Albert O Wilson Foundation

About Albert O Wilson Foundation

Albert O Wilson Foundation Inc gives in a narrow, repeated pattern: the USS Constitution Museum in Charlestown, Massachusetts received $30,000 in both 2023 and 2024 for general and unrestricted support. That recurring commitment points to a funder that favors sustained institutional backing rather than one-off project grants. Beyond that flagship museum relationship, the foundation supports a small cluster of Massachusetts organizations with unrestricted funding, including Cambridge School Volunteers, Just a Start, Crossroads for Kids, and Cambridge Camping Association. Its giving shows a clear preference for community-based organizations tied to children, youth, and education, along with a maritime history institution at the center of its public-history support. The grants are not framed as highly restricted project awards in most cases; many are listed as general and unrestricted, suggesting flexibility for recipients to use funds where operating needs are strongest. The presence of a scholarship line item for Agassiz Baldwin Community’s Outback program adds another layer, indicating support for program access as well as core operations. Across the recent grants list, Massachusetts recipients dominate, with Cambridge appearing often and Charlestown appearing in the museum grants.

What Albert O Wilson Foundation Funds

Education and youth-serving work appear throughout the recent grants list. The foundation gave $24,000 to Cambridge School Volunteers Inc for general and unrestricted support, and also made additional unrestricted grants of $12,000 in 2025 and $10,000 in both 2023 and 2024 to the same organization. Camp and out-of-school time programs are another visible theme. Cambridge Camping Association Inc received $12,000 and $10,000 in 2025 for general and unrestricted support, plus $8,500 in 2024 and $8,500 in 2023 for summer camp scholarship funding. The foundation also supports community-based service organizations. It granted $15,000 to Just a Start Inc, $10,000 to Riverside Community Care Inc in Dedham, and $10,000 to The Salvation Army in Cambridge, all for general and unrestricted support. Scholarship support is present as well through Agassiz Baldwin Community a Cambridge Corporation, which received funding for the Outback Scholarships Scholarship Fund and the Outback Summer Program Scholarship Fund.

How Albert O Wilson Foundation Gives