Foundations that fund organizations in Worcester, Massachusetts
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Worcester nonprofits
754 private foundations gave $70M to Worcester organizations in their latest filings; 42 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
2,141 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Worcester around $71K. 53 of these funders are based in Massachusetts; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 754
- Accept applications
- 42
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Worcester
- $70M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 2,141
- Typical median grant
- $71K
- Based in MA
- 53%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Worcester organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Paul J Dimare Foundation | Homestead, FL | 1 | $8.9M | $8.9M | Preselected only | education |
| Sherman Fairchild Foundation Inc | Chevy Chase, MD | 2 | $5.2M | $2.6M | Preselected only | Arts & Technology Program; Conservation and Collections Care |
| The George I Alden Trust C/O Fletcher Tilton & Whipple Pc | Worcester, MA | 40 | $4.8M | $15K | Yes | To further education |
| The Fletcher Foundation | Worcester, MA | 43 | $2.8M | $20K | Yes | Grants |
| The Donald P and Mary E Moriarty Charitable Foundation | Chatham, NJ | 1 | $2.7M | $2.7M | Preselected only | Capital campaign |
| Barr Foundation | Boston, MA | 17 | $2.5M | $75K | Preselected only | To provide general operating support; To support a strategic plan for the worcester cultural coal…; To support education work in western massachusetts |
| The George F & Sybil H Fuller Foundation | Boylston, MA | 1 | $2.2M | $2.2M | Yes | Operating, capital, and scholarships |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 3 | $1.7M | $600K | Preselected only | To assess the potential social and environmental impacts of…; To complete a set of time-series, coastal habitat conversio…; To complete a time-series set of coastal habitat conversion… |
| The Mosakowski Family Charitable Foundation | Swampscott, MA | 2 | $1.6M | $800K | Preselected only | General operating |
| The C Jean & Myles McDonough Charitable Foundation | Worcester, MA | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Preselected only | General |
| Amelia Peabody Foundation C/O Joseph Kelly | Topsfield, MA | 11 | $1.1M | $50K | Yes | General; Operations; Emergency Stabilization Services |
| Bally Shannon Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | An unrestricted grant to further the donee's exempt purpose |
| The Hanover Insurance Group Foundation Inc | Worcester, MA | 18 | $1.0M | $25K | Preselected only | Charitable Contribution |
| The Mooney-Reed Charitable Foundation | Rye, NH | 2 | $1.0M | $500K | Preselected only | Performing arts center support; Annual fund support |
| Hoche-Scofield Foundation-Equity | Dallas, TX | 40 | $947K | $10K | Yes | Unrestricted general; Fbo rachel's table; The clark fund |
| Ruth H & Warren a Ellsworth Foundation | Worcester, MA | 47 | $809K | $10K | Yes | Charitable |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 2 | $747K | $373K | Yes | Maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; Create novel technology platform capabilities |
| Kenrose Kitchen Table Foundation | Seattle, WA | 2 | $725K | $363K | Preselected only | Women's excellence endowment; Campaign for the nativity school of worcester |
| The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation | Worcester, MA | 39 | $722K | $5,000 | Preselected only | General support; Unrestricted general support; Worcester area college mentor program |
| Francis a & Jacquelyn H Harrington | Worcester, MA | 4 | $593K | $148K | Yes | Endowment fund; Main south neighborhood; Scholarship aid for main s. |
| Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation | Newton, MA | 5 | $580K | $133K | Yes | Medical research; Human services |
| Arthur M and Martha R Pappas Foundation | Stoneham, MA | 8 | $510K | $13K | Preselected only | General |
| The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 1 | $473K | $473K | Preselected only | Dieta anti-inflamatoria a crohns disease management strateg… |
| Withstandley Family Charitable Foundation | Chatham, MA | 6 | $455K | $68K | Preselected only | To fund continuing charitable purposes |
| Metrowest Health Foundation Inc | Framingham, MA | 7 | $448K | $20K | Yes | Meeting the moment; Basic health needs - oral health; Basic health needs - primary medical care |
| Esler Family Foundation | Saratoga Springs, NY | 5 | $425K | $50K | Preselected only | General charitable |
| E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation | Radnor, PA | 7 | $421K | $15K | Yes | General operating expenses for its programs serving low-inc…; Help with the costs of the new rev. richard and gail pryce…; General charitable and religious purposes |
| Hermann Foundation Inc C/O Maryann Copeland Treasurer | Worcester, MA | 12 | $375K | $25K | Yes | Enable donee to continue exempt function |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | New York, NY | 1 | $375K | $375K | Yes | For the web-based Mapping Global China project |
| Target ALS Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $369K | $369K | Preselected only | Biomedical research |
| The Carrick Foundation Kristin W Shirahama Et | Worcester, MA | 1 | $351K | $351K | Preselected only | Scholarships |
| The Ellison Foundation Mutl Fd & Lp Xxx-Xx-Xxxx | Boston, MA | 1 | $350K | $350K | Preselected only | Program support |
| The Katz Family Foundation | Seattle, WA | 1 | $350K | $350K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| International Society for Preventive Oncology | Middleburg, FL | 1 | $345K | $345K | Preselected only | For continuing charitable purposes |
| Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust | Boston, MA | 2 | $328K | $164K | Yes | Capital |
| The Klarman Family Foundation | Boston, MA | 5 | $315K | $50K | Yes | Unrestricted operating support; Flexible support for current community needs; Support for music education programming |
| Dr Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Medical Research Foundation | Needham, MA | 1 | $307K | $307K | Preselected only | Medical research |
| Mildred H McEvoy Foundation | Worcester, MA | 25 | $300K | $10K | Yes | Charitable |
| Tr Ua Albert W Rice Char | Dallas, TX | 23 | $300K | $15K | Yes | Unrestricted general; Support jermiah's inn |
| Cliff and Susan Rucker Charitable Foundation Inc | Beverly, MA | 8 | $298K | $18K | Preselected only | General support |
| Sarah Decoizart Perpetual Charitable Tr | Chicago, IL | 1 | $280K | $280K | Yes | Program support |
| The Mugar Foundation C/O Mugar Enterprises | Boston, MA | 1 | $250K | $250K | Yes | Undergraduate honors program - year 2 of 4 year $1,000,000… |
| Florence E Seeley Education Fdtn | Dallas, TX | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| William J McKee Jr Charitable Foundation | Worcester, MA | 7 | $250K | $20K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Tuw Gertrude Harrington Mem Fund | Dallas, TX | 2 | $241K | $121K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Memorial Foundation for the Blind Inc | Worcester, MA | 2 | $240K | $120K | Yes | General support |
| Paine Charitable Trust Ua | Dallas, TX | 5 | $231K | $3,000 | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries | Newton, MA | 14 | $207K | $9,500 | Preselected only | For empowerment.; For community.; For educational programs. |
| Joseph Persky Foundation | Worcester, MA | 18 | $205K | $6,250 | Preselected only | Enable donee to continue exempt function |
| Remillard Family Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 2 | $200K | $100K | Yes | General fund; Daycare fund |
| Ardmore Institute of Health | Ardmore, OK | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | High level medically oriented lifestyle medicine curriculum |
| The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation | Glastonbury, CT | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | General operations |
| Lankton Family Foundation Inc | Milledgeville, GA | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | To further the exempt purpose of the organization |
| Rex L Allison Educational Foundation Inc | Scottsdale, AZ | 2 | $196K | $98K | Preselected only | Provides education programs for african refugees and immigr…; Provide teaching necessities |
| Webster Five Foundation Inc | Auburn, MA | 54 | $196K | $3,000 | Yes | Exempt purpose |
| Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc | Natick, MA | 15 | $191K | $10K | Yes | Exempt purpose |
| Saint Francis Community Health Care Inc | Westborough, MA | 13 | $190K | $10K | Yes | Provide funds for thanksgiving and christmas meals.; Assist ex-prisioners adapt to community.; Support for youth hoops instructional program. |
| Wyman Gordon | Worcester, MA | 31 | $188K | $1,000 | Yes | General purpose |
| The Robert and Michelle Cooke Atchinson Foundation | Winchester, MA | 3 | $185K | $25K | Preselected only | Support mentoring for children throughout central massachus…; To support eduactional activities; To provide support for advanced education. |
| Worcester Railers Hc Charitable Foundation Inc | Beverly, MA | 17 | $177K | $2,000 | Preselected only | General support |
| The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams Charitable Trust C/O Choate Investment | Boston, MA | 1 | $175K | $175K | Preselected only | Expand project safe and sound to birth mothers of children… |
| Fels Family Foundation | Worcester, MA | 11 | $173K | $7,680 | Preselected only | General |
| J Irving & Jane L England Charitable Trusta Molloy & F Russellco-Trustees | Worcester, MA | 39 | $164K | $3,500 | Yes | General |
| Schwartz Charitable Foundation | Worcester, MA | 41 | $163K | $2,500 | Preselected only | To support exempt purpose; Further tax exempt purpose; Further tax exempt purposes |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | 3 | $156K | $3,000 | Yes | Matching gift; Project support to the clark center for the study of natura… |
| The Profesta Foundation | Boston, MA | 4 | $156K | $23K | Preselected only | General support |
| Jeanne y Curtis Foundation C/O Bessemer Trust Company | Garden City, NY | 7 | $155K | $20K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Hyams Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 1 | $151K | $151K | Yes | General support |
| Edna Bailey Sussman Fund | Jericho, NY | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | Educational grants |
| Sontag Foundation | Ponte Vedra Beach, FL | 1 | $150K | $150K | Yes | For the exempt purposes of this organization |
| William a Solomene Charitable Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | General |
| Mary M Coes Charitable Tuw | Dallas, TX | 4 | $149K | $37K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Elizabeth Whittemore Charitable Trust | Fitchburg, MA | 1 | $146K | $146K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 2 | $143K | $72K | Yes | 82475 expanding the study of how 501(c)(3)-(c)(4) hybrid or…; Matching gifts |
| Sidney R Baer Jr Foundation | Eagan, MN | 2 | $142K | $71K | Yes | General operating |
| Leducq Foundation for Cardiovascular Research | Houston, TX | 1 | $138K | $138K | Preselected only | General support |
| Melvin S Cutler Charitable Foundation C/O Greenbergrosenblatt Kull & Bitsoli | Worcester, MA | 16 | $134K | $2,500 | Preselected only | General |
| The Charles Irwin Travelli Fund C/O Tyler & Reynolds | Woburn, MA | 1 | $132K | $132K | Preselected only | Scholarships |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $129K | $129K | Preselected only | To scale the assistments model, which includes an online to… |
| Tao Jones Charitable Foundation Inc | Miami Beach, FL | 2 | $125K | $63K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Camosse Family Foundation Inc | Charlton, MA | 21 | $124K | $2,500 | Preselected only | Civic, religious, health or education; Civic,religious, health or education |
| The Albert J Gifford Charitable Trust | Worcester, MA | 8 | $123K | $13K | Yes | Support |
| The Robert J Stransky Foundation | Punta Gorda, FL | 2 | $120K | $60K | Preselected only | Current operations |
| Judy and Tony King Foundation C/O Wealth Enhancement Advisory Svcs | Boston, MA | 9 | $120K | $10K | Preselected only | Support |
| Lauring Charitable Foundation | Worcester, MA | 21 | $119K | $4,500 | Preselected only | Educational, religious or social services purposes; Educational, religious or social service purposes; Educational, religious or social services |
| Ralph & Helen Kelley Fdn | Dallas, TX | 4 | $117K | $11K | Yes | Scholarships |
| Spirol International Charitable Foundation Inc | Danielson, CT | 3 | $115K | $7,500 | Yes | Secondary Education; Koehl Merit Scholarship |
| Knight S Tr UW Bo L College | Dallas, TX | 1 | $113K | $113K | Preselected only | Scholarships |
| Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc | South Burlington, VT | 3 | $110K | $30K | Yes | General support |
| Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc | Rockland, MA | 17 | $110K | $5,000 | Yes | Exempt purpose |
| Sweetser Foundation Inc | Annapolis, MD | 3 | $109K | $5,000 | Yes | Sweetser scholar; General operating support |
| The Progin Foundation C/O Darmody Merlino & Co Llp | Boston, MA | 4 | $109K | $25K | Preselected only | Educational purposes |
| Coghlin Services Fund | Worcester, MA | 34 | $108K | $500 | Yes | Community; Education |
| Cvs Foundation | Woonsocket, RI | 5 | $108K | $4,000 | Yes | Volunteer challenge grants; Small grant; Scholarship grants |
| Carol and Alan J Bernon Family Charitable Foundation | East Greenwich, RI | 1 | $105K | $105K | Preselected only | Organization support |
| George H & Jane a Mifflin Memorial Fund | Boston, MA | 6 | $105K | $15K | Yes | Safe shelter and housing and wraparound supports for women; Child court advocacy program; For bar none |
| Nextfifty Initiative D/B/A Next50 | Denver, CO | 1 | $105K | $105K | Yes | General support |
| William & Ellen E Ames Charitable Trust | Pennington, NJ | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General operating |
| The Daymarc Foundation | Wayland, MA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Yes | General support |
| The Jensen Project Inc | Dallas, TX | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Creating safe and sustainable exits from exploitation and t… |
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 Worcester, Massachusetts?
The Paul J Dimare Foundation, Sherman Fairchild Foundation Inc, The George I Alden Trust C/O Fletcher Tilton & Whipple Pc, The Fletcher Foundation, The Donald P and Mary E Moriarty Charitable Foundation and 95 others reported grants to Worcester 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 Worcester. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.