Northeast Organic Farming Association Ma Chapter Inc

Eastman Foundation

Kingsport, TN

The Eastman Foundation supports scholarships, community development, and disaster relief, with recent grants ranging from $635 to $120,000 and a median grant of $53,750. Its 2024 awards went to organizations in Tennessee, Virginia, Texas, and Illinois. The foundation is moving away from application submissions and identifying potential recipients aligned with its strategic priorities, though its filing says giving is not limited to preselected organizations.

The Crane Charitable Trust

Stonington, CT

Moms the Fund for Mothers with

Bloomfield, CT

Health New England Inc

Springfield, MA

Health New England supports community health and health equity, including work on chronic conditions, mental health and substance use, maternal health, and social determinants of health, in its Massachusetts service area, with mini grants focused on Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester counties. Its 2024 grants ranged from $10,000 to $50,000, with a median of $50,000; mini grants are up to $10,000, and whether it accepts unsolicited requests is not stated.

Institute for Local Self Reliance

Washington, DC

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance funds organizations advancing community energy, worker power, corporate accountability, local composting, broadband, and independent businesses. Its 2025 grants ranged from $10,000 to $625,000, with a median of $52,000; grants went mainly to organizations in California, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, and Washington, DC, while its composting mini-grants serve New England coastal states and New York City. It does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests generally; it has invited applications for specific composting mini-grant opportunities.

Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives

Berkeley, CA

GAIA funds grassroots organizations and fiscally sponsored projects working on zero-waste solutions, waste and pollution, environmental justice, and community-led organizing, research, communications, and movement-building. Its 2025 grants ranged from $20,000 to $145,000, with a median of $67,200; it works internationally and also supports U.S. groups. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc

Newmarket, NH

The Grassroots Fund supports community-led environmental and social justice projects that build healthy, equitable, sustainable communities, including work on food, energy, health, land and water, and local economies, primarily in the six New England states. Seed grants are $500–$1,000 and Grow grants are $1,000–$4,000; its 2024 grants had a median of $31,250.

Henry P Kendall Foundation

Marion, MA

The Henry P. Kendall Foundation supports New England food systems, especially regional food supply chains and local food procurement by schools and colleges, as well as related leadership and networks. Its 2024 grants ranged from $500 to $500,000, with a median of $50,000. It does not accept unsolicited requests for general grants, but the New England Food Vision Prize is an open application opportunity for eligible projects.

Area Resources for Community & Human Services

St. Louis, MO

ARCHS funds collaborative human-service programs focused on family support and workforce development, including child and youth services, housing, employment training, and health. In 2025, its grants ranged from $6,580 to $6.78 million, with a median of about $161,000, and all reported grant dollars went to Missouri recipients, primarily in Greater St. Louis. It uses RFPs when funding is available; the prospective-partner questionnaire is not a funding application.

The Laszlo N Tauber Family

Rockville, MD

The Laszlo N. Tauber Family Foundation funds mental health, scientific research, Jewish community and education, Israel-related work, and the Avaloch Farm Music Institute. Its 2024 grants ranged from $740 to $336,803, with a median of $10,000; it mainly supported organizations in California and New York, while also funding work in other states and Israel. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

The Smith Foundation

Wayne, PA

The Smith Foundation funds education, housing repairs, services for older adults and veterans, and community assistance, primarily in Pennsylvania. Its 2025 grants ranged from $4,000 to $15,000, with a median of $12,000. It accepts electronic requests from 501(c)(3) public charities in Philadelphia and its surrounding four counties before August 31; requests should be submitted in letter format with proof of charitable status.

Haymarket People's Fund Inc

Jamaica Plain, MA

Haymarket People’s Fund supports grassroots social justice organizing, including anti-racist, housing, immigrant, workers’ and education justice, across the six New England states. Sustaining grants are up to $20,000 a year, and urgent-response grants up to $5,000. It does not accept unsolicited Sustaining Grant applications without a prior staff conversation; urgent-response applicants must also speak with staff first, and applications are accepted on a rolling basis while funds are available.