Funding search · EIN 223195349 · Boston, MA
Fidelity Non-Profit Management
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 282
- grants reported
- $327.0M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $595,000
- 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
equipmenttechnologydevelopmentevaluationendowmentplanningbuildingscare
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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.
Where the money goes
- Capital projects and renovations for Boston-area cultural institutions
- Technology, equipment, and data systems for workforce nonprofits
- College-to-career and job training programs for underserved young adults
- Endowment gifts to museums, conservatories, and historical societies
- Discovery research on Alzheimer's and other dementias
- Specialized equipment for Massachusetts regional vocational school districts
Typical grant
The median is $595,000 and the middle half runs $400,000 to $1.23 million. The eight-figure and multimillion checks go almost entirely to bricks and mortar or endowment at established Massachusetts institutions (MGH at $25M for new construction, Boston Symphony and Worcester Art Museum at $5M each), while $300,000 to $600,000 buys technology, equipment, and program evaluation at smaller organizations. With 282 grants to 172 recipients, repeat funding is the norm, and several grantees appear twice in a single year for different purposes (Cape Ann Museum, Braven, Year Up United, Resilient Coders, UMass Foundation three times).
Their words
Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.
- “PROPERTY CARE; BUILDINGS; RENOVATION”
- “TECHNOLOGY & EQUIPMENT”
- “DISCOVERY RESEARCH (SCIENCE)”
- “PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT/EVALUATION”
- “R&D/INNOVATION/PILOTS”
- “SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT”
Positioning adjacent work
- Their science giving is narrow: dementia. Frame neurodegeneration work as "DISCOVERY RESEARCH (SCIENCE)" and ask $500,000 to $1.385 million.
- Package the request as infrastructure: equipment, data systems, or evaluation capacity, not researcher salaries or indirect costs.
- A Massachusetts institutional home is the single strongest signal. Route through a Boston-area university, hospital, or affiliate if possible.
- Nonresearch angle: pair discovery work with workforce or technical training outcomes, which is where most non-capital dollars land.
Worth knowing: This is overwhelmingly a Massachusetts funder, with 193 of 282 grants in state and the out-of-state money concentrated in a few national names in New York, Chicago, and DC. Almost nothing here is general operating support; the record is capital, endowment, equipment, and evaluation, and the largest recipients look like long-standing institutional relationships rather than open competition.
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Massachusetts General Hospital2 grants · $25.5M
- Worcester Art Museum5 grants · $17.5M
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology10 grants · $15.5M
- Harvard University3 grants · $13.8M
- Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Association1 grant · $7.5M
- Alzheimer'S Disease and Related Disorders Association1 grant · $7.5M
- Per Scholas3 grants · $6.3M
- The Posse Foundation3 grants · $6.0M
- Boston Ballet3 grants · $6.0M
- Childrens Hospital Corporation2 grants · $5.3M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 282 grants.
- $25.0M
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
New construction
- $10.0M
Harvard University · Boston, MA · 2022
Endowment
- $7.5M
Alzheimer'S Disease and Related Disorders Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
Discovery research (science)
- $7.5M
Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
Discovery research (science)
- $5.0M
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2024
Renovation
- $5.0M
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2024
Endowment
- $5.0M
Worcester Art Museum · Worcester, MA · 2024
Property care; buildings; renovation
- $5.0M
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
Renovation
- $5.0M
Childrens Hospital Corporation · Boston, MA · 2022
Endowment
- $5.0M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Endowment
- $5.0M
Skystone Foundation · Flagstaff, AZ · 2022
Endowment
- $5.0M
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities · Boston, MA · 2022
Endowment
- $4.0M
Historic New England · Haverhill, MA · 2024
Campaign/fundraising plan
- $4.0M
Worcester Art Museum · Worcester, MA · 2023
Property care; buildings; renovation
- $4.0M
Worcester Art Museum · Worcester, MA · 2022
Property care; buildings; renovation
- $3.0M
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation · North Adams, MA · 2024
Renovation
- $3.0M
New England Historic Genealogical Society · Boston, MA · 2024
Property care; buildings; renovation
- $3.0M
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Endowment
- $3.0M
Museum of Science · Boston, MA · 2023
Technology & equipment
- $3.0M
New England Conservatory of Music · Boston, MA · 2023
Property care; buildings; construction
- $3.0M
Boston Ballet · Boston, MA · 2022
Endowment
- $3.0M
Harvard University · Boston, MA · 2022
Discovery research (science)
- $2.5M
Henry E Huntington Library & Art Gallery · San Marino, CA · 2024
Property care; buildings; construction
- $2.5M
North Bennet Street School · Boston, MA · 2024
Property care; buildings; renovation
- $2.5M
Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2024
Crm
- $2.5M
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute · Williamstown, MA · 2024
Endowment
- $2.5M
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation · Bismarck, ND · 2024
New construction
- $2.5M
Handel and Haydn Society · Boston, MA · 2023
Endowment
- $2.5M
Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2023
Property care; buildings; renovation
- $2.5M
The New-York Historical Society · New York, NY · 2023
New construction
- $2.5M
American Antiquarian Society · Worcester, MA · 2022
Endowment
- $2.5M
Handel and Haydn Society · Boston, MA · 2022
Endowment
- $2.5M
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2022
Endowment
- $2.5M
Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum · Boston, MA · 2022
Endowment
- $2.5M
Worcester Art Museum · Worcester, MA · 2022
Endowment
- $2.4M
Worcester County Horticultural Society · Boylston, MA · 2023
Renovation
- $2.3M
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2022
Discovery research (science)
- $2.0M
Institute of Contemporary Art · Boston, MA · 2024
Endowment
- $2.0M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Program development/evaluation
- $2.0M
New England Conservatory of Music · Boston, MA · 2024
Property care; buildings; construction
- $2.0M
The Posse Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Endowment
- $2.0M
Year Up United · Boston, MA · 2024
Technology & equipment
- $2.0M
Boston Ballet · Boston, MA · 2023
Endowment
- $2.0M
The Posse Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Endowment
- $2.0M
Worcester Art Museum · Worcester, MA · 2023
Property care; buildings; renovation
- $2.0M
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2023
Technology & equipment
- $2.0M
The Posse Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Endowment
- $2.0M
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2022
Technology & equipment
- $1.9M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Renovation
- $1.9M
Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2023
Program development/evaluation
- $1.9M
Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2022
Program development/evaluation
- $1.8M
Berklee College of Music · Boston, MA · 2023
Technology & equipment
- $1.6M
Braven · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program expansion
- $1.5M
Bellforge Arts Center · Medfield, MA · 2024
Property care; buildings; renovation
- $1.5M
Boch Center · Boston, MA · 2024
Technology & equipment
- $1.5M
Concord Museum · Concord, MA · 2024
Endowment
- $1.5M
Huntington Theatre Company · Boston, MA · 2024
Endowment
- $1.5M
Massachusetts Historical Society · Boston, MA · 2024
Endowment
- $1.5M
Social Finance · Boston, MA · 2024
Campaign/fundraising plan
- $1.5M
The Shed · New York, NY · 2024
General operating/annual support
- $1.5M
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Campaign/fundraising
- $1.5M
Mass General Brigham Incorporated · Boston, MA · 2023
Discovery research (science)
- $1.5M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Technology & equipment
- $1.5M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Salary support
- $1.5M
Social Finance · Boston, MA · 2023
Campaign/fundraising
- $1.5M
University of Dublin Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Property care; buildings; historic preservation
- $1.4M
Children'S Hospital Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Discovery research (science)
- $1.4M
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation · North Adams, MA · 2022
Property care; buildings; renovation
- $1.4M
Georgia State University Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Program expansion
- $1.3M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Program development/evaluation
- $1.2M
University of Massachusetts Foundation · Newton, MA · 2024
Program expansion
- $1.2M
Brightfocus Foundation · Clarksburg, MD · 2024
Discovery research (science)
- $1.1M
Children'S Hospital Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
Discovery research (science)
- $1.1M
The Childrens Museum · Boston, MA · 2022
Planning
- $1.1M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Program development/evaluation
- $1.0M
Boston Ballet · Boston, MA · 2024
Endowment
- $1.0M
Braven · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program expansion
- $1.0M
Cape Ann Museum · Gloucester, MA · 2024
Property care; buildings; renovation
- $1.0M
Digital Harbor Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Other program dev project (please specify)
- $1.0M
Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2024
Discovery research (science)
- $1.0M
Jobs for the Future · Boston, MA · 2024
R&d/innovation/pilots
- $1.0M
Merit America · Washington, DC · 2024
Program development/evaluation
- $1.0M
Resilient Coders · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Strategic plan
- $1.0M
Boston Lyric Opera Company · Boston, MA · 2023
Campaign/fundraising
- $1.0M
Bottom Line · Boston, MA · 2023
Tech planning
- $1.0M
Fuller Craft Museum · Brockton, MA · 2023
Property care; buildings; renovation
- $1.0M
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2023
Endowment
- $1.0M
Jewish Vocational Service · Boston, MA · 2023
Construction
- $1.0M
Jobs for the Future · Boston, MA · 2023
R&d/innovation/pilots
- $1.0M
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Campaign/fundraising
- $1.0M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Program development/evaluation
- $1.0M
Old Sturbridge Village · Sturbridge, MA · 2023
Endowment
- $970,000
Middlesex Community College Foundation · Lowell, MA · 2023
Property care; buildings; construction
- $930,000
Naf · New York, NY · 2024
Technology & equipment
- $920,000
Big Picture Company · Providence, RI · 2024
Technology & equipment
- $900,000
Npower · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Program development/evaluation
- $900,000
Onegoal · Chicago, IL · 2024
Technology plan
- $900,000
Onegoal · Chicago, IL · 2023
Tech planning
- $900,000
Onegoal · Chicago, IL · 2022
Technology & equipment
- $880,000
Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024
R&d/innovation/pilots
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 purposes
- Fidelity Foundation7,750 grants · $457.4M
- The Community Foundation of Middle5,093 grants · $209.7M
- The Ahmanson Foundation1,717 grants · $248.4M
Similar grant size
- The Andrew W Mellon Foundation2,231 grants · $1.59B
- The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley2,251 grants · $1.69B
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation13,441 grants · $18.24B
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