How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Massachusetts?

Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Massachusetts, currently Boston Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Charities Aid Foundation America. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Massachusetts from out of state.

How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Massachusetts?

$109M reached 423 disaster and safety organizations in Massachusetts, from 807 funders. 46% came from funders also based in Massachusetts.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Massachusetts · Disaster and safety

Who funds disaster and safety in Massachusetts

$109M reached 423 disaster and safety organizations in Massachusetts, from 807 funders, with no single one dominating.

$109M

granted

423

organizations

46%

from in-state

The short version

807 funders gave $109M to 423 disaster and safety organizations in Massachusetts across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
46% of that came from funders also based in Massachusetts; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of disaster and safety in Massachusetts is Boston Foundation Inc, at $24M.
The disaster and safety organization drawing the most is All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc, at $34M.

Largest funders of disaster and safety in Massachusetts

The funders giving the most to disaster and safety organizations in Massachusetts, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Boston Foundation Inc$24M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$7M 3Charities Aid Foundation America$6M 4Association of State and Territorial Health Officials$3M 5Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation$3M 6Marine Gas Hazards Control Program$3M 7National Fire Protection Association$3M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$3M 9Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc$3M 10National Independent Venue Foundation$2M

Disaster and safety organizations in Massachusetts that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

413 other disaster and safety organizations$39M

All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc$34M National Fire Protection Association$8M Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts$4M Southcoast Community Foundation Inc$3M

How to find disaster and safety funders in Massachusetts

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Start with the funders already active in Massachusetts
The funders giving the most to disaster and safety in Massachusetts are Boston Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Charities Aid Foundation America. A funder already writing disaster and safety checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
54% of disaster and safety money in Massachusetts comes from funders elsewhere, so national disaster and safety funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Massachusetts.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Massachusetts?: Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Massachusetts, currently Boston Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Charities Aid Foundation America. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Massachusetts from out of state.
Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in Massachusetts?: Boston Foundation Inc gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in Massachusetts, $24M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Massachusetts?: $109M reached 423 disaster and safety organizations in Massachusetts, from 807 funders. 46% came from funders also based in Massachusetts.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.