About Nordblom Family Foundation
The Nordblom Family Foundation directs the bulk of its funding through a major pass-through/donor-advised vehicle while making large, targeted grants to a small number of local nonprofits. Their gifts show a Massachusetts focus and prioritize economic mobility and direct service nonprofits (including health/hospice) alongside regional land conservation. The foundation gives relatively few but sizable awards rather than many small grants.
Focus Areas
Pass-through/Donor-Advised charitable funding (via Fidelity Charitable)Economic mobility and workforce-stability programs in Massachusetts (Economic Mobility Pathways/EMPath)Palliative, hospice, and community health services (Empath)Regional land conservation and nature center support in Massachusetts (Massachusetts Audubon — Crocker Barn)
Who They Fund
families (including family networks and family support participants)parents and parent leaders (including fathers and young mothers)children and adolescents (including grieving children and teens)
About Nordblom Family Foundation
A single $550,000 gift to Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund signals how The Nordblom Family Foundation moves capital: through large, selective grants, often routed through a donor-advised or pass-through vehicle, rather than a high-volume small-grants model. The foundation’s recent awards also show a clear pattern of support for organizations that strengthen family wellbeing and parent capability in Greater Boston, alongside targeted funding for economic mobility, hospice and community health, and land conservation. In that mix, EMPath received both a $200,000 charitable grant in 2024 and a $100,000 scaling-up grant in 2025, pointing to interest in workforce stability and intergenerational mobility. Other awards land with nonprofits serving children, parents, and caregivers, including Families First Parenting Programs, Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts, Room to Grow National, and Pathways for Children. The foundation also supports grief services and mentoring-oriented work, with gifts to The Children’s Room and Silver Lining Mentoring. Its recent giving suggests a preference for established local organizations and programmatic work that strengthens family systems over time.
What Nordblom Family Foundation Funds
Family wellbeing is the clearest thread in the foundation’s recent grantmaking. It gave $65,000 to Families First Parenting Programs for the Power of Parenting and Parent Leadership Programs and another $65,000 to the same organization in 2024. Related support went to Father’s Uplift Inc., reflecting an interest in parent engagement. Early childhood and school-readiness work appears in grants to Room to Grow National Inc. in Boston and the Bronx, plus a $50,000 grant to Pathways for Children Inc. for Family-Centered Programming Nurturing Program. The foundation also funds grief support: The Children’s Room received $50,000 for peer-based grief support groups for grieving children, teens, and parents. Mentoring shows up as well, including Silver Lining Mentoring in Waltham.
How Nordblom Family Foundation Gives
Typical awards are sized around a median of $25,000, with the middle half of grants ranging from $2,000 to $50,000. Recent giving includes a cluster of $50,000 grants and a smaller number of very large gifts, including six-figure support to selected organizations. The pattern is selective and relationship-driven: the same recipients appear in multiple years, such as Families First Parenting Programs and Economic Mobility Pathways. The foundation operates through invitation-only general grantmaking and family wellbeing programs, and it does not accept unsolicited applications. Grants are generally one-year awards under its family wellbeing program structure.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.1M
Total Assets
$37.7M
Total Revenue
$3.4M
Total Expenses
$2.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2K and $50K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
Regional14 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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