Nectar Community Investments Inc

National Energy Education Development Project Inc

Manassas, VA

NEED funds energy education, including K–12 classroom programs, teacher training, solar education, and community energy-efficiency work. In filing year 2025, its 44 grants ranged from $5,500 to $145,000, with a median of $47,294; most went to Massachusetts, with some support in Virginia and elsewhere. K–12 educators can apply online for classroom grants; the available information does not state whether other requests are accepted unsolicited.

Boston Foundation Inc

Boston, MA

The Boston Foundation supports nonprofits working on child well-being, economic opportunity, community wealth and leadership, as well as urgent basic needs, primarily in Greater Boston. Its 2025 grants had a median of $25,000, though awards varied widely; some programs offer set amounts, such as $50,000 grants through the Latino Equity Fund. Its competitive discretionary grants accept requests from nonprofits, but donor-advised grants do not.

Westwind Foundation

Norwalk, CT

WestWind Foundation supports environmental and public health organizations, including work on climate change, clean energy, reproductive health, and public health policy. Its 2024 grants had a median of $10,000 (ranging from $500 to $2.21 million) and primarily went to organizations in Washington, DC, Virginia, New York, and California, with grants elsewhere in the U.S. It funds only preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Cedar Tree Foundation

Boston, MA

Cedar Tree Foundation supports U.S. environmental work, including children’s environmental health, regenerative grazing, civic engagement, and conservation. Its 2024 grants ranged from $2,500 to $1.66 million, with a median of $50,000, but it is no longer awarding new grants and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Bydale Foundation

Pennington, NJ

The Bydale Foundation supports environmental initiatives, social justice, women’s rights, grassroots advocacy, the arts, human rights, and peace advocacy, with geographic interests including Westchester County, Connecticut, North Carolina, Massachusetts, nationwide organizations, and environmental groups in Israel. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $45,000, with a median of $10,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Barr Foundation

Boston, MA

The Barr Foundation funds arts and creativity, climate, education, and New England’s social sector, primarily through long-term support for organizations in New England. Its 2024 grants ranged from $100 to $3.275 million, with a median of $80,000. Its filing says it accepts only requests from preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests, though its website describes program-page inquiries and occasional open calls.

Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc

Boston, MA

Liberty Mutual Foundation funds nonprofits working on basic needs such as food and shelter, education and workforce development, and climate and community infrastructure, primarily in the Boston area, with grants also made in other states. Its 2024 grants had a median of $35,000 and ranged from $2,500 to $11 million; it accepts online applications on a rolling basis, with no stated deadlines.

Eastern Bank Foundation

Wakefield, MA

Eastern Bank Foundation funds systemic efforts to advance economic inclusion and mobility, including small-business equity, early childhood development, affordable housing, and workforce development. Its programs range from $1,000–$10,000 for Community Donations, up to $15,000 for CITC Grants, and $50,000–$150,000 for Impact Grants; it supports organizations primarily in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. The foundation accepts online applications, with no specific submission deadlines stated.

Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (FKA Oneworld Boston Inc)

Woburn, MA

Cummings Foundation Grants Inc. funds nonprofits working in human services, education, healthcare, fairness and justice, and the environment, primarily in greater Boston and eastern Massachusetts. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,000 to $3.5 million, with a median of $35,000; it accepts letters of inquiry through an online portal during its application cycle, which was not open at the time described.

American Tower Corporation Foundation

Boston, MA

Good Sports Inc

Braintree, MA

Good Sports provides free sports equipment, footwear, and apparel to established schools and community organizations running ongoing youth sports and physical-activity programs in high-need communities; it serves all 50 states and Puerto Rico. In 2025, grants ranged from $5,004 to $229,133, with a median of $12,781. Youth programs and schools can apply through its community-organization application process.