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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-6607784

Sawyer John M Mem TR 92888

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $52,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Aug 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 2024

    $52,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $504,926

  • Tax year 2023

    $37,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $485,235

  • Tax year 2022

    $26,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $494,885

  • Tax year 2021

    $36,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $530,939

  • Tax year 2020

    $47,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $509,488

  • Tax year 2019

    $36,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $527,044

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. International Institute of New EnglandBoston, MA

    General purposes

    $20,000
  2. Jeremiah ProgramMinneapolis, MN

    General purposes

    $15,000
  3. Alianza DV ServicesHolyoke, MA

    General purposes

    $12,000
  4. Roxbury Stone House IncRoxbury, MA

    General purposes

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Civil rights1 grant $20,00043% of the total
  2. Housing and shelter1 grant $15,00032% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $12,00026% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts4 grants $52,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Kathryn S WhiteTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • M Elisabeth SawyerTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jean S RailtonTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Fiduciary Trust CoTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $2,909

The return

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