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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-6079941

Wagner Foundation

A private foundation in Cambridge, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 132 grants and $12.5 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

5 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $12,534,222

    Grants listed
    132
    Assets, end of year
    $161,143,389

  • Tax year 2023

    $13,196,500

    Grants listed
    135
    Assets, end of year
    $167,759,079

  • Tax year 2022

    $14,691,000

    Grants listed
    125
    Assets, end of year
    $175,331,276

  • Tax year 2021

    $13,711,090

    Grants listed
    100
    Assets, end of year
    $179,189,159

  • Tax year 2020

    $11,382,440

    Grants listed
    96
    Assets, end of year
    $157,945,011

Grants paid in 2024

132 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Mass Design GroupBoston, MA

    The catalyst fund, learning & engagement program, and labs program

    $1,000,000
  2. Year Up IncBoston, MA

    Campaign for an equitable future

    $1,000,000
  3. Institute of Contemporary ArtBoston, MA

    Fund for the future: phase II

    $700,000
  4. Partners in Health A Nonprofit CorporationBoston, MA

    Building on impact towards greater systems change grant

    $650,000
  5. Root Capital IncCambridge, MA

    Wai evolution & innovation grant

    $450,000
  6. Integrate Health IncRaleigh, NC

    General operating support

    $400,000
  7. Muso IncSan Francisco, CA

    General operating support

    $400,000
  8. Pivotworks IncRandolph, MA

    General operating support

    $400,000
  9. United States Artists IncChicago, IL

    Wagner arts fellowship

    $392,722
  10. Seed Global Health IncBoston, MA

    Innovative financing for health systems strengthening

    $350,000
  11. Health Initiative IncAttleboro, MA

    General operating support

    $300,000
  12. Fund for Catholic Schools IncBraintree, MA

    Fund for the future

    $250,000
  13. Build Health InternationalBeverly, MA

    Rwanda health systems strengthening program

    $200,000
  14. Homestart IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $200,000
  15. Women in Global Health IncSacramento, CA

    General operating support

    $200,000
  16. Boston Medical CenterBoston, MA

    Vital village network's birth equity leadership fellowship

    $185,000
  17. Cambridge Community FoundationCambridge, MA

    General operating support

    $150,000
  18. La Colaborativa IncChelsea, MA

    General operating support

    $150,000
  19. Now and There IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $150,000
  20. Regis CollegeWeston, MA

    Regis in haiti program

    $140,000
  21. Now and There IncBoston, MA

    The 2025 boston public art triennial

    $125,000
  22. Printed Matter IncNew York, NY

    Independent publishers grant and commissioned publications

    $116,500
  23. Trustees of Tufts CollegeBoston, MA

    Doula expansion toolkit dissemination: enhancing maternal health equity project

    $110,000
  24. African Visionary Fund IncWinchester, MA

    African visionary fund's health portfolio

    $100,000
  25. Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston IncBoston, MA

    Sponsorship of 2024 house party, waiving all goods and services

    $100,000
  26. Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative IncRoxbury, MA

    General operating support

    $100,000
  27. Full Frame InitiativeGreenfield, MA

    General operating support

    $100,000
  28. Genunity IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $100,000
  29. Global Health Corps IncNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $100,000
  30. Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association IncArlington, VA

    The inkwell society's black history film initiative & related programs

    $100,000
  31. Institute of Contemporary ArtBoston, MA

    Jill medvedow fund

    $100,000
  32. Institute of Contemporary ArtBoston, MA

    Fy25 board special fund

    $100,000
  33. Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumBoston, MA

    Exhibition program and gardner ambassador program

    $100,000
  34. Local Enterprise Assistance Fund IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $100,000
  35. More Than Words IncWaltham, MA

    Community engagement & advocacy work

    $100,000
  36. Museum of Contemporary ArtChicago, IL

    Renewal of the women artists initiative

    $100,000
  37. Partners in Health A Nonprofit CorporationBoston, MA

    Expanding health equity in new bedford & beyond

    $100,000
  38. St Boniface Haiti Foundation IncNewton, MA

    Unrestricted emergency response support in massachusetts

    $100,000
  39. Boston Center for the Arts IncBoston, MA

    Studio program

    $90,000
  40. Boston Art Review IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $75,000
  41. Breaktime United IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $75,000
  42. Camp Harbor View FoundationScituate, MA

    General operating support

    $75,000
  43. Central Square Business Improvement District IncCambridge, MA

    Central square bid strategic planning grant

    $75,000
  44. Contemporary Arts Museum HoustonHouston, TX

    Rebirth in action phase two

    $75,000
  45. CounterpublicSaint Louis, MO

    General operating support

    $75,000
  46. Floating MuseumChicago, IL

    The burroughs residency

    $75,000
  47. Loop Lab IncCambridge, MA

    General operating support

    $75,000
  48. Monument LabPhiladelphia, PA

    General operating support

    $75,000
  49. Royall House AssociationMedford, MA

    General operating support

    $75,000
  50. Public TrustPhiladelphia, PA

    Engagement curation conference

    $70,000
  51. Art Papers IncAtlanta, GA

    'fire ecology' programming

    $60,000
  52. Accompany Doula Care IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $50,000
  53. Boston Community PediatricsMansfield, MA

    General operating support

    $50,000
  54. Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston IncBoston, MA

    Endowment support for the josh kraft fund for diversity and equity

    $50,000
  55. Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $50,000
  56. CaremessageSan Francisco, CA

    General operating support

    $50,000
  57. Center for Economic DemocracyJamaica Plain, MA

    Sei pooled fund

    $50,000
  58. Central Square Business Improvement District IncCambridge, MA

    General operating support

    $50,000
  59. Chinatown Community Land Trust IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $50,000
  60. Essex Art Center IncLawrence, MA

    Artist publishing initiative and 'speech lives' traveling exhibition

    $50,000
  61. Panorama GlobalSeattle, WA

    General operating support for community health impact coalition

    $50,000
  62. President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA

    Center for public leadership council fund, waiving all goods and services

    $50,000
  63. Resist IncJamaica Plain, MA

    General operating support for neighborhood birth center

    $50,000
  64. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy IncBoston, MA

    Public art program

    $50,000
  65. St Peter's SchoolCambridge, MA

    Annual fund

    $50,000
  66. The Baltimore Museum of Art IncBaltimore, MD

    Joyce j. Scott exhibition

    $50,000
  67. The Red Sox Foundation IncBoston, MA

    Capital campaign

    $50,000
  68. US Biennial IncNew Orleans, LA

    P.6 exhibition

    $50,000
  69. Performance Zone DBA the FieldNew York, NY

    At louis place's artist publishing project

    $40,000
  70. WhyhungerNew York, NY

    General operating support for eastern woodlands rematriation

    $40,000
  71. Art Council IncBrooklyn, NY

    Boston artadia award

    $30,000
  72. Center for Economic DemocracyJamaica Plain, MA

    Boston ujima project's podcast organize: radical alternatives to the given'

    $30,000
  73. Institute of Contemporary ArtBoston, MA

    2024 gala, waiving all goods and services

    $30,000
  74. Bams Fest IncDorchester, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  75. Black History in Action for CambridgeportCambridge, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  76. Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  77. Boston Ujima Project IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  78. Familyaid Boston IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  79. Father Bills & Mainspring IncBrockton, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  80. Food for Free Committees IncSomervillle, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  81. Heading Home IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  82. Immigrant Family Services InstituteMattapan, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  83. Institute of Contemporary ArtBoston, MA

    2024 annual women's luncheon

    $25,000
  84. John F Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsWashington, DC

    Paca fund

    $25,000
  85. LaxartLos Angeles, CA

    Monuments' exhibition

    $25,000
  86. Merrimack Valley Food Bank IncLowell, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  87. Primary Information IncBrooklyn, NY

    General operating support

    $25,000
  88. Regis CollegeWeston, MA

    2024 gala, waiving all goods and services

    $25,000
  89. Shiftworks Community & Public ArtPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support for sibyls shrine

    $25,000
  90. Sojourns Community ClinicWestminster, VT

    General operating support for the national association of certified professional midwives

    $25,000
  91. Storm King Art CenterNew Windsor, NY

    Arlene shechet exhibition

    $25,000
  92. The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts IncChicopee, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  93. The Greater Boston Food Bank IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  94. Trustees of Tufts CollegeBoston, MA

    'tomashi jackson: across the universe' exhibition

    $25,000
  95. Urban Revival IncJamaica Plain, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  96. Via Art Fund IncNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $25,000
  97. Worcester County Food Bank IncShrewsbury, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  98. Central Square Business Improvement District IncCambridge, MA

    Shade is social justice: gabriel cira and matthew okizaki public art project

    $22,000
  99. Alianza DV Services IncHolyoke, MA

    General operating support

    $20,000
  100. Casa Myrna Vasquez IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $20,000
  101. Elizabeth Freeman Center IncPittsfield, MA

    General operating support

    $20,000
  102. Harborcov IncChelsea, MA

    General operating support

    $20,000
  103. Propa City Community OutreachRoxbury, MA

    General operating support

    $20,000
  104. Rosies Place IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $20,000
  105. The Center for Hope and Healing IncLowell, MA

    General operating support

    $20,000
  106. YWCA of Southeastern MassachusettsNew Bedford, MA

    General operating support

    $20,000
  107. Center for Independent DocumentaryCambridge, MA

    General operating support for roxbury international film festival

    $15,000
  108. Fractured AtlasNew York, NY

    June 2025 arrival art fair, waiving all goods and services

    $15,000
  109. Tate Americas FoundationNew York, NY

    2024 membership - north american acquisitions committee, waiving all goods and services

    $15,000
  110. Boston Center for the Arts IncBoston, MA

    Luis arnias traveling exhibition

    $13,000
  111. Arts & Business Council of Greater BostonBoston, MA

    General operating support for art stays here coalition

    $10,000
  112. Brain Arts Organization IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $10,000
  113. Cambridge Community FoundationCambridge, MA

    The bob moses fund for education and organizing

    $10,000
  114. Charles River Conservancy IncCambridge, MA

    General operating support

    $10,000
  115. Fractured AtlasNew York, NY

    General operating support for cloth collaborative studio and workshop

    $10,000
  116. Masscreative IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $10,000
  117. Network of Engaged International Donors Global IncBoston, MA

    Grant match challenge

    $10,000
  118. Network of Engaged International Donors Global IncBoston, MA

    2024 neid global changemaker gala, waiving all goods and services

    $10,000
  119. Non-Event IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $10,000
  120. Resilient Sisterhood Project IncCambridge, MA

    General operating support

    $10,000
  121. The Massachusetts Institute for A New Commonwealth IncBoston, MA

    Commonwealth beacon's birth justice event, waiving all goods and services

    $10,000
  122. Think Outside the VoxLittleton, MA

    General operating support

    $10,000
  123. Urban Guild IncDorchester, MA

    General operating support

    $10,000
  124. Urbano Project IncCambridge, MA

    General operating support

    $10,000
  125. US Biennial IncNew Orleans, LA

    Artists of public memory

    $10,000
  126. Cambridge Community Center IncCambridge, MA

    Annual fund

    $5,000
  127. Cambridge Historical SocietyCambridge, MA

    General operating support

    $5,000
  128. Gallery 263 IncCambridge, MA

    General operating support

    $5,000
  129. Mobius IncJamaica Plain, MA

    General operating support for digital soup

    $5,000
  130. Piano Craft Gallery IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $5,000
  131. Somerville Historical SocietySomerville, MA

    General operating support

    $5,000
  132. Tiny Seed ProjectVernon, VT

    General operating support for danza organica

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture46 grants $3,102,22229% of the total
  2. International aid5 grants $2,000,00019% of the total
  3. Health10 grants $1,870,00017% of the total
  4. Education6 grants $1,615,00015% of the total
  5. Community development10 grants $662,0006% of the total
  6. Human services9 grants $375,0003% of the total
  7. 10 other causes21 grants $1,170,00011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts100 grants $10,155,000
  2. California4 grants $675,000
  3. Illinois3 grants $567,722
  4. New York11 grants $441,500
  5. Pennsylvania3 grants $170,000
  6. Virginia1 grant $100,000
  7. Missouri1 grant $75,000
  8. Texas1 grant $75,000
  9. Georgia1 grant $60,000
  10. Louisiana2 grants $60,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Herbert S Wagner IIITRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Charlotte R Cramer WagnerTRUSTEE Hours 40Pay $0

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