About Women'S Foundation of Boston
To economically empower women and girls across Massachusetts by creating, funding, and accelerating high‑impact leadership and economic programs in partnership with women’s and girls’ nonprofits.
Focus Areas
EducationLeadership & mentoringCareer & financial empowermentJob trainingFinancial literacySTEM educationEntrepreneurship
Who They Fund
unspecified/varied recipients
Funding Style
program/project supportrestricted program funding (not general operating)short- to medium-term project grants
About Women'S Foundation of Boston
Women's Foundation of Boston Inc backs multi-year program support for women and girls across Massachusetts, with recent awards reaching 18 nonprofits in the 2023-2025 grant list. The largest recent grant in the data is $193,340 to Girl Scouts of Eastern MA for program support, and the foundation also made $175,000 grants to Women's Money Matters and $150,000 to Girls on the Run Greater Boston in 2025. That pattern shows a funder working through established nonprofits rather than individuals, using program funding to strengthen leadership, education, and economic mobility initiatives. The grant list also shows repeated support for organizations over multiple years, including Women's Money Matters, Science Club for Girls, Strong Women Strong Girls, Girls on the Run Greater Boston, and Mother Caroline Academy and Ed Center. Several awards sit at or near six figures, with grantees in Boston, Cambridge, Lawrence, Worcester, Whitinsville, New Bedford, Dorchester, and Harwich Port. The foundation’s public grantmaking centers women and girls, and the recent awards align with its stated emphasis on leadership, mentoring, education, career readiness, and financial empowerment.
What Women'S Foundation of Boston Funds
Leadership and mentoring is a clear throughline. In 2024, the foundation gave $125,000 to Strong Women Strong Girls for program support, and it also supported Big Sister Association of Greater Boston with $90,000 in 2023. Education-focused grants appear alongside that work: Science Club for Girls received $125,000 in 2023 and $100,000 in 2024 and 2025, while Mother Caroline Academy and Ed Center received $78,000 in 2025 after earlier awards of $75,000 and $69,875. Career and financial empowerment is another recurring theme. Women's Money Matters received $175,000 in 2025, after prior awards of $125,000 in 2024 and $122,220 in 2023. The foundation also backed Dress for Success Boston with $58,000 in 2025, reinforcing its support for economic security programs for women.
How Women'S Foundation of Boston Gives
Typical grants cluster in a mid-to-large program range: p25 is $40,000, median is $55,000, and p75 is $90,004. The recent list shows repeated awards to the same nonprofits across 2023-2025, suggesting ongoing program relationships rather than one-time gifts. Women’s Foundation of Boston Inc is a regular funder that makes restricted program grants, not individual awards or program-related investments. The active grant programs described for the foundation are multi-year and nonprofit-based, and unsolicited applications are not accepted for those program lines.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.8M
Total Assets
$21.9M
Total Revenue
$7.9M
Total Expenses
$3.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $40K and $90K, with a median of $55K.
25th Percentile
$40K
Median
$55K
75th Percentile
$90K
Geographic Reach
Local6 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
ROSALINA FELICIANO
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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