Grants awarded
Who does Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation fund?
Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation has awarded $97 million across 7,393 grants to 4,656 organizations between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $2,500, with most between $500 and $5,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $2,500 versus $1,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$97.4M
Typical grant
$2K
Grantees
4,656
Grants
7,393
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| T Total Grants & Contributions Paid | $14.7M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Foundation for Business Equity INC | $4.9M | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| T The Boston Foundation | $3.8M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund | $3.0M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C City of Lynn | $2.0M | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Massachusetts Housing Partnership | $1.5M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Essex County Community Fdn INC
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$1.2M | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| L La Colaborativa | $1.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M McCi | $1.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N Nectar Community Investments (fka Lowell Community Loan Fund DBA McCi - Fbe | $900K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U United Way of Ma Bay & Merrimack Valley | $810K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
La Colaborativa INC
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$695K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| M Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (massinc) | $610K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Greater Boston Food Bank | $515K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Foundation | $507K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Massachusetts Lgbt Business Network INC | $505K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
New Profit INC
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$500K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MA | |
| F Family Independence Initiative | $500K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| Y YMCA of Greater Nashua | $431K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Commonwealth Kitchen INC
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$430K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MA | |
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$425K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
Childrens Services of Roxbury INC
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$405K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| B Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (becma) | $400K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Father Bill's & Mainspring INC
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$400K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
Lawrence Community Works INC
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$395K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
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$375K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| S Small Business Strong | $355K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Community Day Care Center of Lawrence INC
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$338K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
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$323K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| T The Builder Coalition | $302K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Boston Basics | $300K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Inquilinos Boricuas En Accin - Iba | $290K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Third Sector New England INC
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$277K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
Just a Start INC
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$275K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| T The Basics INC | $270K | 2 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Boston Foundation - Asian Community Fund | $268K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Neighborworks Southern New Hampshire | $267K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J Jewish Vocational Service - Jvs | $265K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U University of Massachusetts Lowell | $262K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Boston Children's Museum | $261K | 2 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Inquilinos Boricuas En Accion INC
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$260K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| A Associated Industries of Massachusetts Foundation | $250K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| D Dimock Community Foundation | $250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| H Housing Assistance Corporation | $245K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$245K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
Breaktime United INC
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$235K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| S St Francis House | $230K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Pine Street Inn INC
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$226K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| M Museum of African American History | $225K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition Mira | $224K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$222K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| B Boston Education Skills & Training (best) | $220K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Strategies for Children INC
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$215K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
The Greater Boston Food Bank INC
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$215K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| G Gregg Neighborhood House Association INC | $205K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$204K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| S Somerville Education Foundation | $202K | 2 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Center for Women & Enterprises INC
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$202K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| Y YMCA of Greater Boston | $202K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Boston Foundation - the Equality Fund | $200K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$195K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
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$193K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NH | |
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$188K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| B Boston Children's Hospital - Children's Hospital Corporation | $186K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Northeast Arc INC
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$186K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
Boston Medical Center Corporation
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$184K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
Asian American Civic Association INC
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$182K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| E Empath Economic Mobility Pathways | $178K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Bipartisan Policy Center INC
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$175K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | DC | |
| M Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation | $175K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance | $170K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Cape Cod Foundation INC
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$169K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
Greater Lowell Community Foundation INC
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$169K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| T The Neighborhood Developers | $165K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation | $163K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Old Colony YMCA - Brockton | $163K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E East Boston Neighborhood Health Center | $162K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MA | — |
| C Chapa Housing Navigator Massachusetts | $160K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Community Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands INC
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$156K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MA | |
Lynn Shelter Association INC
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$156K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| S Strategies for Children Build Capacity for Advocacy on Early Childhood | $156K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N Neighborworks Housing Solutions | $155K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| W Wellspring House | $152K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City INC
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$150K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| B Black Market | $150K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| L Leo Expanding Access | $150K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Coalition for an Equitable Economy | $150K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MA | |
| T The Boston Foundation - Skillworks | $150K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Greentownorg INC DBA Forge | $150K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Bsa Foundation Equitable Development Partnership | $150K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P People Incorporated | $150K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Boston Children's Hospital | $148K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Pace INC | $146K | 2 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Community Builders | $145K | 3 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation | $145K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Catholic Charities New Hampshire | $144K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$144K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
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$140K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MA | |
Crossroads Rhode Island
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$138K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | RI | |
| F Foundation for Metrowest | $138K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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