Foundations that fund organizations in Belmont, Massachusetts
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Belmont nonprofits
227 private foundations gave $14M to Belmont organizations in their latest filings; 27 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
330 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Belmont around $50K. 47 of these funders are based in Massachusetts; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 227
- Accept applications
- 27
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Belmont
- $14M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 330
- Typical median grant
- $50K
- Based in MA
- 47%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Belmont organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust | Boston, MA | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Yes | 50th anniversary grant/capital |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | For general operating support |
| Jerome Lyle Rappaport Charitable Foundation | Burlington, MA | 1 | $769K | $769K | Preselected only | Medical support |
| Vbs Foundation Inc | Belmont, MA | 31 | $537K | $15K | Preselected only | General support |
| Bertram a and Ronald M Druker Charitable Fndn | Boston, MA | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | General & unrestricted |
| The Wexner Family Charitable Fund | New Albany, OH | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | Develop medical innovations to address the most vital compo… |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Flint, MI | 1 | $433K | $433K | Preselected only | To address pandemic related learning loss and boost mental… |
| The Tommy Fuss Fund | Wellesley, MA | 2 | $400K | $200K | Preselected only | Dr. kerry ressler's research into anhedonia; Bill carlezon's work in the causes and treatments for depre… |
| Michael & Susan Dell Foundation | Austin, TX | 1 | $361K | $361K | Yes | Accelerating Latino Leadership Pipelines |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $350K | $350K | Preselected only | To develop a climate citizenship lab that aims to mainstrea… |
| Dhanam Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $333K | $333K | Preselected only | In support of general operations |
| Hsjk Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | general support |
| The Tepper Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Mugar Foundation C/O Mugar Enterprises | Boston, MA | 3 | $205K | $100K | Yes | Belmont day annual fund; Gift to silen family and mugar family scholarship fund to s…; Landau gallery fund |
| Hunt Street Fund Inc | Needham, MA | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | Charitable contribution unrestricted |
| Bravo Family Charitable Foundation | Miami, FL | 1 | $200K | $200K | Yes | Clinical fellowship support |
| Wellcome Leap Inc | San Diego, CA | 1 | $188K | $188K | Preselected only | Global health research |
| Gildea-O'Keefe Foundation | Manchester, NH | 1 | $174K | $174K | Preselected only | Medical |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | New York, NY | 1 | $167K | $167K | Yes | For general support |
| Dalio Foundation Inc | Westport, CT | 1 | $160K | $160K | Preselected only | Restricted to support the peer specialists program |
| The Once Here Foundation | Cambridge, MA | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | General Support |
| The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | Israel education research |
| William Davidson Foundation | Birmingham, MI | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Kenwood Foundation 7521-Xxxxxx21240 | Boston, MA | 2 | $126K | $63K | Preselected only | Unrestricted for general |
| The Weezie Foundation Xxxxx0005 | Chicago, IL | 1 | $125K | $125K | Yes | General operating |
| Von Rickenbach Family Foundation C/O Robert Carson | Lincoln, MA | 1 | $110K | $110K | Preselected only | Charitable contribution unrestricted |
| The Flatley Foundation | Braintree, MA | 1 | $110K | $110K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| Davis Family Charitable Trust | Pevely, MO | 1 | $103K | $103K | Yes | Unrestricted general support |
| O'Neill Family Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General support |
| Robert and Ruth Halperin Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | To support education programs |
| Abrams Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Riley Mabel Louise Tr Uwill | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Yes | General operating |
| The Sidman Family Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Cash donation |
| Alice Rosenwald Fund C/O Eisner Advisory Group LLC | New York, NY | 4 | $100K | $25K | Preselected only | General support |
| Smf Foundation | Chestnut Hill, MA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Charles a King Uw-Equity | Dallas, TX | 1 | $98K | $98K | Preselected only | Medical research fellowship |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $98K | $98K | Preselected only | To work in partnership with and convene key correctional st… |
| William Rosenberg Family Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 1 | $96K | $96K | Preselected only | To further entity's exempt purpose |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $93K | $93K | Yes | To support research and virtual convenings, develop online… |
| Oristaglio Family Foundation | Stockbridge, MA | 1 | $75K | $75K | Yes | Charity's exempt purpose |
| The Edgerley Family Foundation | Overland Park, KS | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | Support-general fund |
| George Frederick Jewett Foundation East | St Paul, MN | 2 | $75K | $38K | Preselected only | Anxiety mastery program; Mclean southeast adolescent acute residential treatment (ar… |
| The Lynch Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $75K | $75K | Yes | Capital campaign |
| Margulf Foundation | Glendale, CO | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | General operating grant |
| The Orchard Foundation C/O Heidi Lehner Corient Private Wealth | Boston, MA | 1 | $71K | $71K | Preselected only | To fund charitable mission of charitable organization - par… |
| Hjd Foundation | Sunapee, NH | 1 | $70K | $70K | Preselected only | General |
| The Alan K and Isabelle Derkazarian Fdn | Belmont, MA | 11 | $67K | $2,000 | Yes | Unrestricted; Annual fund and Washington DC field trip; Annual fund |
| Wallace Minot Leonard Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $65K | $65K | Preselected only | General |
| The Boger Charitable Trust | Lincoln, MA | 1 | $61K | $61K | Preselected only | Unrestricted support of organization's charitable objective… |
| Once Upon a Time Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | 1 | $60K | $60K | Preselected only | General support |
| Patricia a Bresky Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $60K | $60K | Preselected only | General Operating Support |
| The Ray and Elaclaire Gosselin Charitable Trust C/O Debra Silberstein | Andover, MA | 1 | $60K | $60K | Yes | General charitable purposes |
| The Narayanan Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $55K | $28K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; Greens of Wheels project in Bengaluru |
| Fidelity Foundation | Boston, MA | 16 | $54K | $2,500 | Yes | Fidelity matching gifts to education; Crosby matching gifts to education |
| Sjs Charitable Trust C/O Andersen Tax | New York, NY | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General support |
| Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (fka Oneworld Boston Inc) | Woburn, MA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | Education |
| Karp Family Foundation Stephen R and Jill E Karp Trustees | Boston, MA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Charitable contribution |
| Robert a Semonian Charitable Trust C/O Leon Semonian | Newton Center, MA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Further programs |
| Fooksman Family Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Levon & Claudia Nazarian Family Foundation Inc (levon Nazarian Fd'n) | Cherry Hill, NJ | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | To help activities of var public char inst which are exempt… |
| Analog Devices Foundation | Boston, MA | 7 | $48K | $1,030 | Yes | General support |
| Warren Cross Foundation | Natick, MA | 1 | $46K | $46K | Preselected only | General fund |
| Zhengxu and Ying He Foundation Inc | Reno, NV | 1 | $45K | $45K | Preselected only | Scientific Research on psychiatry |
| Mannheim Family Foundation Inc David R Mannheim | Wellesley, MA | 1 | $40K | $40K | Preselected only | General fund |
| Jmr Barker Foundation C/O Ballentine Partners LLC | Waltham, MA | 1 | $40K | $40K | Preselected only | General support |
| Bess Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $40K | $40K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| The Romney Foundation for Children C/O Ann D & W Mitt Romney | Holladay, UT | 1 | $40K | $40K | Yes | To carry on char. organization activities |
| Caswell Foundation | Rye, NH | 1 | $35K | $35K | Yes | Paddling for empowerment program |
| The Tom and Cashie Egan Family Foundation | Rye, NY | 1 | $35K | $35K | Preselected only | Support of psychiatric research programs |
| Bolt Family Foundation | Pennington, NJ | 1 | $35K | $35K | Yes | Unrestricted general |
| Gerald R Jordan Foundation | Quincy, MA | 1 | $35K | $35K | Preselected only | General fundraising |
| Morris Charitable Trust | Wynnewood, PA | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | africa education |
| Saquish Foundation C/O Hunter Associates | Boston, MA | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Charles Mosesian Family Foundation | Weston, MA | 3 | $29K | $5,000 | Preselected only | Program support |
| Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation | Newton, MA | 2 | $28K | $14K | Yes | Jewish causes; Health |
| The Hearthstone Charitable Foundation | Moultonborough, NH | 1 | $28K | $28K | Preselected only | Humanitarian |
| Elizabeth Ring Mather William Gwinn Mather Fund | Cleveland, OH | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | Unrestricted operating support |
| Weeden Foundation | Bedford Hills, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | Grant |
| The Dmk Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Educational support |
| The Klarman Family Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | Unrestricted operating support |
| Highland Partners Charitable Fund | Boston, MA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| The Charles a Dana Foundation Incorporated | New York, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | Director recommended - general operating support |
| The Whitcomb Family Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Klarman Eating Disorder Scholarship Fund |
| Boger Family Foundation Inc C/O Nutter McClennen & Fish Llp | Boston, MA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Exempt purposes |
| Dunn Family Charitable Foundation C/O Ahi/Lhf | Andover, MA | 2 | $24K | $12K | Preselected only | Unrestricted gift |
| Hintz Family Fund Inc P13619005 C/O Hintz Capital Management | Morristown, NJ | 3 | $20K | $5,000 | Yes | Community service |
| The Burkehaven Family Foundation | West Roxbury, MA | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | General charitable support |
| Stevenson Family Charitable Trust | Cambridge, MA | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | Charitable contribution in line with mission |
| The William H Donner Foundation Inc | Tarrytown, NY | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Byrnes Family Foundation | Naples, FL | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | General |
| Lucia B Morrill Charitable Fdn | Dallas, TX | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Half Moon Foundation | New Canaan, CT | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | Medical |
| The Echo Charitable Foundation | Ipswich, MA | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | Environmental |
| The George and Louise J Hauser Charitable Trust | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $18K | $18K | Preselected only | Advice and Advocacy fund |
| Rowan T O'Riley Family Foundation | Wellesley, MA | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | Support |
| Eastern Bank Foundation | Wakefield, MA | 5 | $15K | $4,000 | Yes | Exempt purpose |
| The Fullgraf Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 4 | $12K | $3,000 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Weissman Family Charitable Foundation Attn Laura Davis Trustee | Waltham, MA | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General |
| The McLaughlin Foundation | Walpole, MA | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Educational |
| Lebowitz-Aberly Family Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General fund |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in Belmont, Massachusetts?
Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation, Jerome Lyle Rappaport Charitable Foundation, Vbs Foundation Inc, Bertram a and Ronald M Druker Charitable Fndn and 95 others reported grants to Belmont organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in Belmont. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.