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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-6914538

Brown Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Newton, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $172,000 paid in grants.

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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

    $172,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,933,124

  • Tax year 2024

    $153,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,651,705

  • Tax year 2023

    $137,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,396,540

  • Tax year 2022

    $129,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,060,962

  • Tax year 2021

    $132,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,793,232

  • Tax year 2020

    $116,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,465,570

  • Tax year 2019

    $101,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,227,297

  • Tax year 2018

    $91,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,886,020

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, MA

    General support

    $25,000
  2. Dana Farber Cancer InstituteBoston, MA

    General support

    $25,000
  3. The Children's Room-Center for Grieving Children & Teenagers IncArlington, MA

    General support

    $20,000
  4. The Pine Street InnBoston, MA

    General support

    $18,000
  5. Birthday Wishes IncSudbury, MA

    General support

    $17,000
  6. Rosie's PlaceBoston, MA

    General support

    $17,000
  7. Saint Francis HouseBoston, MA

    General support

    $15,000
  8. Bridge Over Troubled Waters IncBoston, MA

    General support

    $13,000
  9. The Women's Lunch PlaceBoston, MA

    General support

    $13,000
  10. Project SmileHopedale, MA

    General support

    $5,500
  11. Make-A-Wish Foundation of MassachusettsBoston, MA

    General support

    $3,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services3 grants $38,50034% of the total
  2. Medical research1 grant $25,00022% of the total
  3. Housing and shelter1 grant $17,00015% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $17,00015% of the total
  5. Mental health1 grant $13,00011% of the total
  6. Health1 grant $3,5003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts11 grants $172,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Kenneth A AlperinTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $16,500

The return

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