241 private foundations reported health & medical grants in Massachusetts on their IRS Form 990-PF filings for tax years 2022–2025. Historical giving records — not an open application portal.
Themes are derived from the free-text purpose each foundation wrote on its own Part XV filing, so a grant is classified by what the funder said it was for. Grants paid directly to named individuals are excluded from recipient counts and tables.
Across tax years 2022–2025, 241 private foundations reported 667 grants for health & medical totaling $419,345,066 to 426 organizations in Massachusetts. The most-funded Massachusetts communities were Boston, Cambridge, Framingham. Gates Foundation reported the most health & medical giving — $341,210,327 across 64 grants. The median grant was $25,000.
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| Foundation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Gates Foundation | 64 | $341,210,327 |
| Jerome Lyle Rappaport Charitable Foundation | 6 | $10,259,733 |
| DR Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Medical Research Foundation | 6 | $8,571,663 |
| Atrius Health Equity Foundation Inc | 21 | $4,498,330 |
| Freedom Together Foundation | 6 | $3,975,000 |
| The Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation | 8 | $3,455,004 |
| The Ricbac Foundation | 2 | $2,874,500 |
| Linde Family Foundation | 3 | $2,180,000 |
| The Ruane Family Foundation | 3 | $2,001,697 |
| Comet Foundation F/k/a the Steinert Family Foundation | 2 | $2,001,030 |
| Metrowest Health Foundation Inc | 52 | $1,923,126 |
| Margaret a Cargill Foundation | 2 | $1,710,000 |
| Recipient | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Gates Medical Research Institute | 1 | $276,581,817 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | 27 | $18,143,475 |
| Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc | 16 | $17,356,646 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | 14 | $15,374,952 |
| JSI Research & Training Institute Inc | 6 | $10,134,549 |
| Dana-farber Cancer Institute Inc | 13 | $5,303,327 |
| Dana Farber Cancer Institute | 10 | $3,426,516 |
| Institute for Healthcare Improvement | 2 | $3,085,157 |
| Mass General Hospital | 1 | $2,835,500 |
| Pathfinder International | 4 | $2,725,000 |
| The Broad Institute | 1 | $2,655,976 |
| Partners in Health | 12 | $2,367,378 |
| Oxfam-america Inc | 2 | $2,074,810 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc the | 3 | $2,037,063 |
| Philips Holding USA Inc | 1 | $1,987,293 |
241 private foundations reported health & medical grants in Massachusetts on their IRS Form 990-PF filings, totaling $419,345,066. The largest by reported dollars were Gates Foundation, Jerome Lyle Rappaport Charitable Foundation, DR Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Medical Research Foundation. These are historical filings, not open application portals — check each foundation's own guidelines before approaching them.
426 distinct organizations appear as recipients in Massachusetts, led by Gates Medical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc. Grants paid directly to named individuals are excluded from these figures.
The median reported health & medical grant in Massachusetts was $25,000, and the largest single reported grant was $276,581,817. Amounts are as reported by the filing foundation for a historical tax year.
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Source: public IRS Form 990-PF Part XV filings (tax years 2022–2025). Theme classification is derived from the funder’s own purpose text and is a summary, not a legal categorization. UseGrants is an independent aggregator, not affiliated with any foundation listed.
