Funding search · EIN 222504778 · Northampton, MA
Massachusetts Foundation for the
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 182
- grants reported
- $3.9M
- total given
- 2021–2023
- filing years
- $20,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. 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
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Top recipients
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- Local Access To Valley Arts (the Lava Center)3 grants · $80,000
- Twenty Summers2 grants · $60,000
- Blues To Green3 grants · $60,000
- African Cultural Services3 grants · $60,000
- Bams Fest3 grants · $59,800
- New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center2 grants · $57,500
- Porter-Phelps-Huntington Foundation2 grants · $57,025
- Marblehead Museum2 grants · $53,854
- Piti Theatre Company3 grants · $43,730
- Shirley-Eustis House Association2 grants · $40,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 182 grants.
- $40,000
Aquinnah Cultural Center · Aquinnah, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
Becket Athenaeum · Becket, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
Berkshire Pride · Pittsfield, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
Boston Comic Arts Foundation · Salem, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
Bread & Roses Heritage Committee · Lawrence, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
Bristol Black Collective · Fall River, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
Casa Dos Acores Da Nova Inglaterra · Fall River, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
Creative Arts Network · Fall River, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
Do-It-Yourself (Diy) Lowell · Lowell, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
History Cambridge · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
Local Access To Valley Arts (the Lava Center) · Greenfield, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness · Danvers, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
Nueva Esperanza · Holyoke, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
Porter-Phelps-Huntington Foundation · Hadley, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
Raising Multicultural Kids · North Easton, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
Roxbury Cultural District · Roxbury, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
Royall House and Slave Quarters · Medford, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
The Armenians of Whitinsville · Whitinsville, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
The League of Women for Community Service · Boston, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
The Thoreau Society · Concord, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
Twenty Summers · Provincetown, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $40,000
Wellfleet Historical Society & Museum · Wellfleet, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $39,100
Natick Historical Society · Natick, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $37,500
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center · New Bedford, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $34,670
Marblehead Museum · Marblehead, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $33,025
Network for Social Justice · Winchester, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $32,032
Gibson House Museum · Boston, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $30,500
Heathmere Center for Cultural Engagement · Beverly, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $30,000
Slave Legacy History Coalition · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $24,960
Cummington Cultural District · Cummington, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $23,883
Lawrence History Center · Lawrence, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $22,000
Dedham Historical Society · Dedham, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
826 Boston · Roxbury, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
African Cultural Services · Waltham, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Afrimerican Culture Initiative · Hyde Park, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Ancestral Bridges Foundation · Amherst, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Andrea Patio Contreras · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Blues To Green · Springfield, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Chinese American Heritage Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England · Boston, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Chuang Stage · Boston, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Concord Museumconcord Antiquarian Society · Concord, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Deafinitely · Newton, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Disability Policy Consortium · Boston, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Historic Newton · Newton, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Hola Cultura · East Boston, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Lani Asuncion Llc · Boston, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Local Access To Valley Arts (the Lava Center) · Greenfield, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Lynn Museumlynnarts · Lynn, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Martha'S Vineyard Diversity Coalition · Edgartown, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Multicultural AIDS Coalition · Boston, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Multicultural Bridge · Lee, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
New Bedford Whaling Museum (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Dba) · New Bedford, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Piti Theatre Company · Shelburne Falls, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Polus Center for Social & Economic Development · Athol, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Prx · Boston, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Save the Harborsave the Bay · Boston, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Silkroad · Somerville, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Solidarity Arts & Education Decolonial Initiatives (Saedi) Collective · Auburn, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
South Sudanese Enrichment for Families (Ssef) · Lincoln, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
The New Dance Complex · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
The Performance Project · Springfield, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
The Wellness Collaborative · Roxbury, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Translate Gender · Northampton, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Uu Urban Ministry · Roxbury, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Vla Dance (Fiscally Sponsored By Boston Dance Alliance) · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Wildflower Alliance (Under the Umbrella of the Western Mass Training Consor · Holyoke, MA · 2023
Humanities
- $20,000
Activevista Media · Malden, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
African Cultural Services · Waltham, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
American Farmland Trust · Northampton, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Bams Fest · Dorchester, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Blues To Green · Springfield, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association · Lowell, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Cambridge Black History Project · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Cape Ann Museum · Gloucester, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Chinatown Community Land Trust · Boston, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Common Wealth Murals · Springfield, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Different Threads of the Same Fabric · Boston, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Doctorbird Llc · Amherst, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Everyday Boston · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Guerilla Opera · Boston, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Indigenous Peoples Network · Auburn, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Worcester · Worcester, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Love Art Collective · Springfield, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Massachusetts Historical Society · Boston, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Michelle Falcn Fontnez Filmmaker · Indian Orchard, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Migrant Communities Project · East Falmouth, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Mount Calvary Baptist Church · Springfield, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center · New Bedford, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Ohketeau Cultural Center · Ashfield, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Old Colony Historical Society · Taunton, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy · Boston, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
Shirley-Eustis House Association · Roxbury, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
The Boston Home · Boston, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
The Generations Project · New York, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
The History Project Documenting Lgbtq Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
The Jar · Boston, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
The Latino Leadership Coalition · Salem, MA · 2022
Humanities
- $20,000
The Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum · Boston, MA · 2022
Humanities
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