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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-6864032

The Perls Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 13 grants and $1 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

    $1,020,300

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $12,853,855

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,049,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $13,789,058

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,227,500

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $14,316,991

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,029,150

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $15,178,091

  • Tax year 2020

    $970,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $14,472,049

  • Tax year 2019

    $903,252

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $14,418,407

  • Tax year 2018

    $506,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $14,585,064

Grants paid in 2024

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Knowledge Ecology InternationalWashington, DC

    $360,000 to be used for projects in the area of access to medicines and $60,000 is intended for the continuance of chilean and latin american projects commenced in 2016.

    $407,000
  2. Public Citizen FoundationWashington, DC

    To support work in the area of access to medicines. $80,000 of the grant is restricted to public citizen's work in latin america.

    $272,000
  3. Stichting Health ActionUtrechtsedwarsstraat, Netherlands

    $15,000 for work on "artificial intelligency in medicines R&D in europe; $52,500 for the provision of pro-bono consultant services to support groups working to advance global health with an emphasis on policies to enhance access to medicines; $49,500 for the access to medicines work in europe with salud por derecho; $44,000 for the proposal titled "winning the right to breathe for every CF patient, everywhere"

    $161,000
  4. Universities Allied for Essential MedicinesWashington, DC

    Empower students to drive campaigns on their campuses and beyond that will help fight for access and affordability of university-discovered medicines.

    $100,000
  5. Planned Parenthood Federation of America IncNew York, NY

    General purpose

    $40,000
  6. Food for Free IncCambridge, MA

    General purpose

    $25,000
  7. Rails-To-Trails ConservancyWashington, DC

    General purpose

    $7,300
  8. American Civil Liberties UnionNew York, NY

    General purpose

    $2,000
  9. Haymarket Peoples FundBoston, MA

    General purpose

    $2,000
  10. Institute for Policy StudiesWashington, DC

    General purpose

    $2,000
  11. Charles River Watershed AssociationBoston, MA

    General purpose

    $1,000
  12. Globe Santa FundBoston, MA

    General purpose

    $500
  13. The Buxton SchoolWilliamstown, MA

    General purpose

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Social science1 grant $407,00049% of the total
  2. Public affairs1 grant $272,00033% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $100,00012% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $40,0005% of the total
  5. Environment2 grants $8,3001% of the total
  6. International aid1 grant $2,000<1% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $500<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. District of Columbia5 grants $788,300
  2. Massachusetts6 grants $69,000
  3. New York1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Katherine M PerlsTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $0
  • Lennart C BrabergTRUSTEE Hours 25Pay $55,000

The return

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