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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-3584076

Constellation Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Cambridge, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $1.9 million 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

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

    $1,925,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $39,864,338
  • Tax year 2023

    $1,577,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $39,864,029
  • Tax year 2022

    $1,044,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $39,418,912
  • Tax year 2021

    $310,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $39,649,707
  • Tax year 2020

    $376,999

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $40,953,030

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Boston Early Music FoundationCambridge, MA

    Development assistance for an arts center

    $1,910,000
  2. UCLA FoundationPasadena, CA

    Development assistance for an arts center

    $10,000
  3. Conservatory Lab FoundationDorchester, MA

    Development assistance for a music school for underprivaledged students

    $2,500
  4. Musicians Resource FundArlington, MA

    Development assistance for an arts center

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $2,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts3 grants $1,915,000
  2. California1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Glenn A KnickrehmPRESIDENT Hours 40Pay $0
  • Kathleen M FayTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • George McCullyTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Pablo EdwardoTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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