Massachusetts foundations that fund health care

62 private foundations based in Massachusetts whose IRS 990-PF grant purposes mention health care; 26 filed application instructions. Data as of 2026-11-02, sorted by grants paid.

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Matching is on the grant purpose text each foundation filed; open a profile to see the actual grants. From IRS 990-PF e-filings; site built 2026-11-02. Methodology
FoundationCityStatusGrants paidTypical grantTax year
Cedar Tree Foundation IncBostonPreselected only$10,789,567$50,0002024
Jerome Lyle Rappaport Charitable FoundationBurlingtonPreselected only$10,690,605$7,5002024
The Nancy Lurie Marks Family FoundationWellesleyPreselected only$9,718,963$40,0002024
Atrius Health Equity Foundation IncBostonPreselected only$6,635,344$50,0002025
The Robert And Michelle Cooke Atchinson FoundationWinchesterPreselected only$6,268,790$25,0002024
The Hyams Foundation IncBostonOpen to applications$4,922,792$50,0002024
The Celia Lipton Farris And Victor W Farris FoundationBostonPreselected only$4,397,000$25,0002024
The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation IncFoxboroOpen to applications$4,374,775$10,0002024
Metrowest Health Foundation IncFraminghamOpen to applications$4,011,061$12,5002024
The Feigenbaum Foundation IncPittsfieldOpen to applications$4,000,350$20,0002024
Knopf Family Foundation IncWakefieldOpen to applications$3,900,500$27,5002025
George H & Jane A Mifflin Memorial FundBostonOpen to applications$3,426,000$20,0002024
Yawkey FoundationWestwoodPreselected only$2,903,719$25,0002024
Boston Scientific Foundation IncMarlboroughOpen to applications$2,785,001$20,7502025
Lebowitz-Aberly Family FoundationBostonPreselected only$2,589,000$10,0002024
The Beveridge Family FoundationWest NewburyOpen to applications$2,573,528$5,0002024
The Charles F And Beatrice D Adams Charitable Trust C/O Choate InvestmentBostonPreselected only$2,557,500$50,0002025
The Carney Family Charitable Foundation C/O Claremont Mgmt CoBridgewaterOpen to applications$2,430,218$5,0002024
Island Foundation IncMarionOpen to applications$2,154,000$10,0002024
Bushrod H Campbell And Adah F Hall Charity FundBostonPreselected only$1,701,653$8,0002024
Berkshire Bank Foundation IncPittsfieldOpen to applications$1,668,475$2,5002024
Stephanie H And David A Spina Family FoundationWaylandPreselected only$1,610,000$50,0002023
Edward S And Winifred G Moseley FoundationBostonPreselected only$1,585,350$20,0002024
Sibbri Foundation C/O Brian T BristolVineyard HavenPreselected only$1,500,000$10,0002024
The Orchard Foundation C/O Heidi Lehner Breed'S Hill CapitalCharlestownPreselected only$1,494,071$5,0002024
Cogan Family FoundationBostonPreselected only$1,469,500$10,0002024
Lyndon Paul Lorusso Charitable Foundation Of 2002BostonPreselected only$1,421,570$20,0002024
The Croll Foundation Attn Mary Kathleen OconnellNeedham HeightsPreselected only$1,409,813$10,0002024
Lurie Family FoundationBostonPreselected only$1,395,335$10,0002024
Zoll Foundation IncChelmsfordPreselected only$1,297,743$50,0002024
Demoulas Market Basket FoundationChelmsfordOpen to applications$1,103,703$5,0002024
Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation IncHyannisOpen to applications$1,030,403$2,5002024
Theodore Edson Parker FoundationLowellOpen to applications$1,026,936$10,0002024
Thomas Thompson TrustBostonOpen to applications$1,001,000$15,0002024
Gardiner Howland Shaw FoundationBostonOpen to applications$971,660$10,0002024
The Mugar Foundation C/O Mugar EnterprisesBostonOpen to applications$847,858$30,6292024
Robert S & Maria J Reisman Charitable TrustNeedhamPreselected only$783,500$1,0002024
The Kurian Foundation TrustStowPreselected only$745,580$2,0002025
Adelard A & Valeda Lea Roy FoundationBostonPreselected only$714,900$5,0002025
Agnes M Lindsay TrustChelmsfordOpen to applications$669,329$2,5002023
The New England FoundationChestnut HillOpen to applications$575,000$17,5002025
The A & A FundWalthamPreselected only$540,000$20,0002024
Gateway Fund 7522-Xxxxxx00049BostonOpen to applications$487,580$5,0002025
Pyle Nye Family FoundationCambridgePreselected only$477,000$5,0002024
Aubert J Fay Charitable FundLowellOpen to applications$458,000$7,0002024
Josephine G Russell Trust C/O Marsha E Rich EsqAndoverOpen to applications$406,125$7,5002025
The John & Katherine Morris FoundationStockbridgePreselected only$399,213$10,0002024
E & L Campbell Family FoundationBostonPreselected only$392,000$10,0002024
The Clinton H & Wilma T Shattuck Char Tr #0758945BostonPreselected only$371,000$10,0002024
The Michael & Helen Schaffer Foundation C/O Foster Dykema Cabot & Partners LlcWalthamPreselected only$369,000$17,5002024
The Garfield Foundation C/O Baldwin BrothersMarionPreselected only$359,841$3,5002024
Maria Torok Foundation #0738518BostonPreselected only$348,000$15,0002024
The Dana Home Foundation IncLexingtonPreselected only$321,602$6,0002025
The Durant Family Foundation #0745364 C/O Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LlpBostonPreselected only$321,000$10,0002024
Boston Evening Clinic Foundation IncNewtonOpen to applications$302,560$7,5002022
Susan A & Donald P Babson Foundation C/O Gma FoundationsBostonPreselected only$299,136$3,0002025
Clara B Winthrop Trust Article Six Of The Deed Dated 12-16-61BostonOpen to applications$277,920$10,0802025
Teal Pond FoundationLincolnPreselected only$263,000$5,0002025
Dmr Family Foundation Inc C/O Srh LlcNewtonPreselected only$258,953$5,0002024
Avidia Charitable Foundation IncHudsonOpen to applications$227,750$2,5002025
Artemas W Stearns Trust C/O Marsha E Rich EsqAndoverOpen to applications$224,700$5,0002025
The Pacer FoundationWalthamPreselected only$154,000$5,0002024

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