The Pasculano Foundation concentrates on large, mission-driven gifts primarily in environmental conservation and scientific research, with occasional support for healthcare institutions. Their grants favor established, reputable organizations working on land- and marine-focused conservation, legal/advocacy efforts to protect natural resources, and scientific research that advances environmental understanding.
The Pasculano Foundation’s recent giving is marked by six-figure support for organizations working on environmental protection, scientific research, and advocacy. One of its largest 2025 grants went to Bigelow Laboratory in East Boothbay, Maine, for $400,000 to promote the organization’s work, and the same amount went to The Nature Conservancy in New York for the same purpose. Those gifts fit a broader pattern of backing established institutions rather than individuals or projects tied to short-term programming. The foundation also supported Conservation Law Foundation in Boston with $250,000 in 2025, continuing a relationship that appears in prior years as well. Alongside conservation and marine science, the foundation has extended large institutional gifts to healthcare and community-serving nonprofits, including Greenwich Hospital and Horizons for Homeless Children. Its recent record shows a funder that favors substantial, repeated support for recognizable organizations operating in New England and beyond, with many grants framed as support for the recipient’s overall work rather than a narrowly defined activity.
Environmental conservation is a clear thread in the Pasculano Foundation’s grantmaking. In 2025, it gave $200,000 to Natural Resources Defense Council in New York and $150,000 to Greenwave Organization Corp in New Haven, both for promoting the organizations’ work. Scientific research is another visible priority: Bigelow Laboratory in East Boothbay received $400,000 in 2025, following earlier grants of $200,000 in 2024 and $140,000 in 2023. The foundation also supported conservation advocacy through Conservation Law Foundation in Boston with $250,000 in 2025. Beyond environmental work, it has made large gifts to organizations serving families and communities, including $200,000 to Horizons for Homeless Children in Roxbury in 2025 and $125,000 to Prosperityme in Portland, Maine.
Typical grant sizes cluster at the top end of the range: p25 is $50,000, while both the median and p75 are $100,000. That points to a grantmaker centered on six-figure awards, with occasional larger commitments. The recent record shows repeat support across multiple years for several recipients, including ongoing gifts in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Grant descriptions are often framed as support to “promote the work of the organization,” suggesting broadly unrestricted institutional backing rather than tightly restricted project grants.
$3M
$21.3M
$7.5M
$3.3M
Most grants fall between $50K and $100K, with a median of $100K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$100K
75th Percentile
$100K
About 12% of grants go to recipients in MA.
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Concentrated giving: a small number of large grants to established institutions, including repeat support (multiple grants to Conservation Law Foundation). Funding is focused and high-value rather than broadly distributed.
Notable grantees: Conservation Law Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Greenwich Hospital
Grantmaking is regional, with the heaviest concentration in Massachusetts, which accounts for the largest share of grant counts. Maine recipients appear as well, including East Boothbay, Portland, and Newton, and the foundation’s headquarters is in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. New York City and Boston also recur among recipient locations, showing a strong Northeast footprint. Outside the United States, the grant list provided is entirely domestic, with 60 grants to U.S. recipients and no non-U.S. country counts listed.
Its recent grants favor established nonprofits in environmental conservation, conservation law and advocacy, marine and ocean science research, and selected healthcare and community-serving institutions. Examples in the data include Bigelow Laboratory in East Boothbay, Conservation Law Foundation in Boston, and Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich.
The foundation’s grant sizes cluster around six figures. The provided distribution shows p25 at $50,000, median grant size at $100,000, and p75 also at $100,000.
Yes. Several recipients appear across multiple years in the recent-gifts list, including Bigelow Laboratory, The Nature Conservancy, Conservation Law Foundation, Greenwich Hospital, Horizons for Homeless Children, and Prosperityme. The pattern runs through 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Its highest grant count is in Massachusetts. The recent-grants list also shows frequent recipients in Maine, New York, and Connecticut, indicating a regional Northeast pattern.
Many awards are described as being “to promote the work of the organization,” which appears repeatedly across environmental, research, and community-serving grantees. That wording suggests broad institutional support rather than narrowly defined project funding.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | NEW YORK, NY | $400,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| BIGELOW LABORATORY | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME | $400,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION | BOSTON, MA | $250,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL | NEW YORK, NY | $200,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN | ROXBURY, MA | $200,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| GREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORP | NEW HAVEN, CT | $150,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| PROSPERITYME | PORTLAND, ME | $125,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| URBAN ARTS | NEW YORK, NY | $120,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| COMPASS WORKING CAPITAL | BOSTON, MA | $120,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| RARE INC | ARLINGTON, VA | $100,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| THE DOOR | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY | BOSTON, MA | $100,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| HEADING HOME INC | BOSTON, MA | $100,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| FOODCORPS | PORTLAND, OR | $100,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| ZUMIX INC | EAST BOSTON, MA | $100,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| LOVIN' SPOONFULS INC | NEWTON, MA | $100,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| RAW ARTWORKS | LYNN, MA | $100,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| CERES INC | BOSTON, MA | $100,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| MIND-BUILDERS CREATIVE ARTS CENTER | BRONX, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| DANCES FOR A VARIABLE POPULATION | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| A COMPANY OF GIRLS | PORTLAND, ME | $30,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION | BOSTON, MA | $250,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | NEW YORK, NY | $210,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| GREENWICH HOSPITAL | GREENWICH, CT | $200,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| BIGELOW LABORATORY | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME | $200,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE | NEW, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| CERES INC | BOSTON, MA | $100,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| PROSPERITYME | PORTLAND, ME | $100,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN | ROXBURY, MA | $100,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| FOODCORPS | PORTLAND, OR | $100,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| THE DOOR | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| COMPASS WORKING CAPITAL | BOSTON, MA | $100,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| URBAN ARTS | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| LOVIN' SPOONFULS INC | NEWTON, MA | $100,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| RARE INC | ARLINGTON, VA | $75,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| GREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORP | NEW HAVEN, CT | $75,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| ZUMIX INC | EAST BOSTON, MA | $75,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| MIND-BUILDERS CREATIVE ARTS CENTER | BRONX, NY | $70,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION | BOSTON, MA | $50,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| RAW ARTWORKS | LYNN, MA | $50,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| HEADING HOME INC | BOSTON, MA | $50,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY | BOSTON, MA | $50,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| LIFETIME ARTS | NEW ROCHELLE, NY | $50,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| ROSIE'S PLACE | BOSTON, MA | $50,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| DANCES FOR A VARIABLE POPULATION | NEW YORK, NY | $35,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| A COMPANY OF GIRLS | PORTLAND, ME | $15,000 | 2024 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| GREENWICH HOSPITAL | GREENWICH, CT | $250,000 | 2023 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| BIGELOW LABORATORY | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME | $140,000 | 2023 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION | BOSTON, MA | $125,000 | 2023 | TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION |
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
$400,000TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION
BIGELOW LABORATORY
$400,000TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION
TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION
URBAN ARTS
$120,000TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION
THE DOOR
$100,000TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION
ZUMIX INC
$100,000TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION
A COMPANY OF GIRLS
$30,000TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION
ZUMIX INC
$75,000TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION
LIFETIME ARTS
$50,000TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION
A COMPANY OF GIRLS
$15,000TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION