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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-3210639

The Red Elm Tree Foundation

A private foundation in Lincoln, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 15 grants and $100,750 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $100,750

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $16,655,935

  • Tax year 2023

    $405,677

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $18,243,776

  • Tax year 2022

    $835,200

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $18,400,732

  • Tax year 2021

    $902,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $19,674,877

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,857,510

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $18,943,951

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,932,424

    Grants listed
    40
    Assets, end of year
    $1,915,227

  • Tax year 2018

    $735,773

    Grants listed
    42
    Assets, end of year
    $767,794

Grants paid in 2024

15 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA

    General purpose grant

    $27,500
  2. The Trustees of ReservationsBoston, MA

    General purpose grant

    $16,250
  3. Fine Arts Work CenterProvincetown, MA

    General purpose grant

    $11,000
  4. 909 WburBoston, MA

    General purpose grant

    $10,500
  5. Eliot Fisk Guitar AcademyNewton, MA

    General purpose grant

    $5,000
  6. Folk Alliance InternationalKansas City, MO

    General purpose grant

    $5,000
  7. Latin America Music FestivalNewton, MA

    General purpose grant

    $5,000
  8. Mass AudubonLincoln, MA

    General purpose grant

    $5,000
  9. PassimCambridge, MA

    General purpose grant

    $5,000
  10. Palaver StringsPortland, ME

    General purpose grant

    $3,000
  11. Riffraff Arts CollectivePrinceton, WV

    General purpose grant

    $2,500
  12. Vinegrass MusicDennis Port, MA

    General purpose grant

    $2,500
  13. Human Rights FirstNew York, NY

    General purpose grant

    $1,000
  14. The Record CoBoston, MA

    General purpose grant

    $1,000
  15. Truro Center for the ArtsTruro, MA

    General purpose grant

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $27,50042% of the total
  2. Arts and culture5 grants $20,50031% of the total
  3. Environment1 grant $16,25025% of the total
  4. International aid1 grant $1,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts11 grants $89,250
  2. Missouri1 grant $5,000
  3. Maine1 grant $3,000
  4. West Virginia1 grant $2,500
  5. New York1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Robert E DavoliTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Eileen L McDonaghTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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