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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-6942305

Beech Tree Trust

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $73,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Bracken Hendricks
C/o J M Forbes Co LLP 121 Mount, Vernon St
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 423-5705
Form and materials
By letter describing the needs of the charitable organization.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Based on available funds

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $73,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,221,572

  • Tax year 2023

    $88,100

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,185,988

  • Tax year 2022

    $97,755

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,187,155

  • Tax year 2021

    $85,562

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,277,097

  • Tax year 2020

    $86,578

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,279,457

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Rhode Island Natural History SurveyKingston, RI

    Grant to support ronai tick global network

    $23,500
  2. The Coalition for Buzzards BayNew Bedford, MA

    Grant to support the ernestina morrisey tall ship program

    $20,000
  3. The Coalition for Buzzards BayNew Bedford, MA

    Grant to support the cuttyhunk land preservation project

    $20,000
  4. Cuttyhunk Historical SocietyCuttyhunk, MA

    Grant to support shipwrecks of the elizabeth islands

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Science and technology1 grant $23,50070% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $10,00030% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts3 grants $50,000
  2. Rhode Island1 grant $23,500

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Paul EliasTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • David W GreggTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Bennet LeonTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Bracken HendricksTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Anne MorseTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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