Funders › MA › The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation › 2023
Grants paid by The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation, tax year 2023
EIN 04-2651199 · Cambridge, MA · Form 990-PF, Part XV
In tax year 2023, The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation (EIN 04-2651199) reported 109 grants paid totaling $8,831,000. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2023
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Yale University New Haven, CT | U | $2,500,000 | paid | ENDOWMENT AND OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Brookline, MA | C | $1,000,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Brigham & Women's Hospital Boston, MA | C | $510,000 | paid | PROGRAM AND OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | C | $500,000 | paid | SHORENSTEIN CTR ON MEDIA, POLITICS & PUBLIC POLICY | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Ecoamerica Washington, DC | B | $400,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Wbur Boston, MA | U | $350,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Wellesley College Wellesley, MA | C | $260,000 | paid | PROGRAM AND OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Case Method Institute for Ed & Democracy Cambridge, MA | C | $250,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Broad Institute Cambridge, MA | B | $200,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences Cambridge, MA | C | $200,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Wgbh Educational Foundation Boston, MA | B | $150,000 | paid | PROJECT, PROGRAM, AND OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Combined Jewish Philanthropies Boston, MA | D | $150,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Arnold Arboretum (harvard) Boston, MA | U | $150,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Summer Search Boston Jamaica Plain, MA | U | $100,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Adolescent Consultation Services Cambridge, MA | B | $100,000 | paid | ENDOWMENT - PROGRAM AND OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston, MA | B | $100,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Bard College - Fisher Center Annandaleonthehudso, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | FISHER CENTER | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Gilder Lehrman Institute New York, NY | D | $100,000 | paid | PROGRAM AND OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | West Chop Community Fund Inc Tisbury, MA | B | $65,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Massachusetts Humanities Northampton, MA | U | $50,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Facing History and Ourselves Brookline, MA | C | $50,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Phillips Academy Andover Andover, MA | U | $50,000 | paid | SCHOLARSHIP FUND | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Cradles to Crayons Newton, MA | B | $50,000 | paid | PROGRAM AND OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Tsne Missionworks - Integrity Initiatives International Boston, MA | U | $50,000 | paid | INTERGRITY INITIATIVES INTERNATIONAL | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Trustees of Reservations (formerly Decordova) Boston, MA | D | $50,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Massachusetts Historical Society Boston, MA | B | $50,000 | paid | PROGRAM AND OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Boston Baroque Boston, MA | C | $50,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Boston Area Gleaners Waltham, MA | C | $45,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Project Bread - the Walk for Hunger Boston, MA | B | $45,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Lovin' Spoonfulls Newton, MA | U | $45,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Food for Free Cambridge, MA | U | $45,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Bard College - Longy School of Music Cambridge, MA | U | $40,000 | paid | LONGY SCHOOL OF MUSIC | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Harvard Hillel Cambridge, MA | U | $35,000 | paid | PROGRAM AND OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Yale Hillel New Haven, CT | U | $35,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Let's Get Ready New York, NY | B | $35,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Metropolitan Opera Association New York, NY | B | $30,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Cambridge Health Alliance Foundation Malden, MA | B | $25,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Aclu Foundation of Ma Boston, MA | D | $25,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Voter Registration Project Washington, DC | B | $25,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston, MA | B | $25,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Boston Camerata Boston, MA | B | $25,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | 2life Communities Services Brighton, MA | B | $25,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Charities Aid Foundation of America Alexandria, VA | C | $25,000 | paid | EDUCATION PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | National Public Radio Foundation Washington, DC | C | $25,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Familyaid Boston Boston, MA | B | $25,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Boston Landmarks Orchestra Cambridge, MA | C | $25,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Homesmart Boston, MA | U | $25,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Bridge Over Troubled Waters Boston, MA | B | $25,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Tobin Project Inc Cambridge, MA | C | $25,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Martha's Vineyard Museum Vineyard Haven, MA | B | $20,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Reproductive Equity Now Foundation Boston, MA | C | $20,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Families First Parenitng Programs Inc Watertown, MA | C | $20,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts Boston, MA | D | $20,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Fort Ticonderoga Ticonderoga, NY | C | $15,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Tenacity Boston, MA | B | $15,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Conservatory Lab Charter School Boston, MA | U | $15,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Thrive Scholars Boston, MA | U | $15,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | American Jewish Committee New York, NY | B | $15,000 | paid | TRANSATLANTIC INSTITUTE | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Cambridge Public Library Foundation Cambridge, MA | B | $15,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | The Schwartz Center Boston, MA | C | $15,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Friends of the Lobkowicz Collections Dover, MA | B | $15,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Razom for Ukraine New York, NY | U | $12,500 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Sunflower of Peace Newton, MA | C | $12,500 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Partners in Health Boston, MA | U | $10,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Greater Boston Legal Services Boston, MA | B | $10,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Boston Public Library Foundation Boston, MA | C | $10,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Cambridge Community Foundation Cambridge, MA | U | $10,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Partnership Hyde Park, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Bridges Homeward Cambridge, MA | B | $10,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Raising a Reader Boston, MA | U | $10,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | New England Historic Genealogical Society Boston, MA | B | $10,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Every1 Can Work Fairfax, VA | C | $10,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Greater Boston Food Bank Boston, MA | B | $10,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Boston Book Festival Cambridge, MA | C | $10,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Squashbusters Roxbury Crossing, MA | B | $10,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | French Cultural Center Boston, MA | B | $10,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Kean University Foundation Union, NJ | B | $10,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | De Novo (fka Community Legal Services and Counseling Center) Cambridge, MA | U | $10,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | More Than Words Waltham, MA | B | $10,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Dream Program the Winooski, VT | D | $10,000 | paid | BOSTON PROGRAM | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Social Innovation Forum Boston, MA | C | $10,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies Cambridge, MA | U | $10,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Alexander Twilight Academy Boston, MA | C | $10,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Associates of the Boston Public Library Boston, MA | B | $10,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Cure Alzheimer's Foundation Wellesley Hills, MA | D | $10,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Perkins School for the Blind Watertown, MA | B | $7,500 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Boston by Foot Boston, MA | B | $6,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | International School of Prague Foundation New York, NY | B | $5,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Leap New Haven, CT | C | $5,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Silk Road Project Brighton, MA | C | $5,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Centerville Public Library Centerville, MA | C | $5,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Boston College - Mcmullen Museum of Art Chestnut Hill, MA | U | $5,000 | paid | MCMULLEN MUSEUM OF ART | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Bottom Line Jamaica Plain, MA | B | $5,000 | paid | BOSTON PROGRAM | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Mass Poetry Boston, MA | U | $5,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Vilna Shul Boston, MA | U | $5,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | From the Top Boston, MA | C | $5,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Democracy 21 Education Fund Washington, DC | B | $5,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Jewish Women's Archive Brookline, MA | C | $5,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Boston Lyric Opera Boston, MA | U | $5,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Jane Doe Inc Boston, MA | U | $5,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Metropolitan Housing Boston Boston, MA | D | $5,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Breakthrough Greater Boston Cambridge, MA | B | $5,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Ivy Child International Concord, MA | B | $5,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | C | $5,000 | paid | KENNEDY SCHOOL FOR WOMEN AND PUBLIC POLICY | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Camp Jabberwocky Vineyard Haven, MA | U | $5,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Whitehead Institute Cambridge, MA | U | $5,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Polly Hill Arboretum West Tisbury, MA | B | $5,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Shelter Music Boston Arlington, MA | C | $5,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
| 2023 | Architechts Foundation Washington, DC | U | $2,500 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202403209349106410 |
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