Funding search · EIN 042105771 · Boston, MA

The Lowell Institute

Name: The Lowell Institute grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

59
grants reported: $8.3M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $60,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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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.

Wgbh4 grants · $2.3M
Northeastern University4 grants · $1.9M
Museum of Science4 grants · $1.2M
New England Aquarium2 grants · $652,304
Harvard University Extension School4 grants · $401,036
John F Kennedy Library Foundation4 grants · $345,000
Worldboston3 grants · $286,717
Cambridge Forum4 grants · $230,000
Boston College3 grants · $225,000
Revolutionary Spaces3 grants · $154,626

Giving over time

$1.6M

2021

$2.1M

2022

$2.3M

2023

$2.3M

2024

Grant history

All 59 reported grants, largest first.

$998,356
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2024
General Purpose
$656,908
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2023
General Purpose
$569,322
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2022
General Purpose
$507,789
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2021
General Purpose
$452,304
New England Aquarium · Boston, MA · 2023
General Purpose
$451,017
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2022
General Purpose
$404,245
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024
General Purpose
$373,585
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2021
General Purpose
$301,415
Museum of Science · Boston, MA · 2024
General Purpose
$300,000
Museum of Science · Boston, MA · 2022
General Purpose
$300,000
Museum of Science · Boston, MA · 2021
General Purpose
$299,325
Museum of Science · Boston, MA · 2023
General Purpose
$249,818
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2023
General Purpose
$200,000
New England Aquarium · Boston, MA · 2022
General Purpose
$105,417
Worldboston · Boston, MA · 2024
General Purpose
$100,542
Harvard University Extension School · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General Purpose
$100,494
Harvard University Extension School · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General Purpose
$100,000
Harvard University Extension School · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General Purpose
$100,000
Harvard University Extension School · Cambridge, MA · 2021
General Purpose
$92,300
Worldboston · Boston, MA · 2023
General Purpose
$90,000
John F Kennedy Library Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
General Purpose
$90,000
John F Kennedy Library Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
General Purpose
$90,000
John F Kennedy Library Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
General Purpose
$89,000
Worldboston · Boston, MA · 2022
General Purpose
$75,000
Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024
General Purpose
$75,000
Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2023
General Purpose
$75,000
Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2022
General Purpose
$75,000
John F Kennedy Library Foundation · Boston, MA · 2021
General Purpose
$71,626
Revolutionary Spaces · Boston, MA · 2023
General Purpose
$60,000
Cambridge Forum · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General Purpose
$60,000
Cambridge Forum · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General Purpose
$60,000
Cambridge Forum · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General Purpose
$58,000
Revolutionary Spaces · Boston, MA · 2022
General Purpose
$50,600
World Boston · Boston, MA · 2021
General Purpose
$50,000
Boston Public Library Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
General Purpose
$50,000
Boston Public Library Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
General Purpose
$50,000
Boston Public Library Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
General Purpose
$50,000
Boston Public Library · Boston, MA · 2021
General Purpose
$50,000
Cambridge Forum · Cambridge, MA · 2021
General Purpose
$40,000
Peabody Essex Museum · Salem, MA · 2023
General Purpose
$40,000
Peabody Essex Museum · Salem, MA · 2022
General Purpose
$35,000
Peabody Essex Museum · Salem, MA · 2021
General Purpose
$32,666
Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University · Boston, MA · 2024
General Purpose
$31,000
Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University · Boston, MA · 2022
General Purpose
$30,000
Peabody Essex Museum · Salem, MA · 2024
General Purpose
$29,460
Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University · Boston, MA · 2023
General Purpose
$25,800
Ford Hall Forum · Boston, MA · 2021
General Purpose
$25,000
Revolutionary Spaces · Boston, MA · 2021
General Purpose
$13,500
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024
General Purpose
$13,000
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2023
General Purpose
$13,000
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2022
General Purpose
$12,000
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2021
General Purpose
$11,000
Paul Revere Memorial Association · Boston, MA · 2023
General Purpose
$10,000
Charles River Museum · Waltham, MA · 2023
General Purpose
$10,000
Charles River Museum · Waltham, MA · 2022
General Purpose
$10,000
Charles River Museum · Waltham, MA · 2021
General Purpose
$9,000
Paul Revere Memorial Association · Boston, MA · 2024
General Purpose
$6,000
Paul Revere Memorial Association · Boston, MA · 2022
General Purpose
$6,000
Paul Revere Memorial Association · Boston, MA · 2021
General Purpose

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