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Top 25 Philanthropic organizations based in Boston, United States
RevenueBase identified 46 philanthropic organizations headquartered in Boston, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 648 professional contacts across them, including 321 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers philanthropic organizations headquartered in Boston, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest philanthropic organizations based in Boston, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 132 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Boston Foundation is one of the nation’s first and most impactful community foundations, with $1.9 billion in assets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 100 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “New Profit is a venture philanthropy organization that backs social entrepreneurs who are expanding access and opportunity in America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Barr Foundation’s mission is to invest in human, natural, and creative potential, serving as thoughtful stewards and catalysts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI) helps companies, foundations, families and individuals find innovative ways to maximize the impact of their giving.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Social Innovation Forum (SIF) creates positive social change in greater Boston by engaging leaders, strengthening organizations, and building networks.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “GMA Foundations helps you define a clear path to transformative philanthropy, and then walks the path with you as an ally and a guide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “As the world’s leading resource for annual giving programs, AGN helps educational institutions develop sustainable sources of philanthropic support.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The One8 Foundation invests in the following impact areas- Education: Excellent education for students in a rapidly changing world- Jewish Community: Building vibrant Jewish…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Invest in Others was founded by the financial services industry to amplify the charitable work of financial advisors and the institutions they work for.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Social Venture Partners Boston is a diverse community of leaders investing our time and money to help great leaders build strong, high-performing nonprofits improve the lives of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Building Impact’s mission is to strengthen communities by empowering individuals and companies with the opportunity to volunteer, donate, and connect with high impact, local…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Philanthropy MA delivers excellent opportunities in learning, networking, access to resources and tools, skill-building, and community-building and serves as a bridge between…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Network of Engaged International Donors (NEID Global) is a unique peer-to-peer learning network that serves a community of passionate and dedicated international…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Motivated by our faith and a commitment to the inherent dignity and common humanity of all people, we invest around the world in visionary and impactful organizations working to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Philanthropist.org: A market-based micro-philanthropy exchange that joins charitable donors with workerteers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Someone Else’s Child Foundation addresses disparities by investing in opportunities for young people to live, learn, grow and engage as contributing members of their communities…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded by Boston’s late civil rights leader and activist, The Lenny Zakim Fund believes that true social change is often initiated and carried out by people who experience social…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Through a unique 100% focus on philanthropic operation services, The Venti Group will innovate and optimize your fundraising operations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Schooner Foundation believes in the fundamental right to a life with dignity, opportunity, and the access to resources.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Global Albanians Foundation was founded in June 2018, and received its 501c3 status as a Public Charity in the United States in February 2019.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Give Black® Alliance is a nonprofit that focuses on the power of Black philanthropy and the assets of the Black community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “FloraCause is a philanthropic flower company that offers a variety of flower services for schools, dance studios, and organizations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Power Launch Philanthropy is an innovation lab that leverages competition and immersive learning to promote charitable giving.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Force501 Foundation (force501.org) develops and provides educational resources for donors and nonprofit organizations to improve the effectiveness of charitable giving and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: philanthropic organizations. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names philanthropic organizations.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of philanthropic organizations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name philanthropic organizations. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Philanthropic organizations based in Boston, United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Boston, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Boston, over 46 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among philanthropic organizations, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Boston, United States whose own description of what they do matches “philanthropic organizations”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names philanthropic organizations), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among philanthropic organizations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Boston are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 321 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Philanthropic organizations by metro in the United States
- Philanthropic organizations in New York187
- Philanthropic organizations in Washington89
- Philanthropic organizations in Los Angeles87
- Philanthropic organizations in Chicago83
- Philanthropic organizations in San Francisco70
- Philanthropic organizations in Boston46
- Philanthropic organizations in Atlanta42
- Philanthropic organizations in Austin39
- Philanthropic organizations in Dallas39
- Philanthropic organizations in San Diego37
- Philanthropic organizations in Denver34
- Philanthropic organizations in Seattle34
- Philanthropic organizations in Houston31
- Philanthropic organizations in Miami30
- Philanthropic organizations in Philadelphia30
- Philanthropic organizations in Minneapolis29
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names philanthropic organizations, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many philanthropic organizations are there based in Boston, United States?
RevenueBase identified 46 philanthropic organizations headquartered in Boston, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
The Boston Foundation, headquartered in Boston, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most philanthropic organizations?
New York leads with 187 headquartered companies, followed by Washington (89) and Los Angeles (87).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 321 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 46 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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