Food, Agriculture & Nutrition grants in Massachusetts
47 private foundations fund food, agriculture & nutrition in Massachusetts and will read a proposal you were not invited to send. Between them they gave $22M in their most recent filings. A typical grant from this group is around $5K.
Worked out from where the money actually went rather than from mission statements, and from the box on each filing that says whether they take applications at all. Most small foundations give almost entirely within one state, which is why this cut is the one worth starting from.
The 47 funders, largest givers first
MERCK FAMILY FUND
BOSTON · $3.2M given
Environment, Community & Economic Development
ARBELLA INSURANCE FOUNDATION
BOSTON · $2.2M given
Human Services, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
LAWRENCE J AND ANNE RUBENSTEIN
BOSTON · $1.2M given
Education, Health Care
AGNES M LINDSAY TRUST
CHELMSFORD · $1.2M given
Human Services, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
MIDDLESEX SAVINGS CHARITABLE
NATICK · $1.2M given
Human Services, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
GEORGE C WADLEIGH FOUNDATION INC
HAVERHILL · $1.1M given
Human Services, Health Care
SALEM FIVE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
SALEM · $1.1M given
Human Services, Arts, Culture & Humanities
BURPEE FOUNDATION
LENOX · $998K given
Environment, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
JANE E FISHER CHARITABLE
MILTON · $973K given
Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, Arts, Culture & Humanities
Northern Bank & Trust Charitable Foundation Inc
WOBURN · $971K given
Human Services, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY FOUNDATION
SAUGUS · $849K given
Environment, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
REMILLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
BOSTON · $826K given
Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, Human Services
WILD GEESE FOUNDATION INC
HULL · $809K given
Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, Civil Rights & Advocacy
THE LEF FOUNDATION
BELMONT · $585K given
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Human Services
FIELDS POND FOUNDATION INC
AUBURNDALE · $528K given
Environment, Animal Welfare
THE CRAWFORD IDEMA FAMILY
CONCORD · $504K given
Environment, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
THE ZOE FOUNDATION
NORTHAMPTON · $443K given
Human Services, Arts, Culture & Humanities
SINCERE FOUNDATION INC
FRAMINGHAM · $375K given
Human Services, Housing & Shelter
DAVID E RETIK AND CHRISTOPHER D MELLO
BOSTON · $304K given
Human Services, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
HOWARD E STARK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
HAYDENVILLE · $253K given
Human Services, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
GRIFFIN WHITE FOUNDATION INC
HAVERHILL · $219K given
Human Services, Employment & Workforce
Bluestone Bank Charitable Foundation
Raynham · $212K given
Human Services, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
LUCIA P FULTON FOUNDATION
BOSTON · $197K given
Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, Arts, Culture & Humanities
NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS FOUNDATION INC
IPSWICH · $194K given
Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, Arts, Culture & Humanities
MARGUERITE JOSSEL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
HAYDENVILLE · $190K given
Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, Human Services
THE BESSIE RATTNER FOUNDATION
FLORENCE · $161K given
Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, Health Care
THE KEEL FOUNDATION
BOSTON · $150K given
Human Services, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
THE MADIGAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
LANCASTER · $141K given
Education, Human Services
MARGARET COLLINS CHARITABLE TRUST
METHUEN · $138K given
Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, Health Care
THE BITTY FOUNDATION CO DAY PITNEY LLP
BOSTON · $104K given
Youth Development, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
EAST CAMBRIDGE SAVINGS CHARITABLE
EAST CAMBRIDGE · $97K given
Human Services, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
BERGERON FAMILY FOUNDATION
NEEDHAM · $95K given
Human Services, Youth Development
FALL RIVER WOMEN'S UNION
FALL RIVER · $87K given
Mental Health & Crisis Intervention, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
SARAH GILLETT SERVICES FOR
WESTFIELD · $86K given
Human Services, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
RCB Charitable Foundation Inc
Reading · $83K given
Human Services, Philanthropy & Grantmaking
S S FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
BOSTON · $65K given
International Affairs, Environment
THE GREGORY FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
OSTERVILLE · $55K given
Education, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
DAVI-ELLEN AND BRUCE ALLEN CHABNER
BOSTON · $53K given
Education, Religion
RUSSELL & COSTELLO FAMILY FOUNDATION
BOSTON · $49K given
Religion, Human Services
DEMARCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
BRAINTREE · $36K given
Human Services, Environment
YESOD FOUNDATION INC
NORTH GRAFTON · $30K given
Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, Arts, Culture & Humanities
SERVICE CENTER OF GREATER LAWRENCE CO JOSEPHINE PAOLINO
ANDOVER · $28K given
Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, Housing & Shelter
GLORIA WILCHER FOUNDATION
SWAMPSCOTT · $24K given
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Unknown
Reardon Family Charitable Fdn Inc
Attleboro · $21K given
Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, Education
Faith Home Inc
Lowell · $18K given
Education, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
CAPE COD CLASSIC CAR FOUNDATION
SOUTH DENNIS · $12K given
Philanthropy & Grantmaking, Education
ERIC J DROBINSKI MEMORIAL
SUDBURY · $5K given
Mental Health & Crisis Intervention, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
MERCK FAMILY FUND is the largest giver on this list. Working out which of these 47 would fund your organization specifically, rather than your subject, is what the funder search does.
What else Massachusetts foundations fund
Food, Agriculture & Nutrition funders in other states
Worth checking if your work crosses a state line, or if you are eligible somewhere you are not based.
- Pennsylvania 63
- Texas 56
- Florida 50
- Illinois 49
- New York 47
- California 40
- Ohio 37
- Wisconsin 29
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