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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-6060834

Knowlton Foundation for the Elderly Inc

A private foundation in Gardner, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 13 grants and $68,250 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Mar 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

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

    $68,250

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,405,149
  • Tax year 2023

    $67,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,083,077
  • Tax year 2022

    $72,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,071,209
  • Tax year 2021

    $61,250

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,120,433
  • Tax year 2020

    $59,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,855,555
  • Tax year 2019

    $58,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,599,505
  • Tax year 2018

    $57,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,846,830

Grants paid in 2024

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Gardner Visiting Nurses AssocGardner, MA

    Medical services

    $17,000
  2. Gardner Community Action CommitteeGardner, MA

    Medical transportation for the elderly

    $15,000
  3. Aging Service of No Central MassLeominster, MA

    Services for the elderly

    $9,000
  4. Winchendon Community ActionWinchendon, MA

    Medical transportation for the elderly

    $4,500
  5. Gardner Council on AgingGardner, MA

    Services for the elderly

    $4,000
  6. Henry Haywood HospitalGardner, MA

    Services/equipment to benefit the elderly

    $3,500
  7. Levi Heywood Memorial LibraryGardner, MA

    Services/materials for the elderly

    $3,000
  8. Montachusett Opportunity CouncilFitchburg, MA

    Services for the elderly

    $2,250
  9. Ashburnham Council on AgingAshburnham, MA

    Services for the elderly

    $2,000
  10. Hubbardston Council on AgingHubbardston, MA

    Services for the elderly

    $2,000
  11. Templeton Council on AgingBaldwinville, MA

    Services for the elderly

    $2,000
  12. Westminster Council on AgingWestminster, MA

    Services for the elderly

    $2,000
  13. Winchendon Council on AgingWinchendon, MA

    Services for the elderly

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services3 grants $21,750100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts13 grants $68,250

Officers, directors and trustees

12 people as filed

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

  • Calvin BrooksDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Michael HermansonPRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0
  • Dr Donald MillerDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Neil EricksonDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $1,500
  • Alan GoguenSECRETARY Hours 2Pay $0
  • Norman WironenDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Susan HartshornDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Robert RiceDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Charles BeattieVICE PRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0
  • Vicotria KazinskasVICE PRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0
  • Robert AbislaTREASURER Hours 2Pay $1,500
  • Jennifer W AubeDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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