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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-3449084

Charles Family Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Gloucester, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 16 grants and $84,600 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.

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Preselected only

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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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $84,600

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $759,313

  • Tax year 2023

    $84,100

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $808,371

  • Tax year 2022

    $86,900

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $796,234

  • Tax year 2021

    $67,025

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $852,397

  • Tax year 2020

    $72,100

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $880,614

Grants paid in 2024

16 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Copley SocietyBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $20,000
  2. Cape Ann MuseumGloucester, MA

    Charitable

    $16,000
  3. Voices for ChildrenEllicott City, MD

    Charitable

    $10,000
  4. Rockport MusicRockport, MA

    Charitable

    $6,000
  5. North Shore Art AssociationGloucester, MA

    Charitable

    $5,000
  6. Sawyer Free LibraryGloucester, MA

    Charitable

    $5,000
  7. The Open DoorGloucester, MA

    Charitable

    $5,000
  8. Rockport Art AssociationRockport, MA

    Charitable

    $4,000
  9. Gloucester StageGloucester, MA

    Charitable

    $2,500
  10. Historic New EnglandHaverhill, MA

    Charitable

    $2,500
  11. Pathways for ChildrenGloucester, MA

    Charitable

    $2,500
  12. Cape Ann Art HavenGloucester, MA

    Charitable

    $2,000
  13. National Association of Women ArtistsNew York, NY

    Charitable

    $2,000
  14. Regis CollegeWeston, MA

    Charitable

    $1,000
  15. Cape Ann Animal AidGloucester, MA

    Charitablecharitable

    $1,000
  16. Friends of the Dog ParkPeabody, MA

    Charitable

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture6 grants $32,50071% of the total
  2. Crime and legal aid1 grant $10,00022% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $2,5005% of the total
  4. Education1 grant $1,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts14 grants $72,600
  2. Maryland1 grant $10,000
  3. New York1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Theodore E CharlesTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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