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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-6869254

Esther B Kahn Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 12 grants and $185,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending May 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $185,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $5,165,550

  • Tax year 2023

    $166,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $4,942,830

  • Tax year 2022

    $240,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $4,336,381

  • Tax year 2021

    $210,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $4,728,598

  • Tax year 2020

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $5,709,423

Grants paid in 2024

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Cradles to CrayonsNewton, MA

    General Operating Support

    $25,000
  2. Housing Families IncMalden, MA

    General Operating Support

    $25,000
  3. Women's Lunch PlaceBoston, MA

    General Operating Support

    $25,000
  4. Huntington Theater CompanyBoston, MA

    General Operating Support

    $20,000
  5. Learning AllyPrinceton, NJ

    General Operating Support

    $20,000
  6. Perkins School for the BlindWatertown, MA

    General Operating Support

    $20,000
  7. Reach Beyond Domestic ViolenceWaltham, MA

    General Operating Support

    $15,000
  8. Peer Health ExchangeOakland, CA

    General Operating Support

    $10,000
  9. Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaNew York, NY

    General Operating Support

    $10,000
  10. 826 BostonRoxbury, MA

    General Operating Support

    $5,000
  11. Boothbay Sea & Science CenterEast Boothbay, ME

    General Operating Support

    $5,000
  12. One Can Help IncWaban, MA

    General Operating Support

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services4 grants $85,00061% of the total
  2. Education3 grants $30,00021% of the total
  3. Youth development2 grants $15,00011% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $10,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts8 grants $140,000
  2. New Jersey1 grant $20,000
  3. California1 grant $10,000
  4. New York1 grant $10,000
  5. Maine1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Kristin AbatiTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Richard J EcksteinTrustee Hours 1Pay $10,000
  • Jessica L LambertTrustee Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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