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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-3071209

The Rowe Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $70,000 paid in grants.

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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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
Peter A Wilson
C/o Goulstonone Post Office Square
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 480-9594
Form and materials
Application available upon request
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
501(c)(3) organizations

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $109,179

  • Tax year 2024

    $110,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $136,014

  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $165,936

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $164,773

  • Tax year 2021

    $110,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $156,954

  • Tax year 2020

    $110,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $190,634

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Emerson CollegeBoston, MA

    General support

    $35,000
  2. French Library & Cultural Center IncBoston, MA

    General support

    $35,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $35,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts2 grants $70,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Peter A WilsonDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Mark M ChristopherPRESIDENT/TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Matthew R HilleryCLERK/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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