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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-6000647

Edwin S Webster Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 63 grants and $2.5 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Angela McIntosh
2 Liberty Square Ste 500
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 391-3082
[email protected]
Form and materials
Applications should be submitted online at www.grantinterface.com/home/logon?urlkey=gma. Applicants should include a budget template, most recent audit, list of board of directors, history and mission of the organization, brief description of current programs, annual budget, program budget, fiscal year end, net assets at end of last fiscal year, requested amount, previous support, if any, project description, type of support (i.e. Operating, capital or project), staffing and collaborators, proposed outcomes, other funding sources and any additional information that may be useful.
Deadlines
May 1st & nov 1st of each year
Restrictions
No grants are made outside the united states, or to individuals. Generally, the foundation confines its grants primarily to the new england area. Organizations funded by the edwin s. Webster foundation must be tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code and not a private foundation within the meaning of section 509(a) of the code. It is the policy of the trustees to support charitable organizations that are well known to the trustees, with emphasis on hospitals, medical research, education, youth agencies, cultural activities, and programs addressing the needs of minorities.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $2,530,000

    Grants listed
    63
    Assets, end of year
    $56,371,641

  • Tax year 2024

    $2,470,000

    Grants listed
    68
    Assets, end of year
    $52,088,615

  • Tax year 2023

    $2,125,000

    Grants listed
    67
    Assets, end of year
    $48,542,988

  • Tax year 2022

    $2,285,000

    Grants listed
    70
    Assets, end of year
    $42,500,043

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,955,000

    Grants listed
    69
    Assets, end of year
    $50,353,144

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,935,000

    Grants listed
    72
    Assets, end of year
    $44,123,318

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,575,000

    Grants listed
    69
    Assets, end of year
    $42,126,290

  • Tax year 2018

    $1,470,000

    Grants listed
    64
    Assets, end of year
    $35,529,258

Grants paid in 2025

63 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Greater Boston Food BankBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $300,000
  2. Boys & Girls Clubs of BostonBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $225,000
  3. Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $200,000
  4. Squam Lakes Natural Science CenterHolderness, NH

    General operating support

    $125,000
  5. Speare Memorial HospitalPlymouth, NH

    General operating support

    $90,000
  6. Boston Childrens HospitalBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $70,000
  7. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA

    General operating support

    $65,000
  8. Schepens Eye Research InstituteSomerville, MA

    General operating support

    $65,000
  9. Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $60,000
  10. Friends of the Children - Boston IncRoxbury, MA

    General operating support

    $50,000
  11. Holderness SchoolPlymouth, NH

    General operating support

    $50,000
  12. Joslin Diabetes CenterBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $50,000
  13. Pine Street Inn IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $50,000
  14. Windrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation IncNorth Andover, MA

    General operating support

    $50,000
  15. The Putney SchoolPutney, VT

    General operating support

    $50,000
  16. Granite United WayPlymouth, NH

    General operating support

    $40,000
  17. Schoolyard FilmsJupiter, FL

    General operating support

    $40,000
  18. Southwestern Vermont Health Care CorpBennington, VT

    General operating support

    $40,000
  19. Boston Symphony OrchestraBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $35,000
  20. Landmark School IncPrides Crossing, MA

    General operating support

    $35,000
  21. Oak Hill Children's CenterPownal, VT

    General operating support

    $35,000
  22. Lawrence General HospitalLawrence, MA

    General operating support

    $35,000
  23. LymetvPortland, ME

    General operating support

    $30,000
  24. Museum of Fine ArtsBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $30,000
  25. Museum of Science BostonBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $30,000
  26. Bennington MuseumBennington, VT

    General operating support

    $25,000
  27. Care DimensionsDanvers, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  28. Friends' Central SchoolWynnewood, PA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  29. Gulf of Maine Research InstitutePortland, ME

    General operating support

    $25,000
  30. New England Aquarium CorpBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  31. Newport Historical SocietyNewport, RI

    General operating support

    $25,000
  32. Pomfret SchoolPomfret, CT

    General operating support

    $25,000
  33. Preservation League of New York StateAlbany, NY

    General operating support

    $25,000
  34. Preservation Society of Newport CountyNewport, RI

    General operating support

    $25,000
  35. Squam Lakes AssociationHolderness, NH

    General operating support

    $25,000
  36. The Trustees of ReservationsBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  37. Vermont Folklife CenterBurlington, VT

    General operating support

    $25,000
  38. Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  39. Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionWoods Hole, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  40. University of Massachusetts FoundationNewton, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  41. Betsy's ParkHolderness, NH

    General operating support

    $20,000
  42. Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound Education CenterBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $20,000
  43. Manomet IncManomet, MA

    General operating support

    $20,000
  44. Northern Essex Community College Foundation IncHaverhill, MA

    General operating support

    $20,000
  45. The Home for Little WanderersBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $20,000
  46. Project Lift IncHobe Sound, FL

    General operating support

    $20,000
  47. Brattleboro Museum & Art CenterBrattleboro, VT

    General operating support

    $15,000
  48. Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $15,000
  49. Marine Biological LaboratoryWoods Hole, MA

    General operating support

    $15,000
  50. Planned Parenthood of Northern New EnglandColchester, VT

    General operating support

    $15,000
  51. The Friends of Mount Auburn CemeteryCambridge, MA

    General operating support

    $15,000
  52. Children's Hospital at DartmouthLebanon, NH

    General operating support

    $15,000
  53. Kestrel Land TrustAmherst, MA

    General operating support

    $10,000
  54. Maine Coast Fisherman's AssociationBrunswick, ME

    General operating support

    $10,000
  55. Massachusetts Audubon SocietyLincoln, MA

    General operating support

    $10,000
  56. United South End SettlementsBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $10,000
  57. Virginia Stage CompanyNorfolk, VA

    General operating support

    $10,000
  58. Access College FoundationNorfolk, VA

    General operating support

    $10,000
  59. Evms FoundationNorfolk, VA

    General operating support

    $10,000
  60. Eastern Shore Rail Trail FoundationAtlantic, VA

    General operating support

    $10,000
  61. Putney Food Shelf IncPutney, VT

    General operating support

    $5,000
  62. YMCA of South Hampton RoadsChesapeake, VA

    General operating support

    $5,000
  63. Next Step to SuccessNorfolk, VA

    General operating support

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health8 grants $415,00024% of the total
  2. Education10 grants $300,00017% of the total
  3. Arts and culture12 grants $285,00016% of the total
  4. Youth development2 grants $245,00014% of the total
  5. Environment5 grants $205,00012% of the total
  6. Human services6 grants $185,00011% of the total
  7. 3 other causes5 grants $95,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts31 grants $1,595,000
  2. New Hampshire7 grants $365,000
  3. Vermont8 grants $210,000
  4. New York2 grants $85,000
  5. Maine3 grants $65,000
  6. Florida2 grants $60,000
  7. Rhode Island2 grants $50,000
  8. Virginia6 grants $50,000
  9. Connecticut1 grant $25,000
  10. Pennsylvania1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Henry U Harris IIITRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $14,400
  • Suzanne Harte ChickTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $14,400
  • Thomas C BeckTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $14,400

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