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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-3341450

Jean C Tempel Foundation

A private foundation in Brookline, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 29 grants and $875,000 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

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

    $875,000

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $1,751,391

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,306,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $1,584,372

  • Tax year 2023

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $157,154

  • Tax year 2022

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $193,358

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $208,108

  • Tax year 2020

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $173,340

  • Tax year 2019

    $55,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $189,832

  • Tax year 2018

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $252,179

Grants paid in 2025

29 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Clergy Trust of RcabBraintree, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $115,000
  2. Community ServingsJamaica Plain, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $75,000
  3. MGB Homebase for VeteransCharlestown, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $60,000
  4. Boston Health Care for the HomelessBoston, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $50,000
  5. Camp Harbor View FoundationBoston, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $50,000
  6. Catie's ClosetDracut, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $50,000
  7. Health Equity International St Boniface Hospital HaitiSomerville, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $50,000
  8. MGH Cancer DepartmentBoston, MA

    Cancer research

    $50,000
  9. Pine Street InnBoston, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $50,000
  10. Greater Boston Food BankBoston, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $30,000
  11. St Cecilia Roman Catholic ChurchBoston, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $30,000
  12. The Mary Ann Brett Food PantryBoston, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $30,000
  13. UMASS Memorial Medical CenterWorcester, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $30,000
  14. Zoo New EnglandBoston, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $25,000
  15. Catholic Charities of BostonBoston, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $20,000
  16. Connecticut CollegeNew London, CT

    To support charitable purposes

    $20,000
  17. Boston Symphony OrchestraBoston, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $15,000
  18. Gavin Foundation for Eileen's House for WomenSouth Boston, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $15,000
  19. Northeastern University -Torch ProgramBoston, MA

    Scholarships

    $15,000
  20. Women's Lunch PlaceBoston, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $15,000
  21. Global Response MedicineCharlestown, MA

    Ukraine medical efforts for PTSD

    $10,000
  22. Pope St John Xxiii SeminaryWeston, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $10,000
  23. Rose's Bounty - Food PantryBoston, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $10,000
  24. Rosie's PlaceBoston, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $10,000
  25. Sisters of St Joseph of BostonBoston, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $10,000
  26. St Francis HouseBoston, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $10,000
  27. Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionWoods Hole, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $10,000
  28. Community Day Center of WalthamWaltham, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $5,000
  29. Project HopeBoston, MA

    To support charitable purposes

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services4 grants $225,00070% of the total
  2. Youth development1 grant $50,00016% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $20,0006% of the total
  4. Arts and culture1 grant $15,0005% of the total
  5. Housing and shelter1 grant $10,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts28 grants $855,000
  2. Connecticut1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Jean C TempelTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Peter A WilsonTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Maureen JoyceTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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