How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in Massachusetts?

Start with the funders already giving to health in Massachusetts, currently Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return, Mgb Pooled Holdings LLC, Gates Foundation. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Massachusetts from out of state.

Who is the largest health funder in Massachusetts?

Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return gives the most to health organizations in Massachusetts, $2.6B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to health in Massachusetts?

$16.2B reached 2,240 health organizations in Massachusetts, from 9,688 funders. 60% 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 · Health

Who funds health in Massachusetts

Massachusetts's health organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$16.2B

granted

2,240

organizations

60%

from in-state

The short version

9,688 funders gave $16.2B to 2,240 health organizations in Massachusetts across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
60% of that came from funders also based in Massachusetts; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of health in Massachusetts is Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return, at $2.6B.
The health organization drawing the most is Mass General Brigham Incorporated, at $2.5B.

Largest funders of health in Massachusetts

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

1Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return$2.6B 2Mgb Pooled Holdings LLC$2.4B 3Gates Foundation$1.2B 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$726M 5The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation$511M 6Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$450M 7President and Fellows of Harvard College$269M 8Stanley Family Foundation$231M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$231M 10National Philanthropic Trust$221M

Health organizations in Massachusetts that draw the most

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

2,230 other health organizations$4.6B

Mass General Brigham Incorporated$2.5B Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return$2.4B The Broad Institute Inc$1.7B Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$1.6B Children's Hospital Corporation$1.2B Gates Medical Research Institute$927M

How to find health funders in Massachusetts

1
Start with the funders already active in Massachusetts
The funders giving the most to health in Massachusetts are Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return, Mgb Pooled Holdings LLC, Gates Foundation. A funder already writing health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the health 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
40% of health money in Massachusetts comes from funders elsewhere, so national health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Massachusetts.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in Massachusetts?: Start with the funders already giving to health in Massachusetts, currently Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return, Mgb Pooled Holdings LLC, Gates Foundation. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Massachusetts from out of state.
Who is the largest health funder in Massachusetts?: Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return gives the most to health organizations in Massachusetts, $2.6B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to health in Massachusetts?: $16.2B reached 2,240 health organizations in Massachusetts, from 9,688 funders. 60% 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.