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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-6046756

Rowland Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 41 grants and $2.3 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
Leslie Pine
75 Arlington Street Suite 710
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 338-5886
[email protected]
Form and materials
N/A
Deadlines
N/A
Restrictions
The advisory committee directs the trustees to make grants to charitable organizations operating exclusively for charitable, scientific, literacy, and educational purposes and are described in irc sections 170(c), 170(b) (1)a, 2055(a), and 2522(a).

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $2,325,000

    Grants listed
    41
    Assets, end of year
    $36,231,951

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,973,000

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $36,466,468

  • Tax year 2022

    $2,145,000

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $35,717,444

  • Tax year 2021

    $2,204,000

    Grants listed
    37
    Assets, end of year
    $31,619,980

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,779,000

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $31,964,135

  • Tax year 2019

    $2,114,000

    Grants listed
    40
    Assets, end of year
    $31,157,066

  • Tax year 2018

    $1,734,000

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $32,386,679

  • Tax year 2017

    $1,486,000

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $31,321,876

Grants paid in 2024

41 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Boston Foundation - FBO Familyaid Boston IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $200,000
  2. The Boston Foundation - FBO Rosie's Place IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $125,000
  3. The Boston Foundation - FBO Roxbury Community College Foundation IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $119,000
  4. Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $100,000
  5. The Boston Foundation - FBO Refugee and Immigrant Assistance CenterBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $100,000
  6. The Boston Foundation - FBO Berklee College of Music IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $75,000
  7. The Boston Foundation - FBO Casa Myrna Vazquez IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $75,000
  8. The Boston Foundation - FBO Institute of Contemporary ArtBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $75,000
  9. The Boston Foundation - FBO Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $75,000
  10. The Boston Foundation - FBO LiterationsBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $75,000
  11. The Boston Foundation - FBO Uaspire IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $75,000
  12. The Boston Foundation - FBO UncorneredBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $75,000
  13. The Boston FoundationBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $70,000
  14. The Boston Foundation - FBO Boston Music ProjectBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $65,000
  15. The Boston Foundation - FBO A Safe Place IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $50,000
  16. The Boston Foundation - FBO Boston Arts AcademyBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $50,000
  17. The Boston Foundation - FBO Boston Ballet IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $50,000
  18. The Boston Foundation - FBO Boston Children's Chorus IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $50,000
  19. The Boston Foundation - FBO Boston Plan for ExcellenceBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $50,000
  20. The Boston Foundation - FBO Duet IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $50,000
  21. The Boston Foundation - FBO More Than Words IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $50,000
  22. The Boston Foundation - FBO North Bennet Street SchoolBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $50,000
  23. The Boston Foundation - FBO Rogerson CommunitiesBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $50,000
  24. The Boston Foundation - FBO Smart From the Start IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $50,000
  25. The Boston Foundation - FBO the Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $50,000
  26. The Boston Foundation - Saheli IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $50,000
  27. The Boston Foundation - the TriennialBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $50,000
  28. The Boston Foundation - FBO Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $40,000
  29. The Boston Foundation - FBO Horizons for Homeless Children IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $40,000
  30. The Boston Foundation - FBO Next Step Fund IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $40,000
  31. The Boston Foundation - FBO Artists for Humanity IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $30,000
  32. The Boston Foundation - FBO Cradles to Crayons IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $30,000
  33. The Boston Foundation - FBO Harlem Lacrosse and LeadershipBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $30,000
  34. The Boston Foundation - FBO New England Culinary Arts TrainingBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $30,000
  35. Impactassets IncBethesda, MD

    Charitable

    $25,000
  36. The Boston Foundation - FBO Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $25,000
  37. The Boston Foundation - FBO Bethel Institute for Social JusticeBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $20,000
  38. The Boston Foundation - FBO Little Brothers - Friends of the ElderlyBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $20,000
  39. The Boston Foundation - FBO Y2Y NetworkBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $20,000
  40. The Boston Foundation - FBO the BaseBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $15,000
  41. The Boston Foundation - FBO Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $6,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $100,00051% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $95,00049% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts40 grants $2,300,000
  2. Maryland1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Valerie SmallwoodVICE PRESIDENT & TRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $0
  • Gerald ChertavianTRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $0
  • Daniel DrakeTRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $0
  • Edward SmallwoodCO-PRESIDENT, TREASURER & Hours 10Pay $0
  • Kate ChertavianCO-PRESIDENT & TRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $0
  • Charlotte Houghteling SmallwoodSECRETARY & TRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $0

The return

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