Foundations that fund organizations in Northampton, Massachusetts
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Northampton nonprofits
397 private foundations gave $20M to Northampton organizations in their latest filings; 33 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
548 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Northampton around $50K. 22 of these funders are based in Massachusetts; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 397
- Accept applications
- 33
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Northampton
- $20M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 548
- Typical median grant
- $50K
- Based in MA
- 22%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Northampton organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tammis Day Foundation | Palm Desert, CA | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | 3 | $1.6M | $300K | Yes | General support; General support and core support for institutional strength… |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 4 | $1.5M | $250K | Yes | 80958 supporting the educator-led communities of care proje…; 82279 accelerating efforts to advance home-rule reform by a…; 80901 piloting an investor tool to advance the wellbeing of… |
| Popplestone Foundation C/O Sullivan & Worcester Llp | Boston, MA | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Preselected only | Democracy & civic engagement - movement voter fund: expandi… |
| The Berkley Family Foundation C/O Kelly O'Donnell Interlaken Capital | Miami, FL | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | Smith college for the athletics renovation fund |
| Foundation to Promote Open Society | New York, NY | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | To provide support for the grantmaking programs, civic educ… |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | $600K | $600K | Preselected only | Northeast Transition Initiative |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 1 | $553K | $553K | Yes | Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; neglected t… |
| The Dinan Family Foundation | West Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | College education |
| Jean and David W Wallace Foundation Inc | New Canaan, CT | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | Endowment fund smith office for the arts and smith office f… |
| The Freeman Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $460K | $230K | Yes | General support |
| Elizabeth L Carter Foundation | Wilmington, NC | 1 | $415K | $415K | Yes | Support intensive trauma therapy for adults and children: t… |
| Barr Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $350K | $350K | Preselected only | To support expand massachusetts stories |
| Sunrise Charitable Foundation Trust C/O Antoine van Agtmael | Bethesda, MD | 1 | $300K | $300K | Preselected only | General scholarship endowment and start up grants fund, the… |
| Ud W Bingham 2nd 070535 | Dallas, TX | 1 | $300K | $300K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Wk Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | 1 | $300K | $300K | Yes | Jobs and Family Economic Security |
| The Fullgraf Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 4 | $295K | $20K | Preselected only | Smith College Museum of Art Ensure Access Endowment; Art Collection and Restoration of Paintings Fund; Museum visiting committee travel reimbursement fund |
| Stupski Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | To support education advancement through grants promoting n… |
| Td Charitable Foundation | Portland, ME | 3 | $245K | $25K | Yes | Servicenet supported employment; First generation and ubuntu: celebrations of culture and co…; Barriers to insurability grant program |
| The Peter a and Deborah L Weinberg Family Foundation | Albany, NY | 1 | $225K | $225K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Florence Savings Charitable Foundation Inc | Florence, MA | 25 | $217K | $5,000 | Yes | Exempt purpose |
| Easthampton Savings Bank Foundation Inc | Easthampton, MA | 20 | $190K | $1,000 | Yes | Exempt purpose |
| Elmina B Sewall Foundation | Freeport, ME | 1 | $185K | $185K | Yes | General Operating Support |
| Leonora H Knowles Trust B | Brooklyn, OH | 1 | $179K | $179K | Preselected only | General operating |
| The Edith Glick Shoolman Children's Foundation C/O Pkf O'Connor Davies Llp | New York, NY | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | Renovations to the premises on east avenue |
| Marilyn and Glen Nelson Family Foundation | Minnetonka, MN | 1 | $149K | $149K | Preselected only | Marilyn Carlson Nelson Class of 1961 Scholarship Fund |
| Scp Foundation Inc | Northampton, MA | 4 | $130K | $38K | Preselected only | Sustaining |
| The Rlb Charitable Foundation | Sioux Falls, SD | 1 | $125K | $125K | Yes | Charitable donation |
| The Wollenberg Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 1 | $125K | $125K | Preselected only | Restricted |
| The Warren and Augusta Hume Foundation Inc | Ponte Vedra Beach, FL | 1 | $125K | $125K | Preselected only | To help in renovations and improvements for the new 3,600 s… |
| The Zoe Foundation | Northampton, MA | 7 | $116K | $12K | Yes | Program support; Program services |
| Theodore R and Vivian M Johnson Scholarship Foundation Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $103K | $103K | Yes | Educational grant |
| Alcibie Alliance Incorporated | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Circle for justice innovation |
| The McKnight Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | $100K | $100K | Yes | For Program support |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Yes | Ocean stewardship and research |
| Patricia & Bernard Goldstein Family Foundation | Rye, NY | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | For operations |
| Andreas Foundation | Otsego, MI | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Grant is for recipeints general fund |
| Arts and Letters Foundation Inc | East Hampton, NY | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| The Melly Foundation | Sarasota, FL | 1 | $99K | $99K | Preselected only | General/unrestricted |
| Ada Howe Kent Foundation | Hazlet, NJ | 2 | $95K | $48K | Preselected only | non restrictive |
| The Beveridge Family Foundation | West Newbury, MA | 8 | $84K | $7,500 | Yes | 2025 qualified discretionary distribution; Outdoor composting toilet on abundance farm; The children's clinic expansion |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $80K | $80K | Preselected only | To examine the effect of housing subsidies, including the r… |
| The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $75K | $75K | Yes | Henry dreyfus teacher-scholar award |
| Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (fka Oneworld Boston Inc) | Woburn, MA | 1 | $75K | $75K | Yes | Social Justice |
| Jean Sanville Fdn - Loomis | Pennington, NJ | 1 | $74K | $74K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Ro Family Foundation | Medway, MA | 12 | $67K | $5,000 | Preselected only | Charity |
| Riley Mabel Louise Tr Uwill | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $60K | $60K | Yes | General operating |
| Potts and Sibley Foundation | Midland, TX | 1 | $60K | $60K | Preselected only | Support prevention and cure |
| The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation | Cambridge, MA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Operating support |
| Jandon Foundation C/O Leslie Cecil | Mount Kisco, NY | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Charitable & educational |
| Glass Charitable Foundation | Springfield, MA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General use |
| The Krupp Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | To support abundance farm |
| Clementine Fund | Tacoma, WA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Expanding democracy in texas |
| Entelco Foundation | Seattle, WA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Lakeview Foundation | Greenbrae, CA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General support |
| Music Matters Fund Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | Project support |
| Catherine Hawkins Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General |
| The Winston Foundation Inc C/O L Ippolito (paul Weiss Et Al) | New York, NY | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Support of the college's programs and initiatives |
| Chessie Foundation Inc | Chevy Chase, MD | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Charitable distribution |
| Veery Foundation Inc Mng Agy | Eagan, MN | 2 | $50K | $25K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Living Springs Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 7 | $48K | $10K | Yes | General support; General operating; Unrestricted |
| Stephens Family Foundation Inc | Shorewood, WI | 2 | $41K | $21K | Yes | Smith Fund Scholarship |
| Park Foundation Inc | Ithaca, NY | 1 | $40K | $40K | Yes | General operating support |
| Grace River Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $40K | $40K | Preselected only | General support |
| Howard Family Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $40K | $40K | Yes | General purpose |
| The Ruth L Lee Fund | East Weymouth, MA | 1 | $40K | $40K | Yes | Charitable |
| Tr UW Pordway-General | Dallas, TX | 1 | $39K | $39K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Mary L Perkins Trust UW | Dallas, TX | 1 | $38K | $38K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| The Joyce Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $35K | $35K | Yes | Democracy |
| Adella H & Alfred T Giller Char Tr | Dallas, TX | 1 | $35K | $35K | Preselected only | Creation of outdoor healing |
| De LA Cour Family Foundation | Glen Cove, NY | 3 | $35K | $10K | Preselected only | To Help Fund the Recipients Operating Budget |
| Priscilla Ordway Tuw | Dallas, TX | 1 | $33K | $33K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Lennox Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 4 | $33K | $7,500 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; Mental Health Program Expansion |
| Eversource Energy Foundation Inc C/O Kevin Morrissey | Hartford, CT | 4 | $32K | $1,750 | Yes | Cooley dickinson vna hospice - dunn haley; United way of the franklin & hampshire region; Support for the cultural bomba plena on behalf of |
| Mildred Moyer Charitable Trust Xxxxxxxx | Souderton, PA | 1 | $31K | $31K | Preselected only | Scholarship |
| Rasmuson Foundation | Anchorage, AK | 1 | $30K | $30K | Yes | Athletics renovation fund, the smith fund |
| The George Gund Foundation | Cleveland, OH | 1 | $30K | $30K | Yes | Green janitor cleveland. |
| Wright-Cook Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | The smith fund |
| Gerson Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | To further donee's exempt purpose |
| Stengel Olive F Tr Uart 6 Ow | Dallas, TX | 1 | $27K | $27K | Preselected only | Providing loans for tuition |
| Ruth E Draper for Smith College | Dallas, TX | 1 | $26K | $26K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Robert and Susan Rosenbaum Foundation | Bethesda, MD | 1 | $26K | $26K | Preselected only | General |
| Olive Keffer Tr UW Smith College Xxx-Xx-Xxxx | Manchester, NH | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Educational |
| Tua Ralph W Lerche Charitable | Dallas, TX | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| The Rock Foundation | North Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | For academic programs and scholarships at a private liberal… |
| Vila B Webber 1985 Charitable Trust | Boston, MA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General Purpose |
| The Marvin Naiman and Margery Goldman Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 3 | $25K | $10K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; The Smith Fund; Class of 1971 Endowed Scholarship Fund |
| Stevenson Family Charitable Trust | Cambridge, MA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Charitable contribution in line with mission |
| The Draper Foundation | San Mateo, CA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | Education program |
| The Hyams Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | General support |
| Insita Group Ltd | Chappaqua, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | To benefit general operations |
| The Brodsky Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Bunny Rattner Foundation Inc | Florence, MA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Teagle Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Knowledge for Freedom initiative |
| Marjorie H Turley and Joseph F Turley Family Foundation Inc | Indian River Shores, FL | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Scholarships for ida comstock scholars (students older than… |
| P Bruce & Virginia C Benson Foundation - B | Washington, DC | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General operations |
| Eveillard Family Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Charitable contribution - higher education |
| John J McArdle III & Joan C McArdle Foundation | Andover, MA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | Education |
| Fehsenfeld Riley Foundation Ua Dtd 1017200 | Worcester, MA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | Charitable |
| Hathaway Family Foundation | Millbrook, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Charitable |
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 Northampton, Massachusetts?
Tammis Day Foundation, The Ford Foundation, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Popplestone Foundation C/O Sullivan & Worcester Llp, The Berkley Family Foundation C/O Kelly O'Donnell Interlaken Capital and 95 others reported grants to Northampton 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 Northampton. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.