About Cabot Corporation Foundation
The Cabot Corporation Foundation focuses its giving on hands-on urban coastal science and education in the Boston area and on building the chemical engineering talent pipeline through scholarships. Grants are programmatic and multi-year, aimed at expanding applied research/education (e.g., the Stone Living Lab) and supporting recurring scholarships for chemical engineering students. Their support is concentrated and mission-driven rather than broadly dispersed across many causes.
Focus Areas
Urban coastal science education and research (Stone Living Lab / Boston Harbor programs)Chemical engineering scholarships and workforce pipeline development (FOSSI scholarships via AIChE)Applied STEM education with staff and program expansion in Greater Boston
Who They Fund
children of employees/college-bound studentsmiddle school students (STEM)young children/early childhood populationsteenagers and young adults with life-limiting conditions transitioning to adult carepeople with physical disabilities (service dog beneficiaries)
About Cabot Corporation Foundation
Cabot Corporation Foundation Inc. makes long-running, programmatic grants that tie science education to place-based work in Boston and to the chemical engineering talent pipeline. A defining commitment is the Stone Living Lab at Boston Harbor Now, supported through a three-year education program commitment that includes expansion, research, and added staff. The foundation also backs recurring scholarship support through the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, where multiple FOSSI scholarships are funded on multi-year schedules. Beyond those two anchors, the foundation’s grantmaking shows a clear preference for applied STEM work rather than broad philanthropic dispersion. It supports middle-school science programming through the Mass Science and Engineering Fair, and it has also funded scholarship access through Scholarship America for employees’ children pursuing two- or four-year college study. The pattern is consistent with a corporate foundation using charitable dollars to strengthen education pathways, local science learning, and workforce preparation. Grants are structured, repeated over time, and often tied to specific programs rather than general-purpose giving.
What Cabot Corporation Foundation Funds
In urban coastal science, the foundation has backed Boston Harbor Now for the Stone Living Lab and its education program, with one grant description calling for expansion, education, research, and an additional staff member. That links philanthropy to applied learning and coastal research in Greater Boston. In chemical engineering workforce development, it funded the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for FOSSI scholarships across multiple award years. The grant language shows a recurring scholarship structure, including separate scholarship commitments on annual payment schedules. For youth STEM exposure, the foundation supported the Mass Science and Engineering Fair for a middle school STEM program. It also gave Scholarship America funds for employee-children college scholarships, indicating a second education track focused on tuition access. The foundation has also supported direct-service and community programs, including Horizons for Homeless Children and Emmaus for roof repairs at Columbia Park Apartments.
How Cabot Corporation Foundation Gives
Typical awards are in the mid-five-figure range, with a p25 of $10,000, median of $17,436, and p75 of $25,000. The recent grants list shows a strong multi-year pattern: Boston Harbor Now, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Scholarship America, and Ty Hafan each appear in more than one year, often with installment-based commitments. The foundation appears to operate as a corporate foundation, and its active grant programs describe site-level and community grants tied to Cabot facilities. Unsolicited applications are not accepted in the listed programs.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.2M
Total Assets
$502K
Total Revenue
$1.3M
Total Expenses
$1.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $25K, with a median of $17K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$17K
75th Percentile
$25K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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