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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-2776213

New England Biolabs Foundation

A private foundation in Ipswich, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 117 grants and $1.1 million paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 30, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Assets and giving by year

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

    $1,060,635

    Grants listed
    117
    Assets, end of year
    $0
  • Tax year 2023

    $1,464,221

    Grants listed
    147
    Assets, end of year
    $6,674,504
  • Tax year 2022

    $1,154,657

    Grants listed
    168
    Assets, end of year
    $7,476,120
  • Tax year 2021

    $846,925

    Grants listed
    137
    Assets, end of year
    $9,778,502
  • Tax year 2020

    $754,050

    Grants listed
    166
    Assets, end of year
    $9,507,084
  • Tax year 2019

    $588,720

    Grants listed
    143
    Assets, end of year
    $8,420,992
  • Tax year 2018

    $625,055

    Grants listed
    147
    Assets, end of year
    $7,635,827
  • Tax year 2017

    $586,928

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $8,619,779

Grants paid in 2024

117 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Creative Action InstituteIpswich, MA

    Core operating support and capacity building

    $234,500
  2. Cultural SurvivalCambridge, MA

    Supporting indigenous-led grantmaking

    $100,000
  3. American Bird ConservancyMarshall, VA

    Conserving la moskitia's wildlife and improving livelihoods through agroforestry cacao systems and capacity-building in honduras

    $25,000
  4. Global Greengrants FundBoulder, CO

    The agroecology fund

    $25,000
  5. Grassroots InternationalBoston, MA

    Territorial defense, food sovereignty, and peasant feminisms in honduras

    $25,000
  6. Amazon WatchOakland, CA

    Women defenders of the amazon

    $20,000
  7. Ecologic Development FundWatertown, MA

    Community organizations in northern honduras lead forest conservation and improve their livelihoods

    $20,000
  8. Essex County Greenbelt AssociationEssex, MA

    Land conservation technology and planning project

    $20,000
  9. Fauna & Flora InternationalUnited Kingdom

    Strengthening the sustainability and resilience of livelihoods in agricultural landscapes and the biodiversity of the ometepe island biosphere reserve, nicaragua

    $20,000
  10. Groundswell InternationalWashington, DC

    Youth storytellers in guatemala: enabling participation through local media in favor of agroecology

    $20,000
  11. Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation FundHinesburg, VT

    Supporting community-based marine conservation in golfo de santa

    $20,000
  12. Ipswich River Watershed AssociationIpswich, MA

    Expanding irwa environmental education programs

    $20,000
  13. MadreNew York, NY

    Harvesting hope in nicaragua

    $20,000
  14. Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc (mass Audubon)Lincoln, MA

    North shore coastal islands monitoring and outreach

    $20,000
  15. Pachamama's PATHWest Palm BCH, FL

    Living the andean legacy: the kusi kawsay school, kusi nan organic farm, and nawpa nan andean cultural sustainability (two-year grant)

    $20,000
  16. Salem Sound Coastwatch (SSCW)Salem, MA

    Staffing to build stewardship capacity

    $20,000
  17. MarallianceSan Francisco, CA

    Monitoring management effectiveness of belizes turneffe atoll marine reserve through the long-term study of marine megafauna (two-year grant)

    $15,000
  18. El PorvenirBroomfield, CO

    Watershed restoration in waslala, nicaragua and staff training

    $13,000
  19. Andes Amazon Conservancy (aac)Montague, MA

    Indigenous-led conservation land-use planning

    $12,000
  20. Mesoamerican Development Institute (mdi)Lowell, MA

    Community participation in a carbon removal and validation program to restore forest habitat on coffee farms in the headwaters of the yoro biological corridor

    $12,000
  21. Organization for Gender Civic Engagement and Youth Development (ogceyod)Cameroon

    Green city theatre road-show - douala edition

    $12,000
  22. Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (pasa)Portland, OR

    Protecting cameroons new wall-mbargue wildlife refuge through sustainable agroforestry and community conservation patrols

    $12,000
  23. Rainforest TrustWarrenton, VA

    Save the amazon: protect half a million acres in southern peru

    $12,000
  24. Semillas Del Oceano OngGuatemala

    Conservando los pastos marinos y sus especies asociadas, en bahia la graciosa, refugio de vida silvestre punta de manabique, a traves de la investigacion y concientizacion local/conserving seagrasses and their associated species, in bahia la graciosa, punta de manabique wildlife refuge, through research and local awareness-raising

    $12,000
  25. SekakohBamenda, Cameroon

    Advancing community-driven conservation of the ebo forest reserve, an important site for the conservation of africa's most endangered wildlife species

    $10,800
  26. New England Aquariumanderson Cabot Center for Ocean LifeBoston, MA

    Support through indigenous-led & pooled funds

    $10,000
  27. GeoyachaqCallao, Peru

    Ancestral and productive knowledge in the rural community of pichirhua

    $8,800
  28. Asociacion Red de Mujeres Rurales Chabelita Castro (remuric)Nicaragua

    Cuidando el agua, cuido mi vida y mi futuro en la reserva de biosfera isla de ometepe, nicaragua/by taking care of the water, i take care of my life and my future in the ometepe island biosphere reserve, nicaragua

    $8,000
  29. Boston UniversityBoston, MA

    Restoring eelgrass in the great marsh, massachusetts

    $8,000
  30. Centre for Women and Food Security (cewafs-Ghana)Sunyani, Ghana

    Nature's guardians: indigenous women pioneering conservation leadership, climate resilience, and livelihood empowerment

    $8,000
  31. Crusaders for Environmental Protection & Ozone WatchBamenda, Cameroon

    Catalyzing community-driven conservation of the cross river gorilla (gorilla gorilla diehli) along the cross river headwater area in cameroon

    $8,000
  32. Leap for EducationSalem, MA

    Introducing the workforce of tomorrow to renewable energy

    $8,000
  33. Raw Art WorksLynn, MA

    Womxn artist muralists (wamx)

    $8,000
  34. Tusk Trust LTDGillingham, United Kingdom

    Herp conservation ghana

    $8,000
  35. Clearwater Marine AquariumClearwater, FL

    Implementing conservation activities, habitat restoration, and youth outreach to benefit the endangered antillean manatee and communities in belize

    $7,600
  36. Agro-Introductions Ghana (AIG)Cantonments, Ghana

    Eco-link project: empowering communities for landscape integrity, nature-based solutions, and keeping ecosystems nurtured

    $7,200
  37. Kestrel Educational AdventuresBeverly, MA

    Conservation club spring and fall 2024

    $7,000
  38. The Environment and Community Development AssocMelong, Cameroon

    Community-based restoration and alternative livelihoods development in the mount muanenguba forest area in cameroon

    $6,800
  39. Aboyerd - Agriculture & Bioconservation OrgCameroon

    Advancing community-led biodiversity conservation of great apes and elephants in one of cameroons most conflict-affected areas: the case of the campo ma'an national park

    $6,400
  40. Community Agriculture and Environmental Protection Association Cameroon (caCameroon

    Mbororo women landscape restoration project

    $6,400
  41. Community-Based Biosynergy Management (CBBM)Cameroon

    Trees for people and chimpanzees in the somie landscape, adamawa region, cameroon

    $6,400
  42. EcachayunainChiriaco, Peru

    "promoviendo el conocimiento y la crianza de peces amazonicos en la cuenca del chiriaco (buchigkis) al noreste del peru en una comunidad nativa awajun aliada a la reserva comunal chayu nain / promoting knowledge of and care for amazon fish in the chiriaco (buchigkis) watershed (northwestern peru) in a native awajun community allied with the chayu nain communal reserve"

    $6,400
  43. Ecological BalanceCameroon

    Valorizing non-timber forest products in communities of the MT. Cameroon forest landscape (phase II)

    $6,400
  44. Fundacion Defensores de la NaturalezaGuatemala

    Fostering gender-inclusive sustainable livelihoods in bocas del polochic wildlife refuge

    $6,400
  45. IliliMiami, FL

    Guardians of the blue: building support for shark and rays in the moskitia of honduras

    $6,400
  46. Peruvian Association for Conservation of Nature (apeco)Buea, Cameroon

    Gobernanza y merese (mecanismo de retribucion por servicios ecosistemicos) para la sostenibilidad de la cordillera de colan: sitios piloto copallin y cerro el adobe (amazonas, peru) / governance and merese (a payment for ecosystem services mechanism) for the sustainability of the cordillera de colan: pilot sites of copallin and cerro el adobe in amazonas, peru

    $6,400
  47. Sustainable Environment Ecotourism and Agricultural Development OrganizatioCameroon

    Promoting community-based actions for ecosystem restoration and alternative livelihoods in the santchou wildlife reserve, cameroon

    $6,400
  48. The Andean Alliance for Sustainable DevelopmentMarshall, MI

    Lacco valley initiative (lvi): economic development and conservation

    $5,000
  49. Backyard GrowersGloucester, MA

    Strengthen and deepen essential programs, fresh food access and food systems education for students and low-income residents (a two-year project)

    $5,000
  50. Land Is LifeNew York, NY

    Advancing indigenous-led grantmaking to promote agroecology in sub-saharan africa and support peoples living in voluntary isolation and initial contact (piaci) in the amazon

    $5,000
  51. OceanaWashington, DC

    Securing current and future protections for belizes marine environment

    $5,000
  52. Communaute Et Developpement Durable (coded)Cameroon

    Community integration in the conservation of the ebo forest in the cameroon littoral region

    $4,800
  53. Essex National Heritage CommSalem, MA

    Teacher professional development in place-based civic learning

    $4,800
  54. Green BeverlyBeverly, MA

    Bridging food insecurity with food rescue

    $4,000
  55. Cace - Center for Amazon Comm EcologyLemoyne, PA

    Sustainable harvest and marketing of value-added non-timber forest products (NTFPS) with native communities in the northern peruvian amazon (two-year grant)

    $3,000
  56. Fundacion Mundo AzulGuatemala

    Strengthening communities' beekeeping capacity for the conservation of mangrove ecosystems

    $3,000
  57. Fundacion PropetenGuatemala

    Gobernanza para la conservacion del lugar sagrado y parque arqueologico naj tunich/recovery of native potato varieties and adaptation to the effects of climate change in four communities of the altiplano

    $3,000
  58. Instituto de Derecho Ambiental (idamho)Honduras

    Centinelas del agua por la restauracion del rio chamelecon/the sentinels of water for the restoration of the chamelecon river

    $3,000
  59. OneplanetBurke, VA

    Empowering maijuna communities to protect their ancestral territory and biocultural resources - year 2 of two-year grant

    $3,000
  60. Pachamama AllianceSan Francisco, CA

    Amazon sacred headwaters initiative

    $3,000
  61. Plant Your FutureUnited Kingdom

    Native seed sourcing with indigenous and local communities in the peruvian amazon

    $3,000
  62. Terralingue USCanada

    General operating support

    $3,000
  63. Wildlife Conservation SocietyBronx, NY

    Safeguarding belizes small-scale fisheries through adaptive management and enhanced stakeholder engagement (two-year grant)

    $3,000
  64. Fundacion Selva SagradaTutinentza, Ecuador

    Manejo sustentable de la biodiversidad de las cuencas sagradas del rio morona: reforestacion y restauracion de bosques con especies forestales promisorias para seguridad alimentaria de especies de fauna y bio-emprendimientos/ sustainable management of the biodiversity of the morona rivers sacred basins: reforestation and restoration of forests with forest species that are promising for supporting wildlife and for bio-enterprises

    $2,960
  65. Bay Island Conservation Assoc (bica)Roatan, Honduras

    Conciencia comunitaria del consumo para la conservacion de tortugas marinas (etapa 2)/ raising community awareness of consumption for the conservation of sea turtles

    $2,700
  66. Cameroon Gender & Environment Watch (camgew)Cameroon

    Transferring indigenous knowledge and practices that conserve kilum-ijim forest for children

    $2,600
  67. Casa CongoNicaragua

    Programa de tierra 2023: agroecologia - soberania alimentaria - agua y saneamiento - educacion / program of the earth 2023: agroecology - food sovereignty - water and sanitation - education

    $2,600
  68. Camino VerdeConcord, MA

    Oil polyculture agroforestry systems taken to full potential in amazonian indigenous communities (two-year grant)

    $2,500
  69. Roatan Marine ParkHonduras

    Empowering communities for sea turtle conservation on roatan island

    $2,500
  70. Accelerated Rural Development Organization (ardo)Hohoe, Ghana

    Re-engineering ecosystem services and livelihood support along the togo plateau portion of akwapim togo range in the guan district of ghana

    $2,400
  71. Asociacion Multicultural de Mujeres Para El Desarrollo Integral Y SosteniblGuatemala

    Ecotourism as a tool for conservation of mangroves and tropical forest in rio dulce national park with the participation of women and indigenous communities

    $2,400
  72. Fundacion EkoruralLa Primavera I Cumbaya, Ecuador

    Communication by the people, for the people: mobilizing the power of ecuador's youth through multimedia storytelling

    $2,400
  73. Forest Resources & PeopleLimbe, Cameroon

    Engaging farmers, schools and road users for sustainable landscape restoration in surrounding communities of the bimbia bonadikombo community forest

    $2,100
  74. Association Eli-SAquitaine, France

    Ocean calling: research and outreach on the importance of the thermal dome for endangered humpback whales in nicaragua

    $2,000
  75. Beyond Walls IncLynn, MA

    Beyond walls street art tour 2024

    $2,000
  76. Burn Design LabVashon, WA

    Protecting shea parklands and improving economic opportunity & health in west africa

    $2,000
  77. Cape Ann Art HavenGloucester, MA

    Art haven expands and collaborates--getting more art education to more kids!

    $2,000
  78. Cape Ann Trail StewardsEssex, MA

    10-year anniversary fundraising campaign

    $2,000
  79. Colectivo Ecologico Amazonia Regenerativa--CeareMiraflores, Peru

    Identificacion de recursos del bosque diferentes de la madera con potencial para el desarrollo de bionegocios sostenibles en el sector santo domingo de la comunidad nativa santa rosa de pichanaz, provincia de oxapampa, region pasco, peru/identification of non-timber forest resources with potential for the development of sustainable biobusinesses in the santo domingo sector of the santa rosa de pichanaz, oxapampa province, pasco region, peru

    $2,000
  80. Conservation Law Foundation (as Fiscal Sponsor for Slingshot)Boston, MA

    Building community power in the north shore

    $2,000
  81. Exploring Solutions PastSanta Barbara, CA

    Celebrating and affirming connections to the maya forest

    $2,000
  82. FaenaSucre, Bolivia

    Tecnologias alternativas para gestion educativa del agua y la produccion agroecologica como medida de adaptabilidad al cambio climatico en el municipio de yamparaez, bolivia/ using alternative technologies for the educational management of water and agroecological production as a measure of adaptability to climate change in the municipality of yamparaez, bolivia

    $2,000
  83. Fundacion Great LeafEcuador

    Supporting small-scale farmers in climate change adaptation with agroecology and ecological restoration to build a biological corridor in the choco rainforest of ecuador

    $2,000
  84. Ong RealidadesBolivia

    El maiz nativo, cosmovision de los pueblos indigenas y derechos de la madre tierra/native corn, the cosmovision of indigenous peoples and the rights of mother earth

    $2,000
  85. The Inga FoundationEvington, VA

    Land for life: organic, regenerative agroforestry with the inga tree model (two-year grant)

    $2,000
  86. Three Sisters Garden ProjectIpswich, MA

    Soup share project: collaborating to extend the season

    $2,000
  87. Uma RumiLamay, Peru

    Self managed sustainable development in four districts of campesina de pampachiri

    $2,000
  88. YunkawasiPeru

    Jovenes exploradores del bosque: un proyecto de educacion ambiental para conocer los bosques de la cordillera de colan y prevenir problemas ambientales/ youth forest explorers: an environmental education project to get to know the forests of the cordillera de colan and prevent environmental problems

    $2,000
  89. Northeast Organic Farming AssociationmassBarre, MA

    Building pollinator pathways on the north shore of massachusetts

    $1,910
  90. Asociacion Para La Conservacion Chorrera BlancaPeru

    Educacion ambiental y aviturismo para la conservacion en la cordillera de colan en los andes tropicales del peru/environmental education and bird-watching tourism for conservation in the cordillera de colan in the tropical andes of peru

    $1,900
  91. Nature Care CameroonCameroon

    Increasing local communities resilience to climate change through climate-smart agriculture and integrated natural resources management along the kumbo-mbiame biological corridor

    $1,900
  92. Ong Grupo RanaPeru

    Las ranas y yo: ciencia y empatia ciudadana para conservar a las ranas de la cuenca del lago junin/the frogs and me: citizen science and empathy to conserve the frogs of the junin lake basin

    $1,900
  93. Community Action for DevelopmentBangem, Cameroon

    Promoting community wildlife management in the bakossi landscape area

    $1,800
  94. Fundacion RikcharinaEcuador

    Estudio floristico y monitoreo fenologico de especies vegetales nativas para el establecimiento de un plan de restauracion ecosistemica en el area protegida comunitaria tambillo/floristic inventory and phenological monitoring of native plant species for the establishment of an ecosystem restoration plan in the tambillo community protected area

    $1,800
  95. LandesPeru

    Facilitating restoration activities to create protected habitat for the endangered marvelous spatuletail hummingbird in cocachimba, peru

    $1,800
  96. SaphichayPeru

    Talpunanchicam

    $1,800
  97. Society Initiatives Rural Devenv Protection (sirdep)Cameroon

    Water catchment protection and forest conservation for sustainable climate change adaptation in the alatening community, cameroon

    $1,765
  98. Greenglobe GhanaHo, Ghana

    Water conservation, biodiversity protection and livelihood support in the weto landscape

    $1,700
  99. Ajemalebu Self HelpKumba, Cameroon

    Promoting cultural practices, ecological restoration, and mapping for biodiversity conservation around the kupe/muanenguba mountain forest area

    $1,600
  100. Anahuac RLBuenaos Aires, Nicaragua

    Comunidades gestionando el ecosistema marino costero y la biodiversidad de la zona marina de vida y desarrollo pie de gigante/ communities managing the coastal marine ecosystem and biodiversity of the pie de gigante marine life and development zone

    $1,600
  101. Cooperativa de Agroturismo Rural BiometepeNicaragua

    Reduccion de la contaminacion por plasticos de un solo USO en la reserva de biosfera, isla de ometepe, en el lago de nicaragua/ reducing pollution from single-use plastics in the ometepe island biosphere reserve in lake nicaragua

    $1,600
  102. Environment and Agroforestry Foundation (eaf)Ghana

    Promoting biodiversity conservation in community protected forests (CPF) in the upstream portion of the black volta basin of ghana

    $1,600
  103. Keep Ghana BeautifulAchimota, Ghana

    Protecting two endemic iucn critically endangered freshwater snails (potadoma togoensis and pseudocleopatra togoensis) from extinction

    $1,600
  104. Voice of Nature (vonat)Buea, Cameroon

    Putting community kids at the frontline of conserving endangered species in mount cameroon

    $1,600
  105. Women Ecovillage Change Makers (wecma)Cameroon

    Building capacity of young green entrepreneurs to convert waste to wealth in bamenda

    $1,600
  106. Asociacion Red de Mujeres Rurales Chabelita Castro (remuric)Nicaragua

    Cuidando el agua, cuido mi vida y mi futuro en la reserva de biosfera isla de ometepe, nicaragua/by taking care of the water, i take care of my life and my future in the ometepe island biosphere reserve, nicaragua

    $1,600
  107. CencuderCameroon

    Promoting community wildlife conservation and regenerative agriculture around the bakossi national park

    $1,500
  108. Centre for Nursery Development and Eru Propagation - CendepLimbe, Cameroon

    Participatory guarantee systems as a tool for the economic and agricultural development of mbven subdivision, NW cameroon

    $1,500
  109. Seed Guardian NetworkTumbaco, Ecuador

    Regenerating degraded eco- and water systems in ecuador's amazon

    $1,300
  110. Gloucester Celebration CorporationGloucester, MA

    Indigenous heritage film festival

    $1,200
  111. Essex County Community FoundationBeverly, MA

    Creative county initiative

    $1,000
  112. Ipswich River Watershed AssociationIpswich, MA

    Riverfest 2024

    $1,000
  113. Lynn Historical SocietyLynn, MA

    Discertionary grant: general support

    $1,000
  114. Neid GlobalBoston, MA

    2024 gala

    $1,000
  115. Rural Development and Environmental Restoration Guard (ruderg)Cameroon

    Participatory conservation of the threatened kilum forest and its endangered biodiversity

    $1,000
  116. The Food ProjectLincoln, MA

    Event sponsorship 2024

    $1,000
  117. TowngreenGloucester, MA

    Planning for reality climate education series

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture3 grants $256,50039% of the total
  2. Environment13 grants $129,00020% of the total
  3. International aid6 grants $105,00016% of the total
  4. Civil rights1 grant $100,00015% of the total
  5. Animals3 grants $35,6005% of the total
  6. Education1 grant $8,0001% of the total
  7. 6 other causes9 grants $21,2003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts32 grants $559,910
  2. Virginia4 grants $42,000
  3. California4 grants $40,000
  4. Colorado2 grants $38,000
  5. Florida3 grants $34,000
  6. New York3 grants $28,000
  7. District of Columbia2 grants $25,000
  8. Vermont1 grant $20,000
  9. Oregon1 grant $12,000
  10. Michigan1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

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

  • Jessica L BrownEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 35Pay $140,167
  • Henry P PaulusTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Heidi EllardCHAIR/TRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $0
  • Dylan CombTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jovial KingTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Barbara VallarinoTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Brian TingerTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

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