Foundations that fund Housing in Massachusetts
192 grantmakers on record have funded housing work in Massachusetts, according to the IRS filings they submit themselves. Here is what those filings say about how they give.
| Grantmakers on record | 192 |
|---|---|
| Accept unsolicited applications | 67 |
| Typical grant range | $4,400 to $25,000 |
| Median grant | $10,000 |
| Grants recorded | 14,743 |
| Combined giving on file | $1.1 billion |
| Most recent filing year | 2025 |
What this tells you
35% of them say in their filings that they accept unsolicited applications, which is noticeably more open than the 26% we see across this data as a whole. A cold approach here is more likely to be read than it is in most places.
Across 14,743 recorded payments the spread is relatively even, so the $4,400 to $25,000 band is a realistic target rather than a consolation prize.
23% are public charities that make grants, such as community foundations, rather than private foundations. They are easy to miss because they file a Form 990 rather than a 990-PF, and most foundation directories are built around the 990-PF.
How to read these numbers
The typical grant range is the middle half of what these funders give: a quarter give less than $4,400 on average and a quarter give more than $25,000. It is drawn from 189 funders who itemized their grants, so it describes what they actually paid rather than what they say they will consider.
Which of them would fund your work?
That is the part this page cannot answer. Praenum reads your organization's mission and ranks the grantmakers whose own filings show they fund work like yours, then emails you a short list every Tuesday. It also reads your own IRS filing, so it knows which foundations have already funded you.
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