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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-2103755

Charlesbank Homes

A private foundation in Walpole, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 20 grants and $1.1 million paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Apr 30, 2025), 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Jeanne Pinado
34 Avon Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
(617) 290-9133
Form and materials
Written requests to include statement of purpose, dollar amount asked, and copy of exemption certificate
Deadlines
None stipulated at present
Restrictions
Awards are generally made to organizations located in massachusetts; typically for "bricks & mortar" projects - not for operating budgets.

Assets and giving by year

5 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $1,057,500

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $21,261,705
  • Tax year 2023

    $1,040,240

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $20,525,140
  • Tax year 2022

    $952,298

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $19,314,514
  • Tax year 2021

    $1,141,585

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $20,138,948
  • Tax year 2020

    $1,141,914

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $23,570,798

Grants paid in 2024

20 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Community Team WorkLowell, MA

    Construct 19 efficiency units for the homeless or disabled

    $75,000
  2. NoahEast Boston, MA

    Develop a 7-unit home ownership building

    $75,000
  3. Community Action for Better HousingNew Bedford, MA

    Restoration of a 26-unit building damaged by fire

    $75,000
  4. Boston Neighborhood Community Land TrustRoxbury, MA

    Update a heating system and insulation for a 3-family home

    $75,000
  5. The Haven ProjectLynn, MA

    Capital repairs for an 8-room sro

    $57,500
  6. Habitat for Humanity Greater LowellWestford, MA

    Renovate a 3-bedroom, single family home

    $50,000
  7. Habitat for Humanity Cape CodNorth Easton, MA

    Develop 2 affordable homes

    $50,000
  8. Old Colony Habitat for HumanityAttleboro, MA

    Renovate a 3-bedroom home

    $50,000
  9. Habitat for Humanity North Central MaLeominster, MA

    Construct a 3-bedroom house

    $50,000
  10. Commonwealth Land TrustBoston, MA

    Create 24 studio units

    $50,000
  11. Pioneer Valley Habitat for HumanityFlorence, MA

    Construct a 3-bedroom home

    $50,000
  12. Habitat for Humanity South ShoreNorwell, MA

    Construct a 3-bedroom home

    $50,000
  13. Family AidBoston, MA

    Convert a nursing home into 42 units for homeless families

    $50,000
  14. The Neighborhood DevelopersChelsea, MA

    Construct 5 affordable deed-restricted condominiums

    $50,000
  15. Planning Office for Urban AffairsBoston, MA

    Construct a 30-unit one-bedroom home

    $50,000
  16. Worcester Common GroundWorcester, MA

    Construct a 3-unit home-ownership for low income homeowners.

    $50,000
  17. Father Bill's and MainspringBrockton, MA

    Convert a vacant motel and 2 adjacent wood frame buildings into 24 studio apartments

    $50,000
  18. Lynn Shelter Association IncLynn, MA

    Providing bed frames, mattresses, and othernecessities for a 28-unit low-income housing

    $50,000
  19. Buzzard's Bay Area Habitat for HumanityMattapoisett, MA

    Construct a duplex

    $25,000
  20. Haley House IncBoston, MA

    Renovate a kitchen

    $25,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Housing and shelter8 grants $400,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts20 grants $1,057,500

Officers, directors and trustees

10 people as filed

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

  • Philip J NotopoulosVICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY Hours 2Pay $0
  • Richard H SayreTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Jeanne PinadoTRUSTEE & PRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0
  • Kathryn RoyVICE PRESIDENT &ASSISTANT TREASURER Hours 2Pay $0
  • Bruce BerzinTRUSTEE & TREASURER Hours 2Pay $0
  • L Jason LawTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Elizabeth HibbardTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Felicia JacquesTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Mark WinkellerTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Thomas W CornuTRUSTEE EMERITUS Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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  3. Cabot Corporation Foundation IncBoston, MA 59 grants Accepts applications $1,177,690 giving
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  5. Alvarium FoundationNeedham, MA 9 grants Preselected only $1,268,525 giving