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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-6164250

The CHT Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 26 grants and $80,000 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

    $80,000

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $1,151,685

  • Tax year 2024

    $79,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $1,163,050

  • Tax year 2023

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $1,123,060

  • Tax year 2022

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $1,145,301

  • Tax year 2021

    $76,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $1,234,466

  • Tax year 2020

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $1,183,368

  • Tax year 2019

    $81,500

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $1,205,729

  • Tax year 2018

    $80,000

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $1,180,838

Grants paid in 2025

26 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston IncBoston, MA

    Academic programss and literacy initiatives

    $5,000
  2. Community Rowing IncBrighton, MA

    Lets row boston scholars

    $5,000
  3. Buzzards Bay Coalition IncNew Bedford, MA

    Baywatchers water quality program

    $4,000
  4. Charles River ConservancyCambridge, MA

    Charles river floating wetland

    $4,000
  5. Charles River Watershed Association IncBoston, MA

    Cyanobacteria monitoring

    $4,000
  6. Emerald Necklace Conservancy IncJamaica Plain, MA

    General operating support

    $4,000
  7. Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts IncDorchester, MA

    General operating support

    $4,000
  8. Greenroots IncChelsea, MA

    General operating support

    $4,000
  9. Mystic River Watershed Association IncArlington, MA

    Water quality monitoring

    $4,000
  10. New Bedford LightNew Bedford, MA

    General operating support

    $4,000
  11. Our Sisters' School IncNew Bedford, MA

    General operating support

    $4,000
  12. Boston Chinatown Neighborhood CenterBoston, MA

    Red oak afterschool & summer programs

    $3,000
  13. Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School Inc (thompson Island Outward BoBoston, MA

    Connections middle school program

    $3,000
  14. Dartmouth Natural Resources TrustDartmouth, MA

    Capacity for conservation campaign

    $3,000
  15. Friends of the Public GardenBoston, MA

    Holiday lighting on the commonweath avenue mall

    $3,000
  16. LiterationsBoston, MA

    Boston sustained tutoring program

    $3,000
  17. North Bennet Street SchoolBoston, MA

    Scholarships for preservation carpenty students

    $3,000
  18. Old Dartmouth Historical Society DBA New Bedford Whaling MuseumNew Bedford, MA

    Museum access for underserved youth

    $3,000
  19. School on Wheels of Massachusetts IncE Bridgewtr, MA

    New bedford tutoring program

    $3,000
  20. America Scores New EnglandBoston, MA

    Learning in action afterschool program

    $2,000
  21. Familyaid BostonBoston, MA

    Early childhood navigator

    $2,000
  22. Northstar Learning CentersNew Bedford, MA

    Music program for early education

    $2,000
  23. Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities IncHaverhill, MA

    Colonial history at pierce house

    $1,000
  24. Community Boating Center IncNew Bedford, MA

    Sea lab & coastal clean up environmental programs

    $1,000
  25. Waterfront Historic Area League of New Bedford IncNew Bedford, MA

    Neighborhood restoration & stabilization program

    $1,000
  26. YWCA of Southeastern MassachusettsNew Bedford, MA

    Ywkids program

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment7 grants $26,00040% of the total
  2. Youth development4 grants $11,00017% of the total
  3. Education3 grants $10,00015% of the total
  4. Human services3 grants $9,00014% of the total
  5. Sports and recreation2 grants $5,0008% of the total
  6. Arts and culture1 grant $4,0006% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts26 grants $80,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Edmund C TaylorTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Kevin M EllisTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $6,335
  • Kurt F SomervilleTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $6,335

The return

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