Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Lowell Institute
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $998,356
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $50M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Lowell Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $2.3M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $2.3M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $2.1M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $2.6M | 22% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeastern University | $2,685,930 | 6 | 0% |
| Museum of Science | $1,801,034 | 6 | 1% |
| New England Aquarium Corporation | $1,057,929 | 4 | 1% |
| John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated | $496,564 | 5 | 2% |
| World Boston Inc | $439,817 | 6 | 12% |
| Cambridge Forum Inc | $340,000 | 6 | 82% |
| Trustees of Boston College | $326,484 | 4 | 0% |
| Revolutionary Spaces Inc | $186,791 | 5 | 1% |
| Peabody Essex Museum Inc | $170,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Boston Public Library Fund Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeastern University | $2,685,930 | 6 | 0% |
| Museum of Science | $1,801,034 | 6 | 1% |
| New England Aquarium Corporation | $1,057,929 | 4 | 1% |
| John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated | $496,564 | 5 | 2% |
| World Boston Inc | $439,817 | 6 | 12% |
| Cambridge Forum Inc | $340,000 | 6 | 82% |
| Trustees of Boston College | $326,484 | 4 | 0% |
| Revolutionary Spaces Inc | $186,791 | 5 | 1% |
| Peabody Essex Museum Inc | $170,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Boston Public Library Fund Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $75,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Uncornered Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Paul Revere Memorial Association | $42,700 | 6 | 1% |
| Massachusetts Historical Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Lowell Institute supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Eastern Bank Foundation · Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation · Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Lowell Institute
- How much does The Lowell Institute give?
- The Lowell Institute reported 13 grants totaling $2,270,141 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Lowell Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (37%), Arts & Culture (35%), Science & Tech (15%).
- Who are The Lowell Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Northeastern University ($2.7M), Museum of Science ($1.8M), New England Aquarium Corporation ($1.1M).
- Does The Lowell Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lowell Institute accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Lowell Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries, Eastern Bank Foundation, Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation.
- Where is The Lowell Institute based?
- The Lowell Institute is based in MA.
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