Frank W. & Carl S. Adams Memorial Fund Grant
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Size & budget
- Organizations with annual budgets of $5 million or less
Overview
The Frank W. & Carl S. Adams Memorial Fund Grant supports educational, human services, and health care initiatives for underserved populations. Established in 1925, it encourages applications for general operating support from organizations with budgets of $5 million or less. Multi-year requests are also considered. Annual gifts are awarded to Harvard Medical School and MIT for student scholarships, promoting continued educational excellence.
The Frank W. and Carl S. Annual gifts are also awarded to the Harvard University Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for student scholarships.
Applicants may apply for either program or general operating support. Grant requests for general operating support from organizations with annual budgets of $5 million or less are encouraged. For larger organizations, general operating support will be considered. Grant awards will generally be for a period of one year, but multi-year requests are permitted.
What F W & C S Adams Memorial Fund actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 23
- Total given
- $690K
- Median grant
- $15K
- Range
- $10K–$173K
- By dollars: Massachusetts 100%. Top recipient cities: Boston, MA; Somerville, MA; Cambridge, MA.
- 96% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 30% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA
Scholarships
$173K
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA
Unrestricted general
$173K
Southeast Asian Coalition of Central MA · Worcester, MA
Unrestricted general
$25K
International Institute of Boston Inc · Boston, MA
Unrestricted general
$20K
Dove Inc · Quincy, MA
Unrestricted general
$20K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Healthcare
- Education
- Human services
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