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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-3397818

Turning Leaf Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Natick, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $757,946 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.

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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

    $757,946

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $15,234,857

  • Tax year 2024

    $537,071

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $15,256,190

  • Tax year 2023

    $118,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $11,946,245

  • Tax year 2022

    $46,606

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $11,821,273

  • Tax year 2021

    $199,965

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,311,689

  • Tax year 2020

    $94,189

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $984,692

  • Tax year 2019

    $182,488

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $890,869

  • Tax year 2018

    $237,276

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,344,014

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Massachusetts General Juvenile Batten Disease ReseachBoston, MA

    Medical research

    $252,831
  2. Pioneer InstituteBoston, MA

    Education

    $105,000
  3. Nantucket AtheneumNantucket, MA

    Education

    $100,000
  4. Pioneer Public Interest Law CenterBoston, MA

    Donated legal assistance

    $100,000
  5. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, MA

    Medical research

    $100,000

  6. This return lists its grants in an attachment that is not in the IRS e-file: $50,115 in all.

  7. Room to ReadSan Francisco, CA

    Education

    $50,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $155,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts5 grants $657,831
  2. California1 grant $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Michael J JacobsonPRESIDENT, SECRETARY & DIR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Nancy L JacobsonTREASURER & DIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Joseph C JacobsonDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Thomas M VaubelDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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