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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-2925939

The Open Gate Inc

A private foundation in Cambridge, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $118,855 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 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

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $118,855

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $3,499,046
  • Tax year 2024

    $167,643

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $3,100,774
  • Tax year 2023

    $120,282

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,650,337
  • Tax year 2022

    $129,536

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $2,209,537
  • Tax year 2021

    $99,387

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,900,063
  • Tax year 2020

    $91,241

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,394,403
  • Tax year 2019

    $81,192

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,069,205
  • Tax year 2018

    $46,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,890,787

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. President & Fellows of Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA

    Program support

    $87,650
  2. Individual

    Fellowship

    $6,044
  3. Individual

    Fellowship

    $4,000
  4. Individual

    Fellowship

    $3,690
  5. Individual

    Fellowship

    $3,350
  6. Individual

    Fellowship

    $2,500
  7. Individual

    Fellowship

    $2,500
  8. Individual

    Fellowship

    $2,500
  9. Individual

    Fellowship

    $1,850
  10. Individual

    Fellowship

    $1,500
  11. Individual

    Fellowship

    $1,300
  12. Individual

    Fellowship

    $1,000
  13. Individual

    Fellowship

    $971

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $87,650100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts1 grant $87,650

Officers, directors and trustees

9 people as filed

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

  • Warren D GoldfarbPRESIDENT/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Hugh A RussellTREASURER/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Robert W MackCLERK/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • John H Finley IVDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Rhonda WittelsDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Willis EmmonsDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Linda CallahanDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Juan Jaime de ZengotitaDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kamille WashingtonDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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