Funding search · EIN 043537449 · Fitchburg, MA

Community Foundation of North Central

Name: Community Foundation of North Central grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

336
grants reported: $15.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $14,194
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.

What they fund

education services social arts culture pandemic related environmental

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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

Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg Leominster and Gardner3 grants · $2.5M
Bessemer National Giving Fund1 grant · $842,550
Groton Hill Music Center2 grants · $764,300
Growing Places Garden Project3 grants · $679,696
United Way of North Central Massachusetts2 grants · $562,660
Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation2 grants · $542,614
United Way of North Central Mass1 grant · $542,180
North Star Family Services3 grants · $469,361
Shine Initiative Fund1 grant · $381,517
Protect Our Winters2 grants · $350,000

Giving over time

$6.1M

2022

$4.3M

2023

$4.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 336 grants.

$981,696
Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg Leominster and Gardner · Leominster, MA · 2022
Community development
$897,348
Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg Leominster and Gardner · Leominster, MA · 2024
Youth development
$842,550
Bessemer National Giving Fund · Woodbridge, NJ · 2022
Daf "the pang family fund"
$695,700
Groton Hill Music Center · Groton, MA · 2023
Arts & culture
$609,378
Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg Leominster and Gardner · Leominster, MA · 2023
Youth development
$542,180
United Way of North Central Mass · Fitchburg, MA · 2022
Pandemic related, social services, community development, etc
$391,970
Growing Places Garden Project · Leominster, MA · 2022
Community development
$381,517
Shine Initiative Fund · Worcester, MA · 2022
Closing of fund
$368,758
United Way of North Central Massachusetts · Fitchburg, MA · 2023
Social services
$303,354
Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation · Gardner, MA · 2024
Education
$281,631
Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation · Gardner, MA · 2022
Education
$254,748
North Star Family Services · Leominster, MA · 2024
Social services
$254,042
North County Land Trust · Leominster, MA · 2022
General operating
$239,260
Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation · Gardner, MA · 2023
Education
$227,424
The Frank Healey Jr Scholarship Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
Education
$202,500
Community Foundation for Nantucket · Nantucket, MA · 2022
The nantucket fund
$200,000
Protect Our Winters · Boulder, CO · 2024
Environmental
$193,902
United Way of North Central Massachusetts · Fitchburg, MA · 2024
Social services
$165,469
Growing Places Garden Project · Leominster, MA · 2023
Pandemic related
$164,000
St Bernard'S High School · Fitchburg, MA · 2024
Education
$163,787
Fitchburg State University Foundation · Fitchburg, MA · 2022
Education
$150,500
Applewild School · Fitchburg, MA · 2023
Education
$150,000
Protect Our Winters · Boulder, CO · 2023
Environmental
$145,538
North Star Family Services · Leominster, MA · 2022
Social services
$122,257
Growing Places Garden Project · Leominster, MA · 2024
Pandemic related
$113,090
Doyle Field Donation Account · Leominster, MA · 2024
Youth development
$109,869
Fitchburg State University Foundation · Fitchburg, MA · 2024
Education
$100,000
The Salvation Army Massachusetts Division · Canton, MA · 2024
Social services
$100,000
Worcester Community Housing Resources in · Worcester, MA · 2022
Community development
$98,057
World Farmers · Lancaster, MA · 2022
Education
$91,000
Applewild School · Fitchburg, MA · 2024
Education
$82,625
Monadnock Trust · Gardner, MA · 2024
Environmental preservation
$78,602
North County Land Trust · Leominster, MA · 2024
Environmental
$77,292
Doyle Field Foundation · Shirley, MA · 2022
Reimbursement of expenses for field's maintenance
$71,483
Heywood Healthcare · Gardner, MA · 2024
Pandemic related
$69,075
North Star Family Services · Leominster, MA · 2023
Social services
$68,600
Groton Hill Music Center · Groton, MA · 2024
Arts & culture
$68,366
North County Land Trust · Leominster, MA · 2023
Environmental
$66,500
Umass Memorial Health Alliance-Clinton Ho · Worcester, MA · 2022
Health
$65,000
Environmental League of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2023
Environmental
$59,728
Greater Lowell Community Foundation · Lowell, MA · 2022
Environmental
$57,089
Spanish American Center · Leominster, MA · 2024
Arts & culture
$57,000
City of Gardner · Gardner, MA · 2024
Pandemic related
$57,000
Townsend Public Library Endowment Committee · Townsend, MA · 2024
Arts & culture
$56,600
Groton Hill Music · Littleton, MA · 2022
Arts & culture
$55,599
First Parish Church of Groton · Groton, MA · 2023
Arts & culture
$53,852
Leominster Education Foundation · Leominster, MA · 2023
Arts & culture
$53,000
Spanish American Center · Leominster, MA · 2022
Pandemic related
$52,965
Rock Harvest Farm · New Braintree, MA · 2023
Pandemic related
$51,200
Groton Conservation Trust · Groton, MA · 2024
Environmental
$50,000
Dismas Home of New Hampshire · Manchester, NH · 2024
Social services
$50,000
The Conservation Alliance · Windsor, CO · 2023
Environmental
$50,000
Crocker Field Restoration Committee · Fitchburg, MA · 2022
Crocker field restoration
$49,743
Clear Path for Veterans New England · Devens, MA · 2022
Community development/pandemic related
$48,330
Townsend Public Library Endowment Committee · Townsend, MA · 2022
Arts & culture
$44,000
World Farmers · Lancaster, MA · 2024
Pandemic related
$43,000
Shirley Charitable Foundation · Shirley, MA · 2023
Social services
$41,047
Leominster Education Foundation · Leominster, MA · 2022
Education
$41,000
Athol Orange Community Television · Athol, MA · 2024
Arts & culture
$40,773
Ginny'S Helping Hand · Leominster, MA · 2022
Social services
$40,000
Narragansett Historical Society · Templeton, MA · 2024
Arts & culture
$40,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2023
Environmental
$40,000
Just Understand My Potential (Jump) · Harvard, MA · 2022
Community development
$40,000
Narragansett Historical Society · Narragansett, RI · 2022
Education
$39,879
St Benedict Abbey · Still River, MA · 2022
Closing of fund
$39,000
Townsend Public Library Endowment Committee · Townsend, MA · 2023
Arts & culture
$37,629
Seven Hills Foundation and Affiliates · Worcester, MA · 2024
Pandemic related
$35,174
Athol High School Scholarship Association · Athol, MA · 2023
Education
$35,000
Monadnock Trust · Gardner, MA · 2022
Youth development
$32,244
Quabbin Food Connector · Orange, MA · 2022
Community development
$31,620
Wheat Community Connection · Clinton, MA · 2022
Social services
$31,500
Salvation Army Montachusett Corps · Fitchburg, MA · 2022
Pandemic related
$30,300
Groton Historical Society · Groton, MA · 2024
Arts & culture
$30,000
Action for the Climate Emergency · Charlestown, MA · 2024
Environmental
$30,000
Making Opportunity Count · Fitchburg, MA · 2024
Housing
$30,000
Technoserve · Arlington, VA · 2024
Social services
$30,000
Trustees of the Lawrence Academy at Groton · Groton, MA · 2024
Education
$30,000
Mass Audubon · Lincoln, MA · 2023
Environmental
$30,000
Sunset View Farm · Winchendon, MA · 2023
Pandemic related
$29,417
First Congregational Church of Princeton · Princeton, MA · 2022
Special program and repairs
$29,343
Heart of New England Council Boy Scouts of America · Rutland, MA · 2024
Youth development
$27,991
City of Fitchburg · Fitchburg, MA · 2023
Arts & culture
$27,703
Flicker Hill Homestead Llc · Gardner, MA · 2023
Pandemic related
$27,280
Doyle Field Donation Account · Leominster, MA · 2023
Youth development
$27,000
Athol Area Ymca · Athol, MA · 2022
Pandemic related
$26,063
Quabbin Food Connector · Orange, MA · 2024
Pandemic related
$25,830
Nashua River Watershed Association · Groton, MA · 2023
Environmental
$25,662
First Parish Church of Groton · Groton, MA · 2022
Restoration and campaign
$25,500
Shirley Charitable Foundation · Shirley, MA · 2024
Social services
$25,100
Groton Historical Society · Groton, MA · 2023
Arts & culture
$25,000
Best Buddies · Charlestown, MA · 2024
Social services
$25,000
Jewish Community Center Inc of Fitchburg & Leominster · Leominster, MA · 2023
Religion
$25,000
Seven Hills Foundation · Worcester, MA · 2023
Social services
$25,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2022
Environment
$25,000
Ayer Shirley Regional School District · Ayer, MA · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Mass Audubon · Lincoln, MA · 2022
Environmental
$25,000
Save the Children · Washington, DC · 2022
Disaster relief
$24,000
Catholic Charities Worcester County · Worcester, MA · 2022
Pandemic related
$23,697
City of Fitchburg · Fitchburg, MA · 2022
Pandemic related/ friends/ fitstage
$23,608
Friends of Hubbardston Senior Center · Hubbardston, MA · 2023
Senior center

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.