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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-3556309

Habitat Foundation

A private foundation in Somerville, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 19 grants and $87,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $87,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $1,956,758

  • Tax year 2024

    $91,041

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $1,428,487

  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,441,410

  • Tax year 2022

    $90,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,438,189

  • Tax year 2021

    $893,494

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $749,789

  • Tax year 2020

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,355,811

  • Tax year 2019

    $53,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $242,788

  • Tax year 2018

    $16,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $247,924

Grants paid in 2025

19 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Boston PhilharmonicBoston, MA

    General support

    $10,000
  2. J Street Education FundWashington, DC

    General support

    $10,000
  3. Sing for HopeWoodcliff Lake, NJ

    General support

    $10,000
  4. Holocaust Legacy FoundationBoston, MA

    General support

    $5,000
  5. New Israel Fund (bimkom)Philadelphia, PA

    General support

    $5,000
  6. New Israel Fund (yesh Din)Philadelphia, PA

    General support

    $5,000
  7. Partners in HealthBoston, MA

    General support

    $5,000
  8. Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc (blue White Future)New York, NY

    General support

    $5,000
  9. The Sentryorg (enough)Washington, DC

    General support

    $5,000
  10. WGBH Educational FoundationBrighton, MA

    General support

    $5,000
  11. America Gives Inc (hotline for Refugees & Migrants)New York, NY

    General support

    $3,000
  12. Boston Book FestivalBrighton, MA

    General support

    $3,000
  13. Center for Urban PedagogyBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $3,000
  14. Friends of Israel StoryNew York, NY

    General support

    $3,000
  15. SilkroadSomerville, MA

    General support

    $3,000
  16. Harvard Radio WHRBCambridge, MA

    General support

    $2,000
  17. Jfrej Community (jews for Racial & Economic Justice )Brooklyn, NY

    General support

    $2,000
  18. Planned ParenthoodWashington, DC

    General support

    $2,000
  19. Wbur RadioBoston, MA

    General support

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture4 grants $16,00043% of the total
  2. Religion1 grant $10,00027% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $5,00014% of the total
  4. Education1 grant $3,0008% of the total
  5. Environment1 grant $3,0008% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts8 grants $34,000
  2. District of Columbia3 grants $17,000
  3. New York5 grants $16,000
  4. New Jersey1 grant $10,000
  5. Pennsylvania2 grants $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Moshe SafdieTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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