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www.wbjournal.com Worcester Business Journal • Giving Guide 2015 67 Largest Charitable Foundations Foundation Assets Description Largest charitable foundations Ranked by assets for most recent fiscal year available Foundation Assets Description The George I. Alden Trust 370 Main St., Worcester 01608 508-459-8005 • www.aldentrust.org $192,537,442 Priority given to higher education, predominantly in support of independent undergraduate education; and YMCAs in Massachusetts Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc. 370 Main St., Ste. 650, Worcester 01608 508-755-0980 • www.greaterworcester.org $136,666,180 Serves all cities and towns in Worcester county; funds established and granted on behalf of individuals, families and nonprofits MetroWest Health Foundation 161 Worcester Rd., Ste. 202, Framingham 01701 508-879-7625 • www.mwhealth.org $104,379,556 Grants to provide unmet health needs of the community; support of programs that are not customarily operated by hospitals in Massachusetts The Stoddard Charitable Trust 370 Main St., 12th Floor, Worcester 01608 508-459-8000 $86,778,827 Grants awarded in the cultural, educational and social service need areas in the city of Worcester only The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts Inc. 446 Main St., 20th Floor, Worcester 01608 508-438-0009 • www.hfcm.org $70,966,121 Uses resources to improve the health of those who live or work in the Central Massachusetts region, with particular emphasis on vulnerable populations and unmet needs Hermann Foundation Inc. 370 Main St., Ste. 925, Worcester 01608 508-756-4657 $66,146,245 Giving primarily for health care and medical research, as well as for education, and children, youth, and social services The George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation 370 Main St., Ste. 660, Worcester 01608 508-755-1684 • www.gsfullerfoundation.org $55,754,146 Focused on cultural: area museums and art institutions; educational: area colleges; health care: hospital and support agencies; social services; recreation and youth development; religious institutions The TJX Foundation Inc. 770 Cochituate Rd., Framingham 01701 774-308-3199 • www.tjx.com $39,630,915 Contributes to programs that provide basic-need services to disadvantaged children, women and families, such as domestic violence prevention; education; social services, including adoption services North Central Massachusetts Community Foundation Inc. 285 John Fitch Hwy., Ste. 1, Fitchburg 01420 978-345-8383 • www.cfncm.org $37,712,372 Serves 33 communities in North Central Massachusetts; grantmaking, education, guidance and resources to strengthen and improve communities Sudbury Foundation 326 Concord Rd., Sudbury 01776 978-443-0849 • www.sudburyfoundation.org $32,912,658 Grants scholarships to students; single and multi-year grants to various charitable organizations that support community building and civic issues, the environment, local social services, and arts and culture The Fletcher Foundation 370 Main St., 12th Floor, Worcester 01608 508-459-8000 $30,518,240 Giving focused on education, the arts, community development, and human services Mildred H. McEvoy Foundation 370 Main St., 12th Floor, Worcester 01608 508-459-8000 $29,199,916 Giving focused on health, educational, cultural, and human service organizations based in Worcester and Boothbay, ME Robert Lloyd Corkin Charitable Foundation 6 Bigelow St., Hudson 01749 508-481-4000 $27,002,034 Giving primarily for education, health care, particularly a children's hospital, human services, and to Jewish agencies and temples Ruth H. and Warren A. Ellsworth Foundation 370 Main St.,12th Floor, Worcester 01608 508-459-8000 $22,090,221 Grants provided to health, educational, cultural and human service organizations based in the Worcester area Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation Inc. 15 Sycamore Rd., Wayland 01778 617-482-1776 $20,340,826 Gifts and grants focused on cancers, diseases and conditions; human services; Judaism Boston Scientific Foundation 300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough 01752 508-683-4000 • www.bostonscientific.com $20,262,893 Grants provided to health and education related organizations focused on individuals or communities with significant unmet needs, such as those who are economically disadvantaged, located within approximately 30 miles of Marlborough or Natick Dunn Family Charitable Foundation 30 Nagog Pk., Ste. 210, Acton 01720 978-952-8884 $19,049,849 Emphasis on education, health and human services, youth, the disabled, the elderly, ethnic minorities, and community development Fels Family Foundation 370 Main St., Ste. 800, Worcester 01608 508-756-2423 $18,533,867 Supports animal welfare; Christianity; education; human services Foundation for MetroWest Inc. 3 Eliot St., Natick 01760 508-647-2260 • www.foundationformetrowest.org $13,581,824 Serves 33 communities in the Metrowest area; philanthropic community organization Henderson Foundation P.O. Box 420, Sudbury 01776 617-512-6625 $13,533,911 Support for public policy organizations in the fields of foreign policy, defense, peace, and media issues; higher and precollege education; minor support for medical research The Steinberg-Lalli Charitable Foundation P.O. Box 2350, Acton 01720 978-263-2989 $12,390,995 Focused on education; foundations; health; higher education; housing development organizations: public charities Ranked by assets for most recent fiscal year available