510 private foundations reported grants to Cambridge, Massachusetts recipients on their IRS Form 990-PF filings for tax years 2022–2025. Historical giving records — not an open application portal.
Compiled from public IRS Form 990-PF Part XV filings. UseGrants is an independent aggregator, not affiliated with any foundation listed. Grants paid directly to named individuals are excluded from recipient counts and tables.
Across tax years 2022–2025, 510 private foundations reported 897 grants totaling $506,445,417 to 386 organizations in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The most-funded purposes were education (105 grants) and health & medical (48 grants). Gates Foundation gave the most by reported dollars — $350,086,869 across 58 grants. The median reported grant was $25,000.
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Purpose text from each foundation’s own Part XV filing, bucketed into plain-English themes.
“Of state” is the share of that foundation’s reported Massachusetts dollars that landed in Cambridge — a funder at 90% is effectively a Cambridge funder, one at 5% happens to give here.
| Foundation | Grants | Total | Of state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gates Foundation | 58 | $350,086,869 | 61% |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | 3 | $23,820,000 | 22% |
| The Stanton Foundation | 5 | $15,910,500 | 90% |
| Aphorism Foundation | 4 | $15,000,000 | 100% |
| Freedom Together Foundation | 10 | $13,680,000 | 38% |
| Carnegie Corporation of NEW York | 25 | $6,458,200 | 58% |
| Hess Foundation Inc | 3 | $5,350,000 | 46% |
| The Edward and Caroline Hyman Family Foundation | 1 | $5,000,000 | 100% |
Totals across every reported grant in the filings above. Individuals are excluded.
| Recipient | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Gates Medical Research Institute | 2 | $292,166,013 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | 67 | $60,028,243 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 98 | $58,585,273 |
| Probabilistic Computing Foundation Inc | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| Harvard University | 58 | $8,977,708 |
| Harvard Business School | 4 | $5,168,644 |
| Broad Institute | 7 | $4,576,022 |
| Root Capital Inc | 5 | $4,380,000 |
| Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Inc | 1 | $3,254,428 |
| Harvard College | 13 | $3,195,382 |
510 private foundations reported grants to recipients in Cambridge, Massachusetts on their IRS Form 990-PF filings, totaling $506,445,417 across 897 grants. The largest by reported dollars were Gates Foundation, The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc, The Stanton Foundation. These are historical filings, not open application portals — contact each foundation for current guidelines.
Reported purposes in Cambridge, Massachusetts concentrate in education (105), health & medical (48), research & science (43). Purpose text comes from Part XV of each foundation's own 990-PF filing, bucketed into plain-English themes.
The median reported grant to a Cambridge, Massachusetts recipient was $25,000, and the largest single reported grant was $276,581,817. Amounts are as reported by the filing foundation and reflect a historical tax year.
Foundation filings are historical. The UseGrants feed tracks federal and state opportunities that are open today, with the eligibility explained in plain English.
Source: public IRS Form 990-PF Part XV filings (tax years 2022–2025). Amounts are as reported by each filing foundation and reflect historical giving, not a current application opportunity. Recipient location is the address the foundation reported, which may differ from where a program operates. UseGrants is an independent aggregator — always confirm details with the funder before applying.
