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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-6864140

Catherine Hawkins Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 9 grants and $1.2 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Apr 30, 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,175,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $5,745,162

  • Tax year 2023

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $6,405,357

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $6,595,456

  • Tax year 2020

    $565,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $6,139,854

Grants paid in 2024

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. UnrwaWashington, DC

    General

    $400,000
  2. Centre for Effective Altruism USA aka Giving GreenSan Francisco, CA

    General

    $200,000
  3. Environmental Law and Policy CenterChicago, IL

    General

    $150,000
  4. High Country NewsPaonia, CO

    General

    $100,000
  5. The Center for Investigative ReportingSan Francisco, CA

    General

    $100,000
  6. PropublicaNew York, NY

    General

    $100,000
  7. Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

    General

    $50,000
  8. Inside Climate NewsBrooklyn, NY

    General

    $50,000
  9. Good Energy CollectiveSacramento, CA

    General

    $25,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment1 grant $100,00044% of the total
  2. Social science2 grants $75,00033% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $50,00022% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. District of Columbia1 grant $400,000
  2. California3 grants $325,000
  3. Illinois1 grant $150,000
  4. New York2 grants $150,000
  5. Colorado1 grant $100,000
  6. Massachusetts1 grant $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • John I TaylorTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Elizabeth C TaylorTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Cole H TaylorFOUNDATION MANAGER Hours 40Pay $80,000

The return

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