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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-6039972

Clara B Winthrop Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 28 grants and $277,920 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
Peter P Brown
C/o Welch Forbes 45 School Stree
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 523-1635
Form and materials
Applications may be submitted in any form which reasonably informs the trustees as to the exempt status of the applicant, its general financial situation and the reason the grant is requested.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Awards must be made to charitable organizations only. They must be within the commonwealth of massachusetts or a state which exempts bequests to massachusetts organizations.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $277,920

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $3,755,364

  • Tax year 2024

    $275,003

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $3,570,623

  • Tax year 2023

    $210,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $3,780,763

  • Tax year 2022

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $3,965,465

  • Tax year 2021

    $230,200

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $4,138,972

  • Tax year 2020

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $3,571,930

  • Tax year 2019

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $1,921,210

  • Tax year 2018

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $1,882,520

Grants paid in 2025

28 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Manchester Public LibraryManchesterbythesea, MA

    Purchase books and

    $15,840
  2. Town of Manchester-By- The-SeaManchesterbythesea, MA

    Maintenance and upkeep of

    $14,400
  3. VNA Care NetworkDanvers, MA

    General fund

    $14,400
  4. Massachusetts Historical SocietyBoston, MA

    General fund

    $12,960
  5. Library of the Boston Athenaeum IncBoston, MA

    General fund

    $12,960
  6. St John's Episcopal ChurchBeverly, MA

    General fund

    $12,960
  7. Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, ME

    James bowdoin scholarship

    $12,960
  8. Boston Children's Hospital TrustBoston, MA

    Every child fund

    $12,960
  9. Beverly HospitalBeverly, MA

    Beverly hospital greatest

    $12,960
  10. Brigham & Women's HospitalBoston, MA

    President's unrestricted

    $11,520
  11. Museum of ScienceBoston, MA

    General fund

    $10,080
  12. New England AquariumBoston, MA

    General fund

    $10,080
  13. Wenham MuseumWenham, MA

    Gen. Oper. Fund and

    $10,080
  14. Boys & Girls Clubs of BostonBoston, MA

    General fund

    $10,080
  15. St Peter's Episcopal ChurchBeverly, MA

    General fund

    $10,080
  16. Historic New EnglandHaverhill, MA

    General fund

    $10,080
  17. The Epiphany SchoolDorchester, MA

    Educational programs

    $10,080
  18. Manchester by the Sea MuseumManchester, MA

    Operating fund

    $10,080
  19. Harvard College FundCambridge, MA

    Clara b winthrop

    $8,640
  20. Trustees of ReservationsBoston, MA

    General fund

    $7,200
  21. New England Conservatory of MusicBoston, MA

    Annual fund

    $7,200
  22. Winsor SchoolBoston, MA

    General fund

    $7,200
  23. WGBH Educational FoundationBoston, MA

    Ralph lowell society

    $7,200
  24. Home for Little WanderersBoston, MA

    General fund

    $7,200
  25. Friends of Manchester Trees IncManchester, MA

    General fund

    $7,200
  26. National Public RadioWashington, DC

    Operating fund

    $7,200
  27. The Navigator FoundationBeverly Farms, MA

    General fund

    $2,880
  28. Seed Global HealthBoston, MA

    General fund

    $1,440

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture5 grants $40,32042% of the total
  2. Education4 grants $31,68033% of the total
  3. Animals1 grant $10,08010% of the total
  4. Environment1 grant $7,2007% of the total
  5. Human services1 grant $7,2007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts26 grants $257,760
  2. Maine1 grant $12,960
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $7,200

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Peter P BrownTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Theodore E OberTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

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