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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Massachusetts, currently Blavatnik Family Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Broad Institute Inc. 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?

$2.7B reached 213 science organizations in Massachusetts, from 2,875 funders. 24% 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 24% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: President and Fellows of Harvard College alone draws 47% of every science grant dollar in Massachusetts.

$2.7B

granted

213

organizations

24%

from in-state

The short version

2,875 funders gave $2.7B to 213 science organizations in Massachusetts across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
24% 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 Blavatnik Family Foundation, at $223M.
The science organization drawing the most is President and Fellows of Harvard College, at $1.3B.

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.

1Blavatnik Family Foundation$223M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$158M 3The Broad Institute Inc$122M 4Blavatnik Family Foundation 2020$93M 5The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc$81M 6The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation$74M 7President and Fellows of Harvard College$70M 8Jewish Communal Fund$63M 9Trustees of Boston University$39M 10University of Pittsburgh$39M

Science organizations in Massachusetts that draw the most

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

President and Fellows of Harvard College$1.3B

203 other science organizations$284M

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$212M Trustees of Boston University$194M Massachusetts Institute of Technology$174M Convergent Research Inc$150M

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 Blavatnik Family Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Broad Institute Inc. 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
76% 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 Blavatnik Family Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Broad Institute Inc. 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?: Blavatnik Family Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Massachusetts, $223M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Massachusetts?: $2.7B reached 213 science organizations in Massachusetts, from 2,875 funders. 24% 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.