000

    Greenwich County Day School · Greenwich, CT · 2023

    Support for current programs

  • $10,000

    Harvard Business School · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Support for hbs fund digital innovation

  • $10,000

    New Bedford Light · New Bedford, MA · 2023

    Support for current programs

  • $10,000

    New Bedford Whaling Museum · New Bedford, MA · 2023

    Support for current programs

  • $10,000

    Pioneer Institute · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for current programs

  • $10,000

    South Coast Health · New Bedford, MA · 2023

    Support for current programs

  • $10,000

    Steppingstone Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for current programs

  • $10,000

    The Marion Institute · Marion, MA · 2023

    Support for frogfoot farm

  • $10,000

    The Park School · Brookline, MA · 2023

    Support for faculty development

  • $10,000

    The Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for decordova sculpture park

  • $10,000

    Brigham & Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022

    Support for women's health luncheon 2023

  • $10,000

    Emerald Necklace Conservancy · Brookline, MA · 2022

    Justine mee liff fund

  • $10,000

    Friends of Marion Council of Aging · Marion, MA · 2022

    Support for current programs

  • $10,000

    Harvard Business School · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    50th reunion pledge

  • $10,000

    New Bedford Light · South Dartmouth, MA · 2022

    Support for current programs

  • $10,000

    New Bedford Whaling Museum · New Bedford, MA · 2022

    Support for current programs

  • $10,000

    Pioneer Institute · Boston, MA · 2022

    Annual fund

  • $10,000

    Steppingstone Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022

    Support for current programs

  • $10,000

    The Park School · Brookline, MA · 2022

    Annual fund

  • $10,000

    Brigham & Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2021

    Support current programs

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