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Foundation Lookup

Grant recipient EIN 36-4817073Education

Who funds Luminos Fund?

11 private foundations gave Luminos Fund in Boston, MA $7.7 million across 25 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

See which foundations fund work like yours Matching by cause, place and grant size

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

25 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Margaret A Meyer Family Foundation IncNew York, NY 2025

    Charitable

    $25,000
  2. Dovetail Impact Foundation (fka David Weekley Family Foundation)Houston, TX 2024

    Education

    $500,000
  3. Mulago FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Relief to the poor

    $500,000
  4. Gates FoundationSeattle, WA 2024

    Global education

    $499,993
  5. Prevail FundNewton Highlands, MA 2024

    Support in improving foundational literacy and numeracy outcomes for children in ethiopia

    $250,000
  6. Rippleworks IncSan Francisco, CA 2024

    General support

    $100,000
  7. Tenacre FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2024

    Education

    $10,000
  8. Rippleworks IncSan Francisco, CA 2023

    General support

    $3,000,000
  9. Rippleworks IncSan Francisco, CA 2023

    General support

    $500,000
  10. Mulago FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    Relief to the poor

    $500,000
  11. Dovetail Impact Foundation (fka David Weekley Family Foundation)Houston, TX 2023

    Education

    $250,000
  12. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $32
  13. Mulago FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    Relief to the poor

    $250,000
  14. Gates FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    Global education

    $194,724
  15. Gates FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    Global education

    $253,937
  16. Mulago FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    Relief to the poor

    $250,000
  17. Douglas B Marshall Jr Family FoundationHouston, TX 2021

    Program support

    $150,000
  18. Beverly Sherck Education Charitable CorpElkhart, IN 2021

    Helping children around the world have access to education.

    $25,000
  19. Rippleworks IncSan Francisco, CA 2021

    General support

    $100
  20. Rippleworks IncSan Francisco, CA 2021

    General support

    $26
  21. Mulago FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    Exempt purpose of organization

    $250,000
  22. Beverly Sherck Education Charitable CorpElkhart, IN 2020

    Helping children around the world have access to education.

    $25,000
  23. Mulago FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    Exempt purpose of organization

    $150,000
  24. Paulin FoundationTucson, AZ 2019

    Cancer research

    $150
  25. Mulago FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    Exempt purpose of organization

    $50,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other education organizations in Boston, MA and are not among Luminos Fund’s funders above.

  1. Eastern Bank FoundationWakefield, MA 127 grants Accepts applications $2,385,242 to similar organizations
  2. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 337 grants Accepts applications $6,934,816 to similar organizations
  3. Fidelity FoundationBoston, MA 343 grants Accepts applications $10,022,469 to similar organizations
  4. Liberty Mutual Foundation IncBoston, MA 203 grants Accepts applications $11,542,500 to similar organizations
  5. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 77 grants Preselected only $8,283,748 to similar organizations
  6. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 54 grants Preselected only $320,689 to similar organizations
  7. Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (fka Oneworld Boston Inc)Woburn, MA 84 grants Accepts applications $5,655,333 to similar organizations
  8. Riley Mabel Louise TR UwillPittsburgh, PA 30 grants Accepts applications $1,650,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 36-4817073 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.