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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-6855950

The Taylor Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 20 grants and $162,025 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

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

    $162,025

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $1,232,540
  • Tax year 2024

    $170,600

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $1,174,082
  • Tax year 2023

    $170,600

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $1,272,703
  • Tax year 2022

    $135,100

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $1,424,339
  • Tax year 2021

    $145,675

    Grants listed
    37
    Assets, end of year
    $1,495,617
  • Tax year 2020

    $136,062

    Grants listed
    37
    Assets, end of year
    $1,371,726

Grants paid in 2025

20 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Essex Shipbuilding MuseumEssex, MA

    charitable

    $36,025
  2. Holy Innocent's Episcopal SchoolAtlanta, GA

    For General purposes

    $36,000
  3. Poly Prep Country Day SchoolBrooklyn, NY

    General purpose

    $32,000
  4. Maritime GloucesterGloucester, MA

    General purposes

    $15,000
  5. Gloucester Stage CompanyGloucester, MA

    Charitable

    $7,000
  6. Cape Ann MuseumGloucester, MA

    General purposes

    $5,000
  7. Essex County GreenbeltEssex, MA

    General purposes

    $5,000
  8. Kids OrbitBrooklyn, NY

    General purposes

    $5,000
  9. ACMYC (Assoc of the Cotuit Mosquito Yacht Club Inc)Cotuit, MA

    General purposes

    $3,500
  10. Lanes Coven Theatre CoGloucester, MA

    General purpose

    $3,000
  11. Manship ArtistsGloucester, MA

    General purposes

    $3,000
  12. Generous GardenersGloucester, MA

    Charitable

    $2,000
  13. The Cabot (Cabot Performing Arts Center Inc)Beverly, MA

    General purposes

    $2,000
  14. Middlesex SchoolConcord, MA

    General purposes

    $1,900
  15. Parents and Teachers Association of PS8Brooklyn, NY

    General Purposes

    $1,500
  16. Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation IncGloucester, MA

    General purpose

    $1,000
  17. Gloucester Writers CenterGloucester, MA

    charitable

    $1,000
  18. Nobles & GreenoughDedham, MA

    General purposes

    $1,000
  19. Brooklyn Heights AssociationBrooklyn, NY

    General purposes

    $600
  20. CARES FoundationUnion, NJ

    General purposes

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $33,90052% of the total
  2. Community development2 grants $15,60024% of the total
  3. Arts and culture4 grants $14,00021% of the total
  4. Environment1 grant $2,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts14 grants $86,425
  2. New York4 grants $39,100
  3. Georgia1 grant $36,000
  4. New Jersey1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • William F TaylorTrustee Hours 3Pay $0
  • Rebecca T GlasgowTrustee Hours 3Pay $0
  • Holly T FabbriTrustee Hours 3Pay $0

The return

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