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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Massachusetts, currently The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund For, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Aphorism Foundation. Then look at who funds the science 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 science in Massachusetts?

$255M reached 70 science organizations in Massachusetts, from 366 funders. 21% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Massachusetts

Most of it comes from outside Massachusetts: only 21% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Massachusetts's science organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$255M

granted

organizations

21%

from in-state

The short version

366 funders gave $255M to 70 science organizations in Massachusetts across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
21% of that came from funders also based in Massachusetts; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Massachusetts is The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund For, at $45M.
The science organization drawing the most is Convergent Research Inc, at $71M.

Largest funders of science in Massachusetts

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

1The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund For$45M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$40M 3Aphorism Foundation$24M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$23M 5Silicon Valley Community Foundation$11M 6National Philanthropic Trust$9M 7Project Liberty Institute$7M 8Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$7M 9Tides Foundation$6M 10Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation$6M

Science organizations in Massachusetts that draw the most

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

Convergent Research Inc$71M Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc$36M Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$33M

60 other science organizations$28M

Marine Biological Laboratory$21M Science for America Inc$17M Probalistic Computing Foundation Inc$15M

How to find science funders in Massachusetts

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Start with the funders already active in Massachusetts
The funders giving the most to science in Massachusetts are The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund For, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Aphorism Foundation. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
79% of science money in Massachusetts comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Massachusetts.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Massachusetts?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Massachusetts, currently The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund For, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Aphorism Foundation. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Massachusetts from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Massachusetts?: The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund For gives the most to science organizations in Massachusetts, $45M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Massachusetts?: $255M reached 70 science organizations in Massachusetts, from 366 funders. 21% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

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

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; 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.