Woods and Gil Family Foundation
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About Woods and Gil Family Foundation
The Woods and Gil Family Foundation concentrates on general operating support for a mix of local Greater Boston social service organizations and prominent national/international advocacy and humanitarian NGOs. Their giving emphasizes civil liberties, human rights, investigative journalism/public media, and direct services for people experiencing homelessness and food insecurity, with additional support for health and environmental conservation. They tend to fund established organizations (often repeatedly) rather than very small start-ups, and grants are framed as flexible core support.
Focus Areas
General operating support for Boston-area homelessness and food-security providers (e.g., Saint Francis House, Food For Free, Heading Home)Support for civil liberties and human-rights organizations (e.g., ACLU Mass, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch)Funding for investigative journalism and public media outlets (e.g., ProPublica, WGBH, WBUR)Grants to international humanitarian/medical relief and child-focused organizations (e.g., Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children, Project HOPE)Conservation and biodiversity protection through international land/forest trusts (e.g., Rainforest Trust)
Who They Fund
About Woods and Gil Family Foundation
The Woods and Gil Family Foundation’s recent giving is defined by flexible support for established nonprofits, especially organizations working on homelessness, food insecurity, civil liberties, public media, and human rights. A clear pattern in the grant list is repeated operating support to the same recipients across multiple years, including ACLU Foundation of Massachusetts, Food for Free, and Saint Francis House. The foundation also backs organizations working beyond Boston on related priorities, such as The Omprakash Foundation Fiscal Agent for Humanity Crew in Seattle and Doctors Without Borders USA in Hagerstown. Its largest listed recent grants sit in the low five-figure range, with awards of $12,000 to Schoolbox Project Inc and The Omprakash Foundation Fiscal Agent for Humanity Crew in 2023. Similar-sized support appears again in 2024 and 2025, suggesting a steady pattern rather than one-off project spikes. The grant purposes are usually phrased as general operating support, founder’s society general fund support, or support for a named program, indicating an emphasis on institutional capacity. The foundation also funds public-interest media and advocacy work through groups such as WGBH Educational Foundation and Trustees of Boston University for WBUR, alongside humanitarian and conservation-oriented organizations.
What Woods and Gil Family Foundation Funds
In homelessness and food assistance, the foundation backed Somerville Homeless Coalition with $4,800 in 2023 and $4,500 in 2025 for Project Soup/emergency food pantry support. It also gave $4,800 to Saint Francis House in 2023 and $4,500 in 2025 for its Founder’s Society general fund, showing ongoing support for direct services in Boston. Civil liberties and rights work is another recurring theme. The ACLU Foundation of Massachusetts received $9,600 in 2023, $8,150 in 2024, and $9,000 in 2025 for general operating support. Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts also received operating grants in 2023 and 2024. The foundation funds public media and investigative information work as well. WGBH Educational Foundation received support for the WGBH Channel 2 Ralph Lowell Society, and Trustees of Boston University received operating support for WBUR with a “no membership” note.
How Woods and Gil Family Foundation Gives
The typical grant size is modest: the 25th percentile is $1,350, the median is $2,400, and the 75th percentile is $3,550. Recent grants still include a smaller number of larger awards, but most giving clusters around general operating support rather than large restricted projects. The pattern is strongly repeat-oriented. ACLU Foundation of Massachusetts, Food for Free Committees, Saint Francis House, The Omprakash Foundation Fiscal Agent for Humanity Crew, and Union of Concerned Scientists all appear across multiple years. The foundation is a family foundation, and it does not accept unsolicited letters of inquiry or proposals; grants are made by invitation only. It also funds individuals.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$568K
Total Assets
$4M
Total Revenue
$224K
Total Expenses
$285K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1K and $4K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$4K
Geographic Reach
National13 states funded
About 0% of grants go to recipients in MA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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