Funding search · EIN 273842131 · Boston, MA

Michael T Sherman 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.

99
grants reported
$1.5M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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Funding pattern

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3 grants matching “communityworks · $43,125

  • $16,125

    Community Workshops · Boston, MA · 2025

    Communityworks services

  • $15,000

    Community Workshops · Boston, MA · 2024

    Communityworks services

  • $12,000

    Community Workshops · Boston, MA · 2023

    Communityworks services

Top recipients

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

  • Perkins School for the Blind4 grants · $107,580
  • Sierra Club Foundation4 grants · $89,645
  • Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund4 grants · $89,645
  • Massachusetts General Hospital4 grants · $75,275
  • Aspca4 grants · $71,720
  • World Wildlife Fund4 grants · $71,720
  • Compass Working Capital4 grants · $65,790
  • Greater Boston Food Bank2 grants · $62,250
  • Habitat for Humanity International3 grants · $57,500
  • Franciscan Hospital for Children3 grants · $57,500

Giving over time

$275,960
2022
$300,000
2023
$453,875
2024
$475,000
2025

Grant history

All 99 reported grants, largest first.

  • $32,250

    Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $32,250

    Perkins School for the Blind · Watertown, MA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $30,000

    Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $30,000

    Perkins School for the Blind · Watertown, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $27,000

    Compass Working Capital · Boston, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $26,870

    Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2025

    General purpose

  • $26,870

    Multiple Myeloma Research Fd · Boston, MA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $26,870

    Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $25,000

    Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose

  • $25,000

    Multiple Myeloma Research Fd · Boston, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $25,000

    Sierra Club Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $24,000

    Perkins School for the Blind · Watertown, MA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $21,500

    Aspca · New York, NY · 2025

    General purpose

  • $21,500

    City of Phoenix Pediatric Health Care Initiative Fund · Phoenix, AZ · 2025

    Pediatric health care initiative fund

  • $21,500

    Franciscan Hospital for Children · Brighton, MA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $21,500

    Habitat for Humanity International · Americus, GA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $21,500

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025

    Home base program

  • $21,500

    Neads · Princeton, MA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $21,500

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2025

    General purpose

  • $21,330

    Perkins School for the Blind · Watertown, MA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $20,000

    Aspca · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose

  • $20,000

    Franciscan Hospital for Children · Brighton, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $20,000

    Habitat for Humanity International · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $20,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Home base program

  • $20,000

    Neads · Princeton, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $20,000

    Phoenix Childrens Hospital Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    General purpose

  • $20,000

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $20,000

    Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    General purpose

  • $20,000

    Sierra Club Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $20,000

    Franciscan Children'S · Brighton, MA · 2022

    Boston wiffleball challenge

  • $17,775

    Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    General purpose

  • $17,775

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022

    Home base program

  • $17,775

    Sierra Club Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $16,125

    Boston Higher Education Resource Center · Boston, MA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $16,125

    Camfed USA Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $16,125

    Community Workshops · Boston, MA · 2025

    Communityworks services

  • $16,125

    Compass Working Capital · Boston, MA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $16,125

    Himalayan Cataract Project · Norwich, VT · 2025

    General purpose

  • $16,125

    Onegoal Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $16,125

    School On Wheels of Massachusetts · East Bridgewater, MA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $16,125

    Teach for America · Boston, MA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $16,000

    Aspca · New York, NY · 2023

    General purpose

  • $16,000

    Franciscan Hospital for Children · Brighton, MA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $16,000

    Habitat for Humanity International · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $16,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    Home base program

  • $16,000

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $15,000

    Boston Higher Education Resource Center · Boston, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $15,000

    Camfed USA Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $15,000

    Community Workshops · Boston, MA · 2024

    Communityworks services

  • $15,000

    Himalayan Cataract Project · Waterbury, VT · 2024

    General purpose

  • $15,000

    Onegoal Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $15,000

    School On Wheels of Massachusetts · East Bridgewater, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $15,000

    Teach for America · Boston, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $14,220

    Aspca · New York, NY · 2022

    General purpose

  • $14,220

    Habitat for Humanity International · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $14,220

    Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Corp · Charlestown, MA · 2022

    The travis roy center

  • $14,220

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $14,220

    Year Up · Boston, MA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $13,440

    Resilient Coders · Cambridge, MA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $12,500

    Resilient Coders · Boston, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $12,000

    Boston Higher Education Resource Center · Boston, MA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $12,000

    Camfed USA Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $12,000

    Community Workshops · Boston, MA · 2023

    Communityworks services

  • $12,000

    Compass Working Capital · Boston, MA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $12,000

    Himalayan Cataract Project · Waterbury, VT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $12,000

    Onegoal Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $12,000

    School On Wheels of Massachusetts · East Bridgewater, MA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $12,000

    Teach for America · Boston, MA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $12,000

    Year Up · Boston, MA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $10,750

    Project Medishare for Haiti · Miami, FL · 2025

    General purpose

  • $10,665

    Boston Higher Education Resource Center · Boston, MA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $10,665

    Camfed USA Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $10,665

    Community Workshops · Boston, MA · 2022

    Community work services

  • $10,665

    Compass Working Capital · Boston, MA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $10,665

    Himalayan Cataract Project · Waterbury, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $10,665

    Onegoal Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $10,665

    School On Wheels of Massachusetts · East Bridgewater, MA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $10,665

    Teach for America · Boston, MA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Project Medishare for Haiti · Miami, FL · 2024

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Resilient Coders · Boston, MA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $8,887

    Resilient Coders · Boston, MA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $8,060

    Friends of Project Renew · McLean, VA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $8,060

    Mines Advisory Group America · Washington, DC · 2025

    General purpose

  • $8,060

    Peacetrees Vietnam · Seattle, WA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $8,000

    Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $8,000

    Project Medishare for Haiti · Miami, FL · 2023

    General purpose

  • $7,500

    Friends of Project Renew · McLean, VA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $7,500

    Mines Advisory Group America · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $7,500

    Peacetrees Vietnam · Seattle, WA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $7,110

    Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $7,110

    Project Medishare for Haiti · Miami, FL · 2022

    General purpose

  • $6,000

    Friends of Project Renew · McLean, VA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $6,000

    Mines Advisory Group America · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $6,000

    Peacetrees Vietnam · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $2,500

    Educated Canines Assisting With Disabilities · Winsted, CT · 2023

    Gift in honor of meghan sandelli

  • $2,020

    Project Step · Boston, MA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $1,875

    Project Step · Boston, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $1,778

    Project Step · Boston, MA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $1,500

    Project Step · Boston, MA · 2023

    General purpose

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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.