This foundation prioritizes grassroots environmental health and community-empowerment work, making program-support grants to local and Indigenous-led groups fighting pollution and fossil-fuel infrastructure. Most awards are to organizing and advocacy organizations (with a strong Massachusetts focus), supporting campaigns for clean water, air, and community resilience rather than capital projects. Grants tend to be unrestricted program support that strengthen local civic engagement and public health advocacy.
Toxics Action Center Inc made a $98,000 program-support grant in 2023 to Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund Inc for charitable and educational activities, a clear sign of how heavily the foundation leans on community-based organizing to address environmental harms. Across its recent awards, the funder backs grassroots groups working on pollution, fossil-fuel infrastructure, clean water, and community resilience, with support framed as program support rather than capital giving. The pattern points to local advocacy organizations and Indigenous-led groups that are trying to shape public health outcomes through education, organizing, and civic engagement. The foundation’s 2023 grant list also includes a $28,430 award to Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station for charitable and educational activities, showing continued support for neighborhood campaigns opposing energy infrastructure. Other recent grants extend that same approach to groups in New England and beyond, but the common thread is consistent: small-to-mid-sized awards aimed at helping community organizations carry out advocacy, outreach, and public education work. The result is a funder profile centered on environmental justice organizing at the local level.
In grassroots environmental justice work, Toxics Action Center Inc gave $28,430 to Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station for program support tied to charitable and educational activities. That grant fits a broader pattern of backing community opposition to pollution sources and fossil-fuel infrastructure. The foundation also supports Indigenous-led environmental health work. It gave $7,500 to North American Indian Center of Boston for program support for charitable and educational activities, aligning with its interest in community capacity building. Clean-water advocacy is another visible thread. A $10,000 grant to Clean Water Fund of Michigan supported charitable and educational activities, showing that the foundation funds organizing around toxic-pollution prevention and public-health impacts. Its recent awards also reach organizations outside Massachusetts, including $10,097 to Native Green Inc in Providence for the same program-support purpose.
Typical grants cluster around a relatively narrow range: the 25th percentile is $8,408, median grant size is $10,048, and the 75th percentile is $23,847. One award stands well above that band at $98,000, indicating a mix of smaller operating-style grants and a larger anchor grant. The foundation is a public charity, and the recent grants list shows all awards as program support for charitable and educational activities. The 2023 sample does not show repeated grantees across multiple years in the provided data, so the visible pattern is one of targeted, project-oriented support rather than a documented multi-year relationship in this dataset.
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Most grants fall between $8K and $24K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$24K
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Concentrated but targeted: one large program-support grant accounts for the majority of dollars while several smaller, mission-aligned grants fund local and state advocacy groups. Grants appear to be unrestricted program support to grassroots organizations rather than capital or research funding, with a geographic emphasis on Massachusetts but occasional out-of-state/environmental partners.
Notable grantees: Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund, Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station, North American Indian Center of Boston, Clean Water Fund of Michigan, Native Green, Inc.
Grantmaking is regional, with 50% of grants going to recipients in Massachusetts, which is also the top state by grant count. Recent recipients include Worcester, Weymouth, and Jamaica Plain in Massachusetts, plus Providence, Rhode Island; Mount Clemens, Michigan; and Cocoa, Florida. All of the listed grants in the provided data went to U.S. organizations, for a 100% U.S. recipient share.
The foundation backs nonprofit organizations working on environmental justice, pollution prevention, and community organizing. Recent grants went to groups focused on charitable and educational activities, including neighborhood advocacy, Indigenous-led environmental health work, and clean-water efforts.
Typical grants are modest in size: the 25th percentile is $8,408, the median is $10,048, and the 75th percentile is $23,847. The 2023 list also includes one much larger grant of $98,000.
Massachusetts is the top state by grant count, and 50% of grants go to recipients in the foundation’s HQ state. Recent Massachusetts recipients include organizations in Worcester, Weymouth, and Jamaica Plain.
The recent grants are all to U.S. recipients, with awards in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Michigan, and Florida. That points to a regional footprint rather than a national or international one in the provided data.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
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Who can apply: Funds must align with Community Action Works’ mission; be used for clean air, water and clean energy work; be used only for 501(c)(3) activities; funds may not be used for political campaign activity, legislative lobbying, etc.; final report and budget documents are required at project completion.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiny Seed Project | Littleton, NH | $10,000 | 2025 | program support for charitable and education activities |
| Tiny Seed Project | Littleton, NH | $27,000 | 2024 | program support for charitable and educational activities |
| Unitarian Universalist Massachusetts Action Network | Marlborough, MA | $15,000 | 2024 | program support for charitable and educational activities |
| Housatonic Clean Water | Housatonic, MA | $8,000 | 2024 | program support for charitable and educational activities |
| NH Healthcare Works for Climate Action | Manchester, NH | $6,500 | 2024 | program support for charitable and educational activities |
| NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION FUND INC | WORCESTER, MA | $98,000 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES |
| FORE RIVER RESIDENTS AGAINST THE COMPRESSOR STATION | WEYMOUTH, MA | $28,430 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES |
| NATIVE GREEN INC | PROVIDENCE, RI | $10,097 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES |
| CLEAN WATER FUND OF MICHIGAN | MOUNT CLEMENS, MI | $10,000 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES |
| FIGHT FOR ZERO INC | COCOA, FL | $7,877 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES |
| NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER OF BOSTON | JAMAICA PLAIN, MA | $7,500 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES |
Unitarian Universalist Massachusetts Action Network
$15,000program support for charitable and educational activities
Housatonic Clean Water
$8,000program support for charitable and educational activities
NH Healthcare Works for Climate Action
$6,500program support for charitable and educational activities
PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
FORE RIVER RESIDENTS AGAINST THE COMPRESSOR STATION
$28,430PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
NATIVE GREEN INC
$10,097PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
FIGHT FOR ZERO INC
$7,877PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER OF BOSTON
$7,500PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES