Foundations that fund organizations in Milton, Massachusetts
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Milton nonprofits
168 private foundations gave $5.2M to Milton organizations in their latest filings; 33 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
211 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Milton around $10K. 46 of these funders are based in Massachusetts; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 168
- Accept applications
- 33
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Milton
- $5.2M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 211
- Typical median grant
- $10K
- Based in MA
- 46%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Milton organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Flatley Foundation | Braintree, MA | 6 | $790K | $100K | Preselected only | Scholarship support; Unrestricted |
| Fidelity Foundation | Boston, MA | 15 | $731K | $1,000 | Yes | Fidelity matching gifts to education; Renovation; New construction |
| Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | Davis International Scholars Program |
| Eleanor & Herbert Katz Family Foundation Inc | Boca Raton, FL | 1 | $300K | $300K | Preselected only | Annual fund |
| Hunt Street Fund Inc | Needham, MA | 2 | $225K | $113K | Preselected only | Charitable contribution unrestricted |
| Landry Family Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $180K | $180K | Preselected only | Exempt purpose |
| The Ss Forbes Teachers Fund | Boston, MA | 1 | $122K | $122K | Preselected only | Not restrictive, general use of organization |
| The Grable Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $120K | $120K | Yes | To support a civic learning ecosystem in southwestern penns… |
| Edwards Lifesciences Foundation | Irvine, CA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Yes | Strengthening identification and treatment of structural he… |
| Ua for Helene Fuld Health Trust 10-205620 | New York, NY | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Program support |
| The Lynch Foundation | Boston, MA | 2 | $93K | $47K | Yes | Scholarship endowment; Early childhood program |
| The Amy and Steve Unfried Foundation | Wilson, WY | 1 | $90K | $90K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Eastern Bank Foundation | Wakefield, MA | 6 | $89K | $3,500 | Yes | Exempt purpose |
| The Tianaderrah Foundation (ny) | New York, NY | 1 | $84K | $84K | Yes | General Fund |
| Grant and Lara Gund Foundation | Concord, MA | 1 | $80K | $80K | Preselected only | To help further charitable purpose of organization. |
| Omidyar Network Fund Inc | Redwood City, CA | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | To support Grantee's Belonging Barometer project |
| Palace Head Foundation Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | Educational |
| The John & Mary Corcoran Family Foundation | Braintree, MA | 2 | $60K | $30K | Preselected only | General support |
| Gosin Family Foundation | Greenwich, CT | 1 | $60K | $60K | Preselected only | To support the furtherance of the organization's mission. |
| Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation | Newton, MA | 1 | $58K | $58K | Yes | Education |
| Amy Smith and John G Berylson Charitable Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $58K | $58K | Preselected only | Education |
| George Wp Magee Trust | Dallas, TX | 1 | $57K | $57K | Yes | Unrestricted general |
| Jms Family Foundation Inc | Braintree, MA | 2 | $54K | $27K | Preselected only | Research; Charitable |
| Barr Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | To provide general operating support as part of the catalyz… |
| George Frederick Jewett Foundation East | St Paul, MN | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | David rolbein fund |
| The John & Christine Fitzgibbons Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Private school annual giving & capital pledge |
| The Joyce L Wolf Foundation | Lincoln, MA | 1 | $42K | $42K | Preselected only | Charitable operations |
| The Baker Family Foundation Inc | Braintree, MA | 6 | $41K | $7,500 | Preselected only | Support |
| The Storer Trust | Belmont, MA | 1 | $40K | $40K | Preselected only | to provide camperships to children in need |
| The Hal and Kathleen Gershman Family Foundation | Grand Forks, ND | 1 | $40K | $40K | Preselected only | Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose |
| Ronald W Naito MD Foundation | Portland, OR | 1 | $30K | $30K | Yes | General operating support |
| The Thorne Cox Family Foundation C/O Brown Advisory | Boston, MA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Operations budget assistance |
| Boston Scientific Foundation Inc | Marlborough, MA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | Empowered health monitoring |
| Eugene & Gloria Landy Family Foundation | Freehold, NJ | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | General donation |
| Cathy and George Sakellaris Family Foundation | Milton, MA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Dana Home Foundation Inc | Lexington, MA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Financial assistance for lexington residents |
| Fuller Trust Inc C/O Thomas P Jalkut | Boston, MA | 1 | $24K | $24K | Preselected only | Provide housing and related services to indigent elderly |
| The Glynn Family Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 4 | $24K | $5,750 | Preselected only | Special appeal |
| The de Ramel Foundation | Newport, RI | 2 | $21K | $10K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| McDaniel Charitable Foundation | Hitchcock, TX | 1 | $20K | $20K | Yes | Community outreach |
| The Edward and Caroline Hyman Family Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $20K | $20K | Yes | Charitable donation |
| S Alice Knapp Trust | Dallas, TX | 1 | $16K | $16K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Russell W S UW Ben G a Russell | Dallas, TX | 1 | $16K | $16K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Bally Shannon Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | An unrestricted grant to further the donee's exempt purpose |
| Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation C/O Cameron K Mackey | Falmouth, MA | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| Petrucci Family Foundation Inc | Asbury, NJ | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general support grant intended to further the… |
| Open Society Institute | New York, NY | 1 | $15K | $15K | Yes | Matching gift program |
| Frank R and Elizabeth Simoni Foundation Inc | Norwood, MA | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | Educational |
| John & Sonia Lingos Family Foundation Inc | West Yarmouth, MA | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | Education |
| The Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| H Scott Gault Trust | Dallas, TX | 1 | $14K | $14K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Marr Charitable Foundation | South Boston, MA | 3 | $13K | $2,250 | Yes | Religious, scientific, or educational, etc. |
| Triple T Foundation | Chardon, OH | 1 | $11K | $11K | Preselected only | General purposes |
| Colonial Federal Savings Bank Charitable Foundation | Peabody, MA | 1 | $11K | $11K | Yes | Exempt purpose |
| Pritzker Family Foundation C/O Pritzker Group | Chicago, IL | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| The William E Connor II Foundation Inc | Reno, NV | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Further the charity activity |
| Deborah M Noonan Memorial Fund | Dallas, TX | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Unrestricted general |
| Lillehei Family Charitable Foundation Agency | St Paul, MN | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Program support |
| The Whole Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $9,205 | $9,205 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| The Martin & Deborah Hale Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $8,762 | $8,762 | Preselected only | Annual Support |
| The Lorant Charitable Foundation | North Andover, MA | 1 | $7,772 | $7,772 | Preselected only | Support education and health care |
| The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation | Allston, MA | 1 | $7,500 | $7,500 | Preselected only | General |
| Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc | Rockland, MA | 1 | $7,500 | $7,500 | Yes | Exempt purpose |
| Massachusetts for Elephants Inc | Ipswich, MA | 1 | $7,500 | $7,500 | Preselected only | To support the organizations work to assist elephants in ca… |
| Foley Hoag Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 | Preselected only | Nicole & Neal Program: Blood Pressure Screening an Education |
| John and Engrid Meng Inc | De Pere, WI | 1 | $6,556 | $6,556 | Preselected only | General fund |
| Mattapan Baptist Church Endowme | Dallas, TX | 1 | $6,111 | $6,111 | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| One8 Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $6,029 | $6,029 | Preselected only | Education |
| Frank Gerrity Charitable Trust | Holbrook, MA | 1 | $6,000 | $6,000 | Yes | General Grant |
| The Humanist Trust | New York, NY | 1 | $5,500 | $5,500 | Preselected only | General purpose |
| The Pequot Charitable Foundation | Salem, MA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | To fund continuing educational purposes |
| Esther H Hawks Trust #0717116 Charles L Newhall | Salem, MA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | Same as above |
| The Whippoorwill Family Foundation | Prospect, KY | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | For general charitable purposes |
| Meadows Road Foundation (fka Coydog Foundation) | Charleston, SC | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General |
| Arbella Insurance Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | Health charity |
| Kazickas Family Foundation | Sands Point, NY | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General support |
| The Melanie Foundation Inc | Saratoga Springs, NY | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | Mental health education |
| Kalvi Foundation Inc | Saratoga, CA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Cover educational and general relief expenses for deserving… |
| The Sudbury Foundation | Sudbury, MA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | Scholarship |
| The Melinda & William J Vanden Heuvel Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General |
| Frank and Karen Ptak Family Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | General |
| Anthony Piatelli Family | North Conway, NH | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Youth sports |
| Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund | Boston, MA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Stream of knowledge - robotics |
| Sweetser Foundation Inc | Annapolis, MD | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | General operating support |
| Granger-Williams Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Shirley Shattuck Windsor Charitable Trust | Boston, MA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | General fund |
| The Granville Foundation 7522-Xxxxxx00192 | Boston, MA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General support |
| The Hyde Family Charitable Fund C/O Thomas R Hyde | Buffalo, NY | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Ellen Abbott Gilman Trust U/W 0732200 | Boston, MA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | General fund |
| Sullivan Family Foundation | Milton, MA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | Unrestricted |
| Cox Charles M U Agmt Dtd 12 11 40 Char T | Dallas, TX | 1 | $4,333 | $4,333 | Yes | Unrestricted general |
| Joy Foundation | Aspen, CO | 1 | $4,300 | $4,300 | Preselected only | General support |
| McCormack Family Foundation Inc | Plymouth, MA | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 | Yes | Medical care in underserved communities |
| Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 | Preselected only | In support of The Mountain School, Vershire, VT |
| Walnut Hall Foundation | Lexington, KY | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 | Yes | Unrestricted |
| The Sooner Foundation | Stamford, CT | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 | Preselected only | General support |
| Henry Hornblower Fund Inc | Plymouth, MA | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 | Yes | General support |
| Ge Aerospace Foundation | Norwalk, CT | 2 | $3,220 | $1,610 | Yes | Matching gift |
| Wallace Minot Leonard Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Preselected only | General |
| The Sidhu Family Foundation | Orlando, FL | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Preselected only | To cultivate in its students a passion for learning and a r… |
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 Milton, Massachusetts?
The Flatley Foundation, Fidelity Foundation, Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc, Eleanor & Herbert Katz Family Foundation Inc, Hunt Street Fund Inc and 95 others reported grants to Milton 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 Milton. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.