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Neighborhood Villages Inc

Jamaica Plain, MA

Neighborhood Villages designs and scales innovative and collaborative solutions to the biggest challenges facing early education and child care providers serving families with young children ages 0-5 and advances sustainable, equity-driven systems change through advocacy, education, and policy reform.

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Saint Louis, MO

Dean Foundation Children (Ima)

Pittsburgh, PA

The foundation’s recent grants support children, youth, and families, including organizations providing education, family services, and developmental programs. In 2025, it gave $20,000 per grant to 11 organizations, all in Massachusetts. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Ttee Uw of Charles F Bacon

Dallas, TX

This Dallas-based trust funds education, human services, and health care for underserved people, with special consideration for organizations serving elderly women. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,000 to $15,000, typically $10,000, and went mainly to Massachusetts, with some support in Illinois. It accepts unsolicited requests.

Franklin Square House Foundation Inc

Belmont, MA

The Foundation funds capital projects for affordable housing and childcare, especially transitional or permanent housing and shelters for women and families, and childcare centers. Its 2025 grants ranged from about $10,000 to $116,000, with a median near $50,000; it funds projects in eligible parts of Massachusetts. Applicants must first speak with the Executive Director and receive approval before submitting an application.

Suffolk Cares Charitable Foundation Inc

Boston, MA

Suffolk Cares Charitable Foundation funds charitable, civic, educational, healthcare, arts, and cultural organizations nationwide, with recent grants concentrated in Massachusetts and New York. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,000 to $250,000, with a median of $25,000. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Kelly Family Foundation Inc

Needham, MA

The Kelly Family Foundation supports youth-focused organizations working in education, mentoring, welfare, and the arts, primarily in Greater Boston and Eastern and Central Massachusetts. Its 2024 grants had a median of $15,000, though amounts varied widely; it funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Rockland Trust - East Boston Savings Bank Foundation Inc

Rockland, MA

The foundation’s final 2022 filing reported grants for housing, education, community development, and services for disadvantaged people, mainly benefiting communities in and around East Boston, Massachusetts. It made 43 grants totaling $178,500, typically around $5,000 (range: $1,000–$10,000), but it transferred its remaining assets in a merger and appears to have stopped grantmaking; its final filing described an application process, not a current one.

The Sooner Foundation

Stamford, CT

The Sooner Foundation supports a range of charitable organizations, including those focused on education, health, the environment, culture, and community services. Its 2025 grants ranged from $250 to $12,500, with a median of $1,000, and mainly went to Massachusetts organizations, followed by organizations in New York and several other states. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust

Boston, MA

This fund supports Massachusetts nonprofits in medicine, social welfare, visual arts, historic preservation, and land conservation, but only for capital projects and purchases. In 2024, grants ranged from $15,000 to $4 million, with a median of $90,000. It invites applications from eligible organizations through its application process.

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Pittsburgh, PA

The foundation supports children and youth, education, human services, arts access, job training, foster care, affordable housing, and neighborhood revitalization. Its main grants to Massachusetts nonprofits serving Boston are typically $50,000–$100,000; its Greater Dudley small-grants fund generally awards $500–$5,000. Whether it accepts unsolicited requests is not stated.

The Cabot Family Charitable Trust

Boston, MA

The Trust funds youth and community development, arts, education, environment, and health, with priority for programs that support young children. Its 2024 grants ranged from $5,000 to $50,000, with a median of $25,000, mainly supporting organizations in Boston and nearby communities, though it also funds organizations linked to Cabot family philanthropy. Its 2024 filing says it gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.