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Form 990-PFTax year 2020EIN 04-6041993

Grace Knight Babson Fund

A private foundation in Wellesley, MA. Its return for tax year 2020 lists 10 grants and $162,190 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2020 (period ending Oct 25, 2021), 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
Cynthia Lowe
15 Morgan Dr 402
Natick, MA 01760
(781) 235-9009
[email protected]
Form and materials
Completion of notification to participate form, including name of organization, and participation in event held in may.
Deadlines
Notification due in late april.
Restrictions
To children under age 16 from religious institutions serving wellesley, massachusetts.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2020

    $162,190

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2020

    $4,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $168,098

  • Tax year 2019

    $6,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $85,734

  • Tax year 2018

    $8,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $87,119

Grants paid in 2020

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. First Church of Christ ScientistWellesley, MA

    Unrestricted.

    $16,219
  2. St Andrews Episcopal ChurchWellesley, MA

    Unrestricted.

    $16,219
  3. St John the Evangelist ChurchWellesley, MA

    Unrestricted.

    $16,219
  4. St Paul's ParishCambridge, MA

    Unrestricted.

    $16,219
  5. St Mary's Episcopal ChurchNewton, MA

    Unrestricted.

    $16,219
  6. Temple Beth ElohimWellesley, MA

    Unrestricted.

    $16,219
  7. Unitarian Universalist SocietyWellesley, MA

    Unrestricted.

    $16,219
  8. Wellesley Friends MeetingWellesley, MA

    Unrestricted.

    $16,219
  9. Wellesley Hills Congregational ChurchWellesley, MA

    Unrestricted.

    $16,219
  10. Wellesley Village Congregational ChurchWellesley, MA

    Unrestricted.

    $16,219

Where the money goes

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

  1. Religion1 grant $16,219100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts10 grants $162,190

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Rev Matthew WoosterTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Anne LysaghtTREASURER Hours 0.25Pay $600
  • Jodi SuffrinTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Cynthia LoweCLERK Hours 0.5Pay $500
  • FR James LaughlinTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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