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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-6668886

Metanoia Fund

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $814,000 paid in grants.

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

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $814,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $9,912
  • Tax year 2024

    $100,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $6,743
  • Tax year 2023

    $120,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $71,728
  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $9,900
  • Tax year 2021

    $100,064

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $8,525
  • Tax year 2020

    $201,133

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $12,080
  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $12,618
  • Tax year 2018

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $13,234

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Energy Innovation Reform ProjectWashington, DC

    General purpose

    $500,000
  2. The Global Development Incubator IncWashington, DC

    The seed fund

    $200,000
  3. The Global Development Incubator IncWashington, DC

    Work on the migration opportunity

    $84,000
  4. The Global Development Incubator IncWashington, DC

    International decarbonization partnership work

    $30,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment1 grant $500,00061% of the total
  2. International aid3 grants $314,00039% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Virginia1 grant $500,000
  2. District of Columbia3 grants $314,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Frederick M Taylor IIITRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • John F TaylorTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lucy Farnsworth TaylorTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Florence Mavis BrownTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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