Funding search · EIN 046000647 · Boston, MA

Edwin S Webster 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.

268
grants reported
$9.4M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$25,000
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.

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Top recipients

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  • The Greater Boston Food Bank4 grants · $905,000
  • Massachusetts General Hospital4 grants · $645,000
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston4 grants · $600,000
  • Speare Memorial Hospital4 grants · $360,000
  • Squam Lakes Association4 grants · $350,000
  • Squam Lakes Natural Science Center4 grants · $350,000
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 grants · $255,000
  • President & Fellows of Harvard College1 grant · $250,000
  • Boston Childrens Hospital4 grants · $245,000
  • Pine Street Inn4 grants · $225,000

Giving over time

$2.3M
2022
$2.1M
2023
$2.5M
2024
$2.5M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 268 grants.

  • $300,000

    The Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $300,000

    The Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $250,000

    President & Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $225,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston · Boston, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $205,000

    The Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $175,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $175,000

    Squam Lakes Natural Science Center · Holderness, NH · 2024

    General operating support

  • $175,000

    Squam Lakes Association · Holderness, NH · 2022

    General operating support

  • $145,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $125,000

    Squam Lakes Natural Science Center · Holderness, NH · 2025

    General operating support

  • $125,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $125,000

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

    General operating support

  • $125,000

    Squam Lakes Association · Holderness, NH · 2023

    General operating support

  • $125,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $125,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $105,000

    Speare Memorial Hospital · Plymouth, NH · 2022

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    The Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $90,000

    Speare Memorial Hospital · Plymouth, NH · 2025

    General operating support

  • $90,000

    Speare Memorial Hospital · Plymouth, NH · 2024

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    Speare Memorial Hospital · Plymouth, NH · 2023

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    Boston Childrens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $70,000

    Boston Childrens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $65,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $65,000

    Schepens Eye Research Institute · Boston, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $65,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $65,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $60,000

    Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2025

    General operating support

  • $60,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $60,000

    Wentworth Institute of Technology · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $60,000

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $55,000

    Southwestern Vermont Health Care Corp · Bennington, VT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Friends of the Children - Boston · Boston, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Holderness School · Plymouth, NH · 2025

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Joslin Diabetes Center · Boston, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    The Putney School · Putney, VT · 2025

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Windrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation · North Andover, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Boston Childrens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Holderness School · Holderness, NH · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Joslin Diabetes Center · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Windrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation · North Andover, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Boston Childrens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Friends' Central School · Wynnewood, PA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Joslin Diabetes Center · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Landmark School · Prides Crossing, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Oak Hill Children'S Center · Pownal, VT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Susu Community Farm · Newfane, VT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $40,000

    Granite United Way · Plymouth, NH · 2025

    General operating support

  • $40,000

    Schoolyard Films · Jupiter, FL · 2025

    General operating support

  • $40,000

    Southwestern Vermont Health Care Corp · Bennington, VT · 2025

    General operating support

  • $40,000

    Friends of the Children - Boston · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $40,000

    Granite United Way · Plymouth, NH · 2024

    General operating support

  • $40,000

    Friends of the Children - Boston · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $40,000

    Granite United Way · Plymouth, NH · 2023

    General operating support

  • $40,000

    Windrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation · North Andover, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $40,000

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $40,000

    Friends of the Children - Boston · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $40,000

    Granite United Way · Manchester, NH · 2022

    General operating support

  • $40,000

    Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $40,000

    Joslin Diabetes Center · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $35,000

    Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $35,000

    Landmark School · Prides Crossing, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $35,000

    Lawrence General Hospital · Lawrence, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $35,000

    Oak Hill Children'S Center · Pownal, VT · 2025

    General operating support

  • $35,000

    Emerald Necklace Conservancy · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $35,000

    Landmark School · Prides Crossing, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Lymetv · Portland, ME · 2025

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Museum of Science Boston · Boston, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Oak Hill Children'S Center · Pownal, VT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Southwestern Vermont Health Care Corp · Bennington, VT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Museum of Science Boston · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    New England Aquarium Corp · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Oak Hill Children'S Center · Pownal, VT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Windrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation · North Andover, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Bennington Museum · Bennington, VT · 2025

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Care Dimensions · Danvers, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Friends' Central School · Wynnewood, PA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2025

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    New England Aquarium Corp · Boston, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Newport Historical Society · Newport, RI · 2025

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Pomfret School · Pomfret, CT · 2025

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Preservation League of New York State · Albany, NY · 2025

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Preservation Society of Newport County · Newport, RI · 2025

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Squam Lakes Association · Holderness, NH · 2025

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    The Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    University of Massachusetts Foundation · Newton, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Vermont Folklife Center · Middlebury, VT · 2025

    General operating support

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