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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-7025935

The Single Step Foundation

A private foundation in Waltham, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $50,424 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $50,424

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $765,602

  • Tax year 2024

    $31,127

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $757,524

  • Tax year 2023

    $122,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $709,413

  • Tax year 2022

    $45,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $787,127

  • Tax year 2021

    $51,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $841,458

  • Tax year 2020

    $43,500

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $829,177

  • Tax year 2019

    $54,600

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $805,135

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Beverly HospitalBeverly, MA

    To deliver quality healthcare

    $15,000
  2. Plummer Youth PromiseSalem, MA

    To improve outcomes for young people

    $12,900
  3. Boston Children's HospitalBoston, MA

    To provide worldwide leadership in pediatric health care

    $10,000
  4. Brooks SchoolNorth Andover, MA

    For education

    $3,524
  5. Trustee of ReservationBeverly, MA

    To preserve scenic, historic, and ecological value of ma

    $2,000
  6. Cabot Performing Arts CenterBeverly, MA

    To enrich the cultural lives of the community

    $2,000
  7. SquashbustersLawrence, MA

    To challenge and nurture urban youth

    $2,000
  8. Isabella Stuart Gardner MuseumBoston, MA

    For education and enjoyment of the public

    $1,000
  9. Accord Food PantrySouth Hamilton, MA

    To prevent hunger

    $1,000
  10. The Community House - So Hamilton MaSouth Hamilton, MA

    To support community

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $12,90045% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $10,00035% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $3,52412% of the total
  4. Arts and culture1 grant $2,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts10 grants $50,424

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Hugh K Foster JrTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Elena I FosterTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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