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 2022–2025. 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
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston4,151 grants · $943.7M
- Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund3,620 grants · $914.9M
- Mass General Brigham Incorporated &472 grants · $3.11B
Similar grant size
- The Ayco Charitable Foundation15,303 grants · $2.05B
- Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral16,278 grants · $1.08B
- Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund19,135 grants · $6.79B
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