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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-6094404

Robert Brigham Trust

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 16 grants and $153,000 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $153,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,502,528

  • Tax year 2024

    $159,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,470,995

  • Tax year 2023

    $156,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $2,437,517

  • Tax year 2022

    $162,500

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,480,009

  • Tax year 2021

    $163,500

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,515,930

  • Tax year 2020

    $135,500

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,364,723

Grants paid in 2025

16 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Brigham & Women's HospitalBoston, MA

    General purposes

    $36,000
  2. The Home for Little WanderersBoston, MA

    General purposes

    $24,000
  3. Bay Cove Human Services IncBoston, MA

    General purposes

    $18,000
  4. Goddard HouseBrookline, MA

    General purposes

    $6,000
  5. Mass Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ChildrenLexington, MA

    General purposes

    $6,000
  6. The Warner Home for Little WanderersSt Albans, VT

    General purposes

    $6,000
  7. Massachusetts Eye & Ear InfirmaryBoston, MA

    General purposes

    $6,000
  8. Perkins School for the BlindWatertown, MA

    General purposes

    $6,000
  9. The Boston Home IncDorchester, MA

    General purposes

    $6,000
  10. Rogerson CommunitiesBoston, MA

    General purposes

    $6,000
  11. Carleton-Willard Homes IncBedford, MA

    General purposes

    $6,000
  12. The Children's Hospital Medical CenterBoston, MA

    General purposes

    $6,000
  13. Tufts Medical Center TrustBoston, MA

    General purposes

    $6,000
  14. The Dimock Community Health CenterRoxbury, MA

    General purposes

    $6,000
  15. Grimes-King Foundation for the Elderly IncBoston, MA

    General purposes

    $6,000
  16. Old South Church of BostonBoston, MA

    General purposes

    $3,000

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 $36,00067% of the total
  2. Health2 grants $12,00022% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $6,00011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts15 grants $147,000
  2. Vermont1 grant $6,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Robert G BannishTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $13,599
  • Zachary A BourqueTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $13,598

The return

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