Our Grants

The Manton Foundation focuses its giving in New England and supports a range of organizations and causes, including, but not limited to, arts and culture, education, historic preservation and conservation, and medical research.

The following is a sample of projects awarded to date. Please note that this list does not reflect the breadth of projects that have been considered by the trustees.
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Legacy
$1,000,000
2010
New York
Church of the Ascension

For organ construction and installation costs and for the Sealed by the Spirit Campaign

Education
$1,000,000
2009
Massachusetts
Friends Academy

Matching grant for the campus master plan including the elimination of debt from the Upper Division renovation

Education
$6,000
2009
Massachusetts
Gleason Public Library

To improve the library's resources

Education
$200,000
2009
Massachusetts
Westport Free Public Library

For construction costs to expand the Library

Human Services
$25,000
2009
Other - domestic
Catalogue for Philanthropy

General operating support

Education
$75,000
2009
Massachusetts
Westport Free Public Library

For construction costs to expand the Library

Legacy
$100,000
2009
International
Tate Americas Foundation

For general support

Conservation
$5,000
2009
Massachusetts
The Bostonian Society

To sponsor the annual gala

Animals
$3,700,000
2008
Massachusetts
Tufts University

To construct an isolation ward at the school's Hospital for Large Animals

Arts
$282,541
2008
Massachusetts
Discovery Museum, Inc.

Matching grant for the interpretive master plan, exhibit review, and campus construction and landscaping

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