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Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc

The mission of the greater lowell community foundation is to improve the quality of life in the area. The foundation is a community resource, which attracts funds, distributes grants, and serves as a catalyst and leader among funders, agencies and individuals to address identified and emergent needs. The community foundation is a…

$4.6M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
110
Itemized grants FY2025
86
Organizations funded FY2024
21%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$3.9M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$18,047
Largest grant, FY2025
$277,348
Organizations funded a year
56 to 102
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$75M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $164k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving106$3.7M25%
FY202486$2.7M21%
FY202393$3.3M29%
FY202275$2.1M21%
FY202198$3.5M19%
FY2020102$3.8M48%
FY201959$1.3M42%
FY201856$1.5M34%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$4.2MArts & Culture$3.6MHousing & Shelter$3.0MEducation$2.7MYouth Development$2.1MHealth$2.0MFood & Nutrition$1.9MEnvironment$846kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Community Teamwork Inc$1,264,91390%
Merrimack Repertory Theatre Inc$1,012,40398%
University of Massachusetts$721,7733n/a
New England Quilt Museum Inc$720,263939%
Coalition for a Better Acre Inc$715,15293%
Lowell Catholic$682,8849n/a
Lowell Community Health Center Inc$672,00690%
UTEC Inc$637,62781%
Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc$630,12384%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc$621,92583%
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All grantees of Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Community Teamwork Inc$1,264,91390%
Merrimack Repertory Theatre Inc$1,012,40398%
University of Massachusetts$721,7733n/a
New England Quilt Museum Inc$720,263939%
Coalition for a Better Acre Inc$715,15293%
Lowell Catholic$682,8849n/a
Lowell Community Health Center Inc$672,00690%
UTEC Inc$637,62781%
Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc$630,12384%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc$621,92583%
Lowell Art Association DBA Whistler House Musuem of Art$601,460925%
International Institute of New England Inc$593,36893%
Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc$575,647735%
Catie's Closet Inc$542,75073%
Merrimack Valley Housing Partnership Inc$484,914929%
Recreational Adult Resource Association of Greater Lowell Inc$415,744966%
Girls Incorporated of Greater Lowell$414,79994%
Mill City Grows Inc$280,33286%
Dwelling House of Hope Inc$276,002629%
University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc$247,06130%
Lowell Transitional Living Center Inc$235,919611%
Immaculate Conception School Lowell$235,3422n/a
Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust$234,98796%
Center for Hope & Healing Inc$226,75074%
Women in Transition Inc$206,65185%
Gaining Ground Inc$196,79354%
Life Connection Center Inc$191,1505n/a
The Lowell Festival Foundation$189,56563%
Open Table Inc$166,62842%
Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers Inc$163,04171%
Agespan Inc$145,00010%
Young Women's Christian Association of L$137,50056%
Catholic Schools Foundation Inc$131,50090%
Lowell Public Schools$130,8576n/a
House of Hope Inc$124,00942%
Middlesex Community College Foundation C/O Jackson Chege$111,66754%
Cultural Organization of Lowell Inc$109,713656%
The Open Pantry of Greater Lowell Inc$106,33679%
Clear Path for Veterans New England Inc$106,02171%
D'Youville Senior Care Foundation Inc$103,43945%
Proprietors of the Lowell Cemetery$100,00016%
New England Forestry Foundation Inc$99,07790%
Dignity Matters Inc$98,98863%
The Virginia Thurston Healing Garden Inc$98,58274%
Habitat for Humanity North Central Massachusetts Inc$98,33861%
Lowell Youth Leadership Program Inc$97,500327%
St Anthony Parish$91,0003n/a
Project Learn Inc$90,5405n/a
The Megan House Foundation Inc$90,30071%
Boston Portuguese Festival$90,000486%
United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc$89,06930%
Women's Money Matters Inc$86,18546%
Aarons Presents Inc$82,23055%
Troubled Waters Inc$81,350315%
Lowell House Inc$81,00041%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell Inc$80,11091%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Billerica Inc$80,00031%
Challenge Unlimited Inc at Ironst$77,9845n/a
Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress Inc$75,84391%
Lowell Plan Inc$75,21048%
Health Resources in Action Inc$75,00010%
North Star Family Services Inc$74,59251%
The Wish Project$74,55042%
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence Inc$73,90022%
Ellie Fund Inc$71,00031%
National Council of the US Society of St Vincent de Paul Inc$69,99960%
Minuteman Senior Services Inc$64,75010%
The Lowell General Hospital$64,71940%
Incompass Human Services Inc$63,78430%
Minute Man Arc for Human Services Inc$63,15020%
Acre Family Child Care Inc$61,94890%
Greater Lowell Health Alliance Chna 10 Inc$60,00046%
Friends of Lowell High School Inc$57,81397%
Adolescent Consultation Services Inc$57,50032%
Project Kompass Incorporated$57,25035%
Trout Unlimited Inc$52,31660%
Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston Inc$52,22914%
Angkor Dance Troupe Inc$52,000213%
Opportunities for Hope Inc$50,08861%
Discovery Museum Inc$50,00031%
Cape Cod Community College$50,0002n/a
The Free Soil Arts Collective Inc$48,844199%
D'Youville Life and Wellness Community Inc$47,9754n/a
Greater Lowell Family YMCA$46,50021%
Wayside Youth and Family Support Network Inc$46,00020%
Northeast Legal Aid Inc$45,86020%
Portuguese-American Center Inc$45,0002n/a
Nashua River Watershed Assoc Inc$44,96861%
Challenge Unlimited Inc$43,19131%
Rise Above Foundation Inc$42,50043%
People Helping People Inc$40,80034%
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry Inc$40,33821%
Corporation for the Celebration of Jack Kerouac in Lowell$40,0002n/a
Pepperell Aid From Community to Home Outreach Inc$38,000314%
One Can Help Inc$38,00033%
Lowell Association for the Blind Inc$37,38044%
Immaculate Conception Church$35,6062n/a
Porter Productions LLC$35,0002n/a
Kids in Tech Inc$35,000310%
Dream Diner Foundation Inc$35,0001100%
VNA Care Network Inc$34,07730%
Health Law Advocates Inc$33,86411%
The Salvation Army$33,2203n/a
Daniel James McCarthy Memorial Fund Inc$32,50018%
Elevate New England Inc$31,00031%
St Paul's Soup Kitchen Inc$31,000319%
The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc$30,00030%
Northern Middlesex Council of Governments$30,0002n/a
Luso-American Education Foundation$30,0002n/a
Lowell Humane Society$29,00014%
Operation Delta Dog Inc$28,00022%
Mi Pequena Academia (Mpa)$27,5001n/a
Town of Westford$27,1373n/a
Project Learn Inc$27,0001n/a
Seven Hills Foundation Inc$26,8913n/a
Town of Pepperell$26,5762n/a
Manolis Family Foundation Inc$26,000244%
African Cultural Association$26,0002n/a
Latinx Community Center For Empowerment LCCEInc$25,0002n/a
History Unerased Inc$25,00026%
Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce Inc$25,00019%
Project Citizenship Inc$25,00021%
Townsend Ecumenical Outreach Inc$23,25229%
The Nature Connection Inc$22,80034%
Friends of Prescott Inc$22,5001n/a
Emerson Umbrella Inc$22,50011%
Oblate Mission Guild$22,2684n/a
On The Move Inc$21,500119%
Lowell Historical Society$21,202319%
Billerica Community Pantry Inc$21,00027%
Andover Islamic Center$21,00022%
Society of St Vincent de Paul$20,94620%
American Textile History Museum Inc$20,8351n/a
Acton Community Supper and Food Pantry Inc$20,00011%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$20,00010%
Massachusetts Military Support Foundation Inc$20,00011%
Power of Flowers Project$19,53436%
Bowdoin College$19,50030%
Oars Inc$18,50022%
Pcea Neema Church Inc$17,7502n/a
Mission of Deeds Inc$17,50011%
Project Home Again$17,50022%
Provision Ministry Inc$17,00020%
Stone Soup Kitchen Ministries$17,000215%
Zack's Team Foundation Inc$16,700213%
Merrimack River Watershed Council Inc$15,26221%
Advocates Inc$15,00820%
Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation$15,00010%
The Fitzpatrick Collaborative Inc$15,00016%
Fractured Atlas Inc$15,00020%
Refuge Art School Inc$15,000110%
Special Olympics Inc$15,0001n/a
Merrimack Valley Project Inc$15,00018%
Community Day Care Center of Lawrence Inc$15,00010%
Clean River Project Inc$15,000111%
Casa Esperanza Inc$15,0001n/a
Robert F Kennedy Community Alliance Inc$13,75420%
Cultivate Care Farms Inc$13,73822%
Friends of the Cameron Senior Cntr$13,450212%
Cambodian American Literary Arts Association$13,0001n/a
Town of Townsend$12,3482n/a
Westford Food Inc Co Westford Food Pantry$12,0001n/a
Groton Hill Music Inc$12,00010%
Detectogether Inc Formerly Known as the 15-40 Connection Inc$11,56820%
Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless Inc$11,52520%
Greater Lowell Technical High School Charitable Foundation Inc$11,36726%
Chelmsford Community Exchange Inc$10,000174%
Middlesex County Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Project Ellie$10,0001n/a
Adaptx Inc$10,000112%
Central Food Ministry Inc$10,00016%
Douglas a Thom Clinic Inc$10,00010%
Icatholic Media Inc$10,00010%
Phoenix Multisport Inc$10,00010%
Friends of the Senior Center Inc$10,000116%
Massachusetts Lgbt Business Network Inc$10,000121%
Cocotree Kids Inc$10,00013%
Town of Carlisle$10,0001n/a
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$10,00010%
Trustees of Lawrence Academy at Groton Ma Corp$10,00010%
United States Capitol Historical Society$10,00010%
Middlesex County 4-H Fair Inc 4-H Clubs and Affiliated 4-H Orgs$10,00018%
Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc$10,00010%
Parents Families & Friends of Lesb- Ians &Gays Inc Pflag Greater Boston$10,00012%
Bagly Inc$10,00010%
Massachusetts Association for Mental Health Inc$10,00010%
The Drew Farmhouse Inc$10,00013%
Lawrence Catholic Academy of Lawrence Massachusetts Inc$10,0001n/a
Building Audacity$10,00011%
Pal of Massachusetts Inc$10,00012%
All Saint's Episcopal Church$10,0001n/a
Sibling Connections Inc$10,0001n/a
Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter Sc$10,0001n/a
Senior Connections Inc$9,75010%
Communities for Restorative Justice Inc$9,29512%
Seven Hills Foundation Inc$9,1471n/a
Chelmsford Integrated Preschool$8,8791n/a
New England Dairy and Food Council$8,78010%
Sudbury Valley Trustees Inc$8,02210%
Trout Unlimited$8,0211n/a
Strongwater Farm Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc$8,00011%
Lowell Sun Charities Inc$7,80013%
Luk Crisis Center Inc$7,52510%
Learn to Lead Foundation of Lowell Inc$7,50011%
Rar-Ma Inc$7,50011%
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc$7,50010%
Clarendon Early Education Services Inc$7,50010%
Thoreau Farm Trust Inc$7,34018%
Townsend Congregational Churc$7,0551n/a
Kids in Disability Sports Inc$7,00016%
Bishop John J Snyder High School$7,0001n/a
Friends of the Lowell Council on Aging Center Inc$7,000115%
Ayer Fire Department$6,6701n/a
Collegiate Charter School of Lowell$6,5171n/a
Into Action Recovery Inc$6,50014%
Lowell Telecommunications Corporation$6,50011%
South Sudanese Enrichment for Families Inc$6,32511%
Eliot Community Human Services Inc$6,18310%
Westford Academy$6,0001n/a
The Decibels Foundation Inc$6,00013%
Bridging Independent Living Together Inc$6,00016%
YWCA Central Massachusetts Inc$6,00010%
Academy of Notre Dame at Tyngsboro Inc$6,0001n/a
Women Divers Hall of Fame Inc$6,00016%
Community Music Center of Boston Inc$5,99010%
The Second Step Inc$5,90010%
Westford Academy Student Supporters$5,770111%
Lowell Heritage Partnership Inc$5,617129%
Boston Area Gleaners Inc$5,59010%
Third Sector New England Inc$5,50010%
Ste Jeanne Darc School of Lowell Massachusetts Inc$5,5001n/a
The Community Family Inc$5,50010%
Visiting Nurse Association of Middlesex- East Inc$5,50010%
Horizons for Homeless Children$5,35010%
Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Center$5,2001n/a
Metrowest Worker Center Inccasa Do Trabalhador/Casa del Trabajador$5,20011%
Town of Lunenberg$5,1741n/a
Beacon Academy Inc$5,10010%
Living Waters Ministry of Hope$5,0621n/a

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 14 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 187 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunity Teamwork Inc: $1,264,913 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetMerrimack Repertory Theatre Inc: $1,012,403 over 9y, 7.9% of budgetNew England Quilt Museum Inc: $720,263 over 9y, 39% of budgetCoalition for a Better Acre Inc: $715,152 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetLowell Community Health Center Inc: $672,006 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetUTEC Inc: $637,627 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetMerrimack Valley Food Bank Inc: $630,123 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc: $621,925 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetLowell Art Association DBA Whistler House Musuem of Art: $601,460 over 9y, 25% of budgetInternational Institute of New England Inc: $593,368 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetCambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc: $575,647 over 7y, 35% of budgetCatie's Closet Inc: $542,750 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetMerrimack Valley Housing Partnership Inc: $484,914 over 9y, 29% of budgetRecreational Adult Resource Association of Greater Lowell Inc: $415,744 over 9y, 66% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Greater Lowell: $414,799 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetMill City Grows Inc: $280,332 over 8y, 5.8% of budgetDwelling House of Hope Inc: $276,002 over 6y, 29% of budgetUniversity of Massachusetts Foundation Inc: $247,061 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLowell Transitional Living Center Inc: $235,919 over 6y, 11% of budgetLowell Parks & Conservation Trust: $234,987 over 9y, 6.4% of budgetCenter for Hope & Healing Inc: $226,750 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetWomen in Transition Inc: $206,651 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetGaining Ground Inc: $196,793 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetThe Lowell Festival Foundation: $189,565 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetOpen Table Inc: $166,628 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetMassachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers Inc: $163,041 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetAgespan Inc: $145,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of L: $137,500 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetCatholic Schools Foundation Inc: $131,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHouse of Hope Inc: $124,009 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetMiddlesex Community College Foundation C/O Jackson Chege: $111,667 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetCultural Organization of Lowell Inc: $109,713 over 6y, 56% of budgetThe Open Pantry of Greater Lowell Inc: $106,336 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetClear Path for Veterans New England Inc: $106,021 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetD'Youville Senior Care Foundation Inc: $103,439 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetProprietors of the Lowell Cemetery: $100,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetNew England Forestry Foundation Inc: $99,077 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetDignity Matters Inc: $98,988 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetThe Virginia Thurston Healing Garden Inc: $98,582 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetHabitat for Humanity North Central Massachusetts Inc: $98,338 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetLowell Youth Leadership Program Inc: $97,500 over 3y, 27% of budgetThe Megan House Foundation Inc: $90,300 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetBoston Portuguese Festival: $90,000 over 4y, 86% of budgetUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $89,069 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWomen's Money Matters Inc: $86,185 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetAarons Presents Inc: $82,230 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetTroubled Waters Inc: $81,350 over 3y, 15% of budgetLowell House Inc: $81,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 187.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc)MA108.1× affinity65 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · We Share A Common Thread Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Theodore Edson Parker Foundation · The Saab Family Foundation · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of North Central Ma · Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc · Richard K & Nancy L Donahue Charitable Foundation · DCU for Kids · Essex County Community Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc

How much does Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc give?
Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc reported 110 itemized grants totaling $3,867,270, out of $4,554,821 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 56 and 102 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (18%), Arts & Culture (16%), Housing & Shelter (13%).
Who are Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Community Teamwork Inc ($1.3M), Merrimack Repertory Theatre Inc ($1.0M), University of Massachusetts ($722k).
Does Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc), We Share A Common Thread Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation.
Where is Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc based?
Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc is based in MA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 260 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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