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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “mass”
Where the money went
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $839,000 · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED — medical/scientific research & programs
Largest: $247,500 to MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED XXX-XX-XXXX (BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S) — randomized controlled trial of a novel multi-component, self-administered virtual reality psychosocial intervention (bmt-vr) for patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation
The Harold Grinspoon FoundationAgawam, MACharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $201,250 to JEWISH FEDERATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC — western mass grants, israel relief support
Largest: $175,000 to POLICYLINK — core support for policylinks community safety and justice program and their work to decrease mass criminalization and mass incarceration by reducing the over-reliance on police and…
Largest: $50,000 to UNITED WAY OF MASS BAY & MERRIMACK VALLEY — all contributions were made for the general, charitable, educational or scientific purpose of each organization.
Largest: $225,000 to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — in support of research to develop ultra-sensitive nanomechanical mass sensors.
Largest: $127,500 to COMMUNITY PARTNERS — resources for people impacted by mass incarceration community projects for public good education access & affordability intellectual property education/support
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $8.0M · through 2024Largest: $2.8M to MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED — medical / public services
Largest: $25,000 to YXPLOSION LLC — justice2jobs coalition - organizing for health by ending mass incarceration: to support the work of a coalition of organizational and individual leaders working to end mass incarce…
Largest: $51,000 to EMILY TUCKER — to educate the public about the replacement of mass incarceration with mass surveillance, and support efforts to challenge the negative impacts of mass surveillance on peoples' liv…
Mass General Brigham IncorporatedSomerville, MACharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $121.0M · through 2023Largest: $33.8M to MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC — exempt affiliate support
Largest: $75,000 to (272) RESIST INC — climate: to support research on experiences with mass save and capacity building within boston-based community organizations
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →