About Amg Charitable Foundation
The AMG Charitable Foundation makes a small number of very large, unrestricted operating grants focused on direct service and relief. Its recent giving centers on major health care institutions, emergency humanitarian relief (notably Ukraine), and supporting employee-directed matching platforms, while also funding local social service providers. Grants are high-dollar and impact-oriented rather than highly diversified across many small recipients.
Focus Areas
Major hospital support in Massachusetts (Massachusetts General Hospital)Emergency humanitarian relief for UkraineEmployee-directed/workplace matching philanthropy (Bright Funds matching programs)Local social services/food security (The Open Door or similar direct-service nonprofits)
Giving Approach
Concentrated, high-dollar operating support: few grants (6 total) that are large in size, repeat funding to at least one institutional grantee (Mass General), and use of intermediary matching platforms to channel employee philanthropy.
Funding Style
operating supportunrestricted/general operating support
About Amg Charitable Foundation
A defining feature of The Amg Charitable Foundation is its mix of very large operating grants and employee-directed philanthropy. The largest recent award in the data went to Massachusetts General Hospital for $792,174 in operating support, while the foundation also made major grants through Bright Funds employee matching platforms. That combination points to a funder that supports both institutional health care and workplace giving infrastructure. Recent grants also show a strong humanitarian thread. The foundation directed $722,044 to Humanitarian Support for Ukraine Fund and $75,520 to Turkey Syria Earthquake Relief, both as operating support. Alongside those emergency grants, it has backed Boston-area health organizations such as Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Sean M Healey and Amg Center for Als at Mgh, as well as community providers like The Open Door in Gloucester. Its grant list suggests a practical approach: unrestricted support for direct service, relief, and medical care, often at substantial dollar levels.
What Amg Charitable Foundation Funds
Health care is a clear priority. The foundation gave $150,000 to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for operating support and $150,000 to Sean M Healey and Amg Center for Als at Mgh for operating support, alongside earlier support for Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital. Food security and local direct services also appear repeatedly. In 2025, it awarded $100,000 to The Greater Boston Food Bank and $250,000 to The Open Door. In a similar community-services lane, it gave $41,020 to Beverly Bootstraps. Humanitarian relief is another theme. The foundation provided $722,044 to Humanitarian Support for Ukraine Fund and $75,520 to Turkey Syria Earthquake Relief, both for operating support, showing that it has backed large-scale emergency response efforts as well as local nonprofits.
How Amg Charitable Foundation Gives
The typical grant size is modest relative to the foundation’s larger awards: p25 is $1,000, median is $4,500, and p75 is $10,000. At the same time, recent outliers are much larger, indicating a bimodal pattern with a few substantial operating grants. The foundation appears to favor unrestricted operating support across most listed awards. Recipients do recur across years: Bright Funds Ee Matching appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; The Red Sox Foundation appears in 2024 and 2025; and The Greater Boston Food Bank appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation does not fund individuals and is not identified here as making program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.2M
Total Assets
$5.6M
Total Revenue
$150K
Total Expenses
$2.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1K and $10K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$10K
Geographic Reach
Regional26 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Amg Charitable Foundation Funds
Top 4 recipient countries by grant volume for Amg Charitable Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 235 | $6.1M | 96.3% |
| 2 | United Kingdom |
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