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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-3446893

Joseph Cadiff Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 8 grants and $31,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $31,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $397,755
  • Tax year 2023

    $28,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $403,357
  • Tax year 2022

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $410,124
  • Tax year 2021

    $29,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $417,739
  • Tax year 2020

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $413,659
  • Tax year 2019

    $20,200

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $400,378

Grants paid in 2024

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Jewish Community Center of the North ShoreMarblehead, MA

    Subsidizing the senior

    $16,000
  2. SamaritansBoston, MA

    Every conversation counts

    $4,000
  3. Companion Animal Protection SocietyThousand Oaks, CA

    General purposes

    $3,000
  4. Keep Pushin' Golf TournamentSaratoga Springs, NY

    Golf fundraiser to benefit

    $3,000
  5. Acts of Kindness Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC

    Program to build water

    $2,500
  6. Gifts of Hope UnlimitedSudbury, MA

    General purposes

    $1,000
  7. Bikes Fight for CancerEasthampton, MA

    Fight for cancer

    $1,000
  8. Swim Across America - BostonRevere, MA

    Cancer research

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services2 grants $17,00064% of the total
  2. Mental health2 grants $6,50025% of the total
  3. Animals1 grant $3,00011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts5 grants $22,500
  2. California1 grant $3,000
  3. New York1 grant $3,000
  4. North Carolina1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Norma FinnTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $1,604
  • Sarah M Allen See NoteTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $3,208
  • Zachary A Bourque See NoteTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $3,207

The return

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