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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-2105771

The Lowell Institute

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 13 grants and $2.3 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jul 31, 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $2,270,141

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $49,903,740

  • Tax year 2023

    $2,301,235

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $48,919,106

  • Tax year 2022

    $2,142,339

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $46,129,702

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,620,774

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $45,240,554

  • Tax year 2020

    $2,627,116

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $53,413,954

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,332,686

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $46,264,166

Grants paid in 2024

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. WGBHBoston, MA

    General Purpose

    $998,356
  2. Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA

    General Purpose

    $404,245
  3. Museum of ScienceBoston, MA

    General Purpose

    $301,415
  4. WorldBoston IncBoston, MA

    General Purpose

    $105,417
  5. Harvard University Extension SchoolCambridge, MA

    General Purpose

    $100,542
  6. John F Kennedy Library FoundationBoston, MA

    General Purpose

    $90,000
  7. Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA

    General Purpose

    $75,000
  8. Cambridge ForumCambridge, MA

    General Purpose

    $60,000
  9. Boston Public Library FundBoston, MA

    General Purpose

    $50,000
  10. Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA

    General Purpose

    $32,666
  11. Peabody Essex MuseumSalem, MA

    General Purpose

    $30,000
  12. Boston UniversityBoston, MA

    General Purpose

    $13,500
  13. Paul Revere Memorial AssociationBoston, MA

    General Purpose

    $9,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education4 grants $619,24561% of the total
  2. Arts and culture4 grants $400,41539% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts13 grants $2,270,141

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • William A LowellTrustee Hours 1Pay $89,293

The return

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