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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-3355139

The Henry Vincent Couper Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Littleton, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $16,100 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 person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

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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 2025

    $16,100

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $359,952

  • Tax year 2024

    $5,850

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $385,546

  • Tax year 2023

    $8,450

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $378,190

  • Tax year 2022

    $17,700

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $395,907

  • Tax year 2021

    $18,300

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $417,750

  • Tax year 2020

    $29,400

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $413,350

  • Tax year 2019

    $20,900

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $738,849

  • Tax year 2018

    $18,650

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $737,818

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Littleton Council of AgingLittleton, MA

    Community

    $8,000
  2. Loaves & Fishes Food PantryAyer, MA

    Community

    $2,500
  3. Littleton Road Race Track OrganizationLittleton, MA

    Community

    $1,000
  4. Littleton RoboticsLittleton, MA

    Education

    $1,000
  5. Littleton Rotary Club of MaLittleton, MA

    Community

    $1,000
  6. Society of St Vincent DepaulLittleton, MA

    Community

    $1,000
  7. Think Outside the VoxLittleton, MA

    Community

    $1,000
  8. Open Door TheatreActon, MA

    Community

    $500
  9. Town of ShirleyShirley, MA

    Community

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $2,50071% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $1,00029% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts9 grants $16,100

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Barbara O'ConnellTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Kristin C ShellhaseTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Sherrill R GouldTRUSTEE Hours 6Pay $0

The return

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