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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-7299038

The Ajana Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 17 grants and $1.6 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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 2024

    $1,630,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $33,475,956

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,670,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $32,652,167

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,045,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $21,032,847

  • Tax year 2021

    $888,500

    Grants listed
    74
    Assets, end of year
    $19,290,683

  • Tax year 2020

    $285,000

    Grants listed
    58
    Assets, end of year
    $17,821,538

  • Tax year 2019

    $376,500

    Grants listed
    45
    Assets, end of year
    $12,860,639

  • Tax year 2018

    $152,500

    Grants listed
    45
    Assets, end of year
    $7,022,977

Grants paid in 2024

17 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Urban Food Initiative DBA Daily TableDorchester, MA

    In support of healthy affordable grocery stores

    $150,000
  2. Trustees of TuftsBoston, MA

    For new entry sustainable farming project and capital support for the greenhouse

    $130,000
  3. Urban Farming InstituteMattapan, MA

    Capital campaign and general operating support.

    $130,000
  4. Harvard Law School Food Law & Policy ClinicCambridge, MA

    General operating support

    $125,000
  5. Green City ForceBrooklyn, NY

    In support of organizational planning

    $105,000
  6. Boston Area GleanersActon, MA

    In support of strategic planning

    $100,000
  7. Commonwealth KitchenDorchester, MA

    In support of organizational planning and capacity building

    $100,000
  8. Haley HouseBoston, MA

    In support of expanding the take back the kitchen program

    $100,000
  9. Lovin' Spoonfuls IncNewton, MA

    In support of food rescue and hunger relief of massachusetts

    $100,000
  10. RefedChicago, IL

    General operating support

    $100,000
  11. The Bhutan FoundationWashington, DC

    Traditional medicine in nomad health camps, tarayana foundation's regenerative agriculture work and bumthang hospital's bear team

    $100,000
  12. The Food ProjectLincoln, MA

    In support of general operations and program scaling

    $100,000
  13. Third Sector New England FBO Massachusetts Food System CollaborativeBoston, MA

    In support for the massachusetts food system collaborative

    $100,000
  14. Mashpee Wampanoag TribeMashpee, MA

    In support of community greenhouse program

    $50,000
  15. World FarmersLancaster, MA

    In support of organizational planning and capacity building

    $50,000
  16. Equity AdvocatesHarrison, NY

    In support of organizational planning and capacity building

    $45,000
  17. Stone Barns Center for Food and AgriculturePocantico Hills, NY

    General operating support

    $45,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Food and agriculture6 grants $495,00062% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $105,00013% of the total
  3. Community development1 grant $100,00012% of the total
  4. Housing and shelter1 grant $100,00012% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts12 grants $1,235,000
  2. New York4 grants $295,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $100,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Daphne Hoch CunninghamTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Roland E HochTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Steven G HochTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Alix M LaagerTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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