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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-6004808

The Devonshire Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 40 grants and $3 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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 2024

    $2,970,575

    Grants listed
    40
    Assets, end of year
    $37,016,295

  • Tax year 2023

    $3,129,104

    Grants listed
    41
    Assets, end of year
    $36,771,212

  • Tax year 2022

    $3,276,439

    Grants listed
    53
    Assets, end of year
    $37,151,327

  • Tax year 2021

    $3,035,375

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $38,706,243

  • Tax year 2020

    $3,395,151

    Grants listed
    61
    Assets, end of year
    $37,682,386

  • Tax year 2019

    $2,530,765

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $39,535,544

  • Tax year 2018

    $2,614,409

    Grants listed
    44
    Assets, end of year
    $36,959,922

Grants paid in 2024

40 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Tech Goes Home IncorporatedBoston, MA

    Tech goes home's three-year grant supports expansion of their development and earned revenue teams to increase fundraising and earned revenue income. The grant will help tech goes home build internal capacity to support long-term expansion and deepen their impact.

    $290,471
  2. Boston Food Forest CoalitionJamaica Plain, MA

    Three-year grant to support building out a fully staffed development department with the tools needed to support and increase fundraising efforts and sustainability.

    $279,600
  3. United South End SettlementsBoston, MA

    United south end settlements' (uses) three-year grant supports uses's financial sustainability through improved fundraising and earned revenue. The grant supports development staffing needs, upgrading uses's website and working with a government affairs and relations consultant.

    $251,000
  4. Friends of the Children-BostonRoxbury, MA

    Three-year grant supports increasing fundraising capacity.

    $250,000
  5. Urban Farming InstituteMattapan, MA

    Three-year grant supports building their internal capacity to strengthen fundraising, finance and marketing infrastructure allowing the organization to grow overall revenue and fundraising.

    $250,000
  6. Third Sector New England (mattapan Food and Fitness)Mattapan, MA

    Three-year grant supports program, operations, and development staff hires to help expand MFFC'S programmatic reach and increase fundraising

    $249,843
  7. Science Club for Girls IncCambridge, MA

    Three-year grant supports the development, operations, and communications teams to increase fundraising and support operational infrastructure.

    $200,000
  8. Young Man with A PlanHyde Park, MA

    Three-year grant supports development and operations staff hires to help increase fundraising and the number of young men served

    $200,000
  9. Breaktime United IncBoston, MA

    Three-year capacity building grant to support breaktime's statewide expansion through building organizational capacity and increased development efforts.

    $180,000
  10. Lowell Parks and Conservation TrustLowell, MA

    Three-year grant supports development, operations and program staff hires to help increase fundraising and expand programmatic reach.

    $155,000
  11. Coaching for ChangeTaunton, MA

    Coaching for change's three-year grant supports the hiring of a director of development, the implementation of a learning management system and systems integration throughout the grant period, C4C aims to increase fundraising revenue by 50% and improve organizational efficiency.

    $127,500
  12. The Loop LabCambridge, MA

    The loop lab's (TLL) three-year, capacity building grant supports expanding TLL'S income earning production capacity and significantly enhancing development efforts, enabling TLL to increase the annual number of media arts apprentices they graduate.

    $80,000
  13. Building Audacity IncBoston, MA

    Building audacity's three-year grant supports overall fundraising and the hiring the strategic partnerships director to help scale building audacity's, on the grow program.

    $55,000
  14. Roca IncChelsea, MA

    Matching grant

    $50,000
  15. Louis D Brown Peace InstituteDorchester, MA

    Matching grant

    $30,000
  16. College for Social InnovationBoston, MA

    General operating grant

    $25,000
  17. Fathers' Uplift IncDorchester, MA

    Matching grant

    $25,000
  18. Institute for Nonprofit PracticeDedham, MA

    Matching grant

    $25,000
  19. Social Innovation Forum IncBoston, MA

    General operating grant

    $25,000
  20. The Boston FoundationBoston, MA

    Distribution for the devonshire foundation's board member donor advisory account

    $25,000
  21. YWCA BostonBoston, MA

    General operating grant

    $25,000
  22. Hale Education IncWestwood, MA

    Hale's three-year, capacity building grant supports building hales digital presence through a new website, accessible applications, and targeted communications.

    $20,000
  23. Philanthropy MassachusettsBoston, MA

    Gma environmental justice collaborative fund

    $20,000
  24. Tufts UniversityMedford, MA

    Distribution for xanthaky memorial scholarship fund

    $16,779
  25. Tufts UniversityMedford, MA

    Distribution for xanthaky memorial scholarship fund

    $15,805
  26. Chica ProjectQuincy, MA

    Matching grant

    $15,000
  27. Resist (boston Climate Action Network)Boston, MA

    One-year grant to support general operating.

    $10,000
  28. Browning the Green SpaceBoston, MA

    General operating grant

    $10,000
  29. Conservation Law Foundation IncBoston, MA

    General operating grant

    $10,000
  30. Elevated ThoughtLawrence, MA

    General operating grant

    $10,000
  31. Sociedad LatinaRoxbury, MA

    General operating grant

    $10,000
  32. Philanthropy MassachusettsBoston, MA

    Annual membership

    $8,975
  33. American Foreign Service Association Scholarship FundWashington, DC

    Distribution for xanthaky memorial scholarship fund

    $8,593
  34. American Foreign Service Association Scholarship FundWashington, DC

    Distribution for xanthaky memorial scholarship fund

    $8,009
  35. Grantmakers for Effective OrganizationsWashington, DC

    Annual membership

    $2,500
  36. National Center for Family Philanthropy IncWashington, DC

    Annual membership

    $2,500
  37. Doc Wayne Youth ServicesBoston, MA

    General operating grant

    $1,000
  38. Fathers' Uplift IncDorchester, MA

    General operating grant

    $1,000
  39. Louis D Brown Peace InstituteDorchester, MA

    General operating grant

    $1,000
  40. More Than WordsWaltham, MA

    General operating grant

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services6 grants $577,00031% of the total
  2. Youth development7 grants $546,00030% of the total
  3. Jobs and employment3 grants $285,00015% of the total
  4. Education6 grants $186,68610% of the total
  5. Environment3 grants $175,0009% of the total
  6. Philanthropy and grantmaking5 grants $58,9753% of the total
  7. 1 other causes2 grants $21,0001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts36 grants $2,948,973
  2. District of Columbia4 grants $21,602

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Weston Howland IIIPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Charles E Clapp IIITREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Susan DavidsonTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jennifer GeyerTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kit HowlandTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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