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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-3542100

The Reeder Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $5 million 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $5,020,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $63,598,571

  • Tax year 2024

    $4,420,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $62,669,675

  • Tax year 2023

    $3,010,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $46,285,457

  • Tax year 2022

    $3,065,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $37,119,881

  • Tax year 2021

    $4,680,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $43,039,547

  • Tax year 2020

    $2,290,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $39,786,252

  • Tax year 2019

    $3,660,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $42,703,595

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Social FinanceBoston, MA

    Unrestricted

    $1,500,000
  2. Merit AmericaWashington, DC

    Unrestricted

    $1,000,000
  3. Year UpBoston, MA

    Unrestricted

    $600,000
  4. Duet IncBoston, MA

    Unrestricted

    $350,000
  5. Greenlight FundBoston, MA

    Unrestricted

    $300,000
  6. Teach for AmericaNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $300,000
  7. Friends of Pioneer Charter School of ScienceEverett, MA

    Unrestricted

    $250,000
  8. Big Brothers Big Sisters Eastern MaBoston, MA

    Unrestricted

    $200,000
  9. Steppingstone FoundationBoston, MA

    Unrestricted

    $170,000
  10. Fishtank Learning IncJamaica Plain, MA

    Unrestricted

    $150,000
  11. More Than WordsWaltham, MA

    Unrestricted

    $150,000
  12. UncorneredDorchester, MA

    Unrestricted

    $50,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services3 grants $2,550,00058% of the total
  2. Education4 grants $1,220,00028% of the total
  3. Community development2 grants $650,00015% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts11 grants $4,020,000
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $1,000,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Paul A Reeder IIIDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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