Foundations that fund organizations in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Pittsfield nonprofits
270 private foundations gave $13M to Pittsfield organizations in their latest filings; 28 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
1,031 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Pittsfield around $20K. 34 of these funders are based in Massachusetts; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 270
- Accept applications
- 28
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Pittsfield
- $13M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 1,031
- Typical median grant
- $20K
- Based in MA
- 34%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Pittsfield organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc | Pittsfield, MA | 478 | $2.0M | $2,500 | Yes | Matching gifts; 2024 season sponsorship; 23rd annual rome lions club golf tournament |
| The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc | Pittsfield, MA | 45 | $1.3M | $15K | Yes | Operating support; Hv feigenbaum corner for local authors & books; Annual gala support |
| Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation C/O Cameron K Mackey | Falmouth, MA | 17 | $935K | $30K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| Palladium Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | 1 | $700K | $700K | Preselected only | Various |
| One8 Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $666K | $666K | Preselected only | Education |
| Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick Trust | Stockbridge, MA | 5 | $635K | $100K | Yes | Building renovation; Lighting and audio fixed equipment; Building renovation grant |
| Hp Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $540K | $540K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Barr Foundation | Boston, MA | 2 | $340K | $170K | Preselected only | To provide general operating support as part of the catalyz…; To support transformation in learning and teaching to advan… |
| Donald C McGraw Foundation Inc | Delray Beach, FL | 16 | $320K | $25K | Preselected only | General support |
| UW E J Madden Mem Open Hearts Club 10-214880 | New York, NY | 1 | $307K | $307K | Preselected only | Program support |
| Roaring Brook Family Foundation | Lenox, MA | 3 | $200K | $75K | Preselected only | Matching challenge grant; Education center; Roots rising program |
| Gilson Family Foundation Inc | Concord, MA | 11 | $198K | $15K | Preselected only | Charitable donation; Charitable purposes |
| The Shubert Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $195K | $98K | Yes | General operating support for theatrical productions and ac… |
| Nion Robert Thieriot Foundation | Elk Mountain, WY | 1 | $175K | $175K | Preselected only | Donation |
| Geoffrey C Hughes Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 4 | $160K | $33K | Yes | General & Unrestricted; Blackshires fund |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 1 | $150K | $150K | Yes | For general operating support |
| The Summit Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | 2 | $135K | $68K | Preselected only | Comparsa: feature documentary in collaboration with youth a…; Girl rising guatemala gender equity programming and campaign |
| The Bok Family Foundation | Canaan, CT | 2 | $125K | $63K | Preselected only | Charitable contribution - theatre; Charitable contribution - promote performing arts education |
| Lou H Willeke Tuw | Dallas, TX | 1 | $115K | $115K | Preselected only | Urestricted general support |
| Coolidge Hill Foundation | Pittsfield, MA | 6 | $106K | $17K | Yes | To benefit programs that provide services to aid children a… |
| The Alsawalhi Charitable Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $105K | $105K | Preselected only | Program support |
| Gerald L Lennard Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $105K | $53K | Preselected only | Future Rising Fellows; Charitable Event |
| Aceso Foundation Inc | Bloomington, IN | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust | Boston, MA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Yes | Capital |
| Surdna Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $100K | $100K | Yes | General support |
| October Mountain Foundation Inc | Lynbrook, NY | 2 | $100K | $50K | Preselected only | General support |
| Lee Bank Foundation Inc | Lee, MA | 17 | $96K | $5,000 | Yes | Exempt purpose |
| Berkshire Life Charitable Foundation % Berkshire Life Insurance | Pittsfield, MA | 7 | $85K | $12K | Yes | Berkshire county arc has four day-habilitation programs tha…; Berkshire music school believes in the healing benefits of…; Cla seeks funding from the berkshire life charitable founda… |
| Cloud Mountain Foundation C/O Wffa Pllc | New York, NY | 3 | $85K | $25K | Preselected only | Environmental |
| Clarfeld Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 3 | $73K | $13K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; Israel Fund |
| Amelia Peabody Foundation C/O Joseph Kelly | Topsfield, MA | 2 | $65K | $33K | Yes | Early Intervention Program; Roots Rising General and Capital Support |
| Dubuque Research Foundation | St Louis, MO | 1 | $57K | $57K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Katharine Lw and Winthrop M Crane 3d Charitable Foundation | Boston, MA | 13 | $56K | $3,000 | Preselected only | General purposes; General purposes (United Cerebral Palsy); General purposes (care of elderly animals) |
| Virginia & Harvey Kimmel Family Fdn Im | Greenville, DE | 1 | $55K | $55K | Preselected only | Playwright mentoring |
| Claneil Foundation Inc | Plymouth Meeting, PA | 1 | $55K | $55K | Yes | General operating |
| Kmd Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | 5 | $52K | $1,043 | Preselected only | Classical music program for youth; Animal rescue; Ministry support |
| The Vervane Foundation Inc | Cos Cob, CT | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Charitable donation |
| Common Stream Inc #0745935 C/O Nutter McClennen & Fish Llp | Boston, MA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | No fracked gas in mass |
| Leventhal Family Charitable Foundation | Purchase, NY | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Public charity |
| The Dobbins Foundation Co Michele Dodge Director | Worthington, MA | 9 | $49K | $7,000 | Preselected only | Program |
| Jodi and Paul Tartell Family Foundation Inc | Golden Beach, FL | 3 | $44K | $10K | Preselected only | To enable the organization to perform its charitable functi… |
| Herman Goldman Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $41K | $21K | Preselected only | General Operating Fund for 2025 Theatrical Season; BTG 2025 Season |
| The Paternotte Family Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | 1 | $40K | $40K | Preselected only | Unrestricted donation |
| The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams Charitable Trust C/O Choate Investment | Boston, MA | 1 | $40K | $40K | Preselected only | Program support and strategic planning |
| Yankee Alliance Inc | Andover, MA | 1 | $38K | $38K | Preselected only | Supplyview |
| Crane Fund for Widows and Children | Englewood Cliffs, NJ | 9 | $38K | $4,500 | Preselected only | General Purpose |
| Carrie and David Schulman Family Foundation Inc | Plantation, FL | 1 | $35K | $35K | Yes | Charitable |
| Clinton O & Lura Curtis Jones Memorial Trust | Pittsfield, MA | 14 | $35K | $2,500 | Yes | Degree Studies; Degree StudiesDegree Studies |
| The Diane and Darryl Mallah Family Foundation | Roslyn, NY | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| The Edgerley Family Foundation | Overland Park, KS | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | Support-general fund |
| Eagan Family Foundation Inc C/O Grassi & Co J Nonenmacher | Park Ridge, NJ | 2 | $30K | $15K | Yes | Support for general use |
| Messinger Family Foundation Inc | Stockbridge, MA | 6 | $26K | $2,000 | Preselected only | General charitable or educational purposes |
| Charles H Hall Tua | Dallas, TX | 4 | $26K | $5,250 | Yes | Unrestricted general |
| The Patricia M & H William Smith Jr Foundation | Cooperstown, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | Endowment |
| The Robert and Phyllis Topchik Family Foundation | Manchester Center, VT | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Donation |
| Bob Barker Foundation Inc | Fuquayvarina, NC | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | General Operation |
| Laurentshatcher Foundation Inc | Riverhead, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | General operating support |
| Ruth E Proud Charitable Trust | North Adams, MA | 2 | $25K | $13K | Preselected only | Community development; Quality of life improvement |
| Rabaut Family Foundation | Great Falls, VA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General |
| Robert and Jill Granader Family Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Gardiner Howland Shaw Foundation | Boston, MA | 2 | $24K | $12K | Yes | Support for criminal justice theatrical production.; Support for the offender re-entry project in hampshire coun… |
| James T Powers Testamentary Trust UW Dtd 08604 | Pittsfield, MA | 14 | $21K | $1,000 | Preselected only | Program |
| Farmor Foundation C/O Eleutherian Trust Company | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | General operations |
| Malley Family Foundation | Southfield, MA | 2 | $20K | $10K | Preselected only | general |
| Wagner Foundation | Cambridge, MA | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Firman Fund | Cleveland, OH | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | Annual fund |
| The Yonah Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | Womens religious education |
| Dean Foundation Children (ima) | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | General operating |
| H L Thompson Jr Family Foundation | Brooklyn, OH | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Avangrid Foundation Inc | Orange, CT | 1 | $20K | $20K | Yes | Art & culture |
| Marvin and Betty Danto Family Foundation | Troy, MI | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | Unrestricted charitable gift |
| Fairbanks Family Charitable Foundation | Williamstown, MA | 3 | $20K | $5,000 | Preselected only | Operating assistance; Operations & capital |
| Walter F & Alice Gorham Foundation Inc C/O Edward Wacks | Alford, MA | 2 | $20K | $10K | Preselected only | Capital grant for music; General fund |
| Fieldcrest Aspiration Foundation | Del Mar, CA | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | General |
| Eversource Energy Foundation Inc C/O Kevin Morrissey | Hartford, CT | 3 | $20K | $1,500 | Yes | Support for the workforce development programs; Support for the youth development programs; Berkshire united way |
| The Ruth Krauss Foundation Inc | Bridgeport, CT | 7 | $19K | $3,000 | Preselected only | General support |
| 1853 Foundation Inc C/O Daquan Daly | Atlanta, GA | 2 | $17K | $8,500 | Preselected only | General |
| Malcolm Gibbs Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 5 | $17K | $5,000 | Preselected only | General |
| The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Al Mailman Family Foundation Inc | Harrison, NY | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Peter and Mary Levin Family Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | 4 | $15K | $1,750 | Yes | Annual support; Playwright mentoring program |
| Shirley Shattuck Windsor Charitable Trust | Boston, MA | 1 | $15K | $15K | Yes | General |
| Herbert H Schiff Foundation | Dublin, OH | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | General charitable purposes |
| Leon Lowenstein Foundation Inc | Madison, CT | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Curtis W McGraw Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Pittsfield Rotary Club Foundation Inc | Pittsfield, MA | 5 | $14K | $3,150 | Preselected only | Literacy; Literacy dictionaries for school; Youth books |
| The Buchwald Family Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $14K | $6,800 | Preselected only | To further donee organization goals. |
| Israel Meir Foundation Inc | Brookline, MA | 3 | $13K | $1,665 | Preselected only | Operations Budget Assistance |
| Bulova Gale Foundation | Lenox, MA | 1 | $13K | $13K | Preselected only | Religious activities |
| Cd Foundation C/O C D Chill - Graubard Miller | New York, NY | 2 | $13K | $6,375 | Preselected only | Theatre/opera festival; Synagogue |
| Oliver Root Tr UW | Dallas, TX | 1 | $11K | $11K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Alice Shaver Foundation | Williamstown, MA | 2 | $11K | $5,500 | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Shoval Foundation | Wilkes Barre, PA | 8 | $10K | $975 | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| The Jeffrey Frank Wacks Memorial Fund Inc | Whippany, NJ | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Capital grant for music |
| Louis & Lena Minkoff Foundation Inc C/O Burton & Co Pa Cpas | Hollywood, FL | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Promoting and facilitating film/medi |
| Mars Hq Regional Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General support |
| Round Room Gives Inc | Fishers, IN | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Provide a book vending machine in a pediatric hospital and… |
| The Burkehaven Family Foundation | West Roxbury, MA | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General charitable support |
| Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc | South Burlington, VT | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | General support |
| Jd Finish Line Foundation Inc | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Louder Than Words |
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 Pittsfield, Massachusetts?
Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc, The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc, Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation C/O Cameron K Mackey, Palladium Foundation, One8 Foundation and 95 others reported grants to Pittsfield 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 Pittsfield. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.