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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-6931498

Falb Family Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Cambridge, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $5,350 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

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

    $5,350

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $191,968
  • Tax year 2024

    $6,900

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $197,756
  • Tax year 2023

    $5,700

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $197,225
  • Tax year 2022

    $8,900

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $197,439
  • Tax year 2021

    $8,600

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $200,880
  • Tax year 2020

    $7,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $210,334
  • Tax year 2019

    $9,400

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $211,699

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Northfield Mount HermonMount Hermon, MA

    Unrestricted

    $2,000
  2. Friend of Mount Auburn CemetaryCambridge, MA

    Unrestricted

    $1,500
  3. Colby CollegeWaterville, ME

    Unrestricted

    $500
  4. Shriners Hospital for ChildernBoston, MA

    Unrestricted

    $400
  5. Tunnel to TowersStaten Island, NY

    Unrestricted

    $400
  6. The Cambridge HomesCambridge, MA

    Unrestricted

    $200
  7. Wounded Warrior ProjectJacksonville, FL

    Unrestricted

    $200
  8. The YardChilmark, MA

    Unrestricted

    $100
  9. Concord MuseumConcord, MA

    Unrestricted

    $50

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $40057% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $20029% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $10014% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts6 grants $4,250
  2. New York2 grants $600
  3. Maine1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Peter L FalbTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Karen F FalbTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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