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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-8076853

The Elm Grove Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $118,500 paid in grants.

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

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 2024

    $118,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,791,083
  • Tax year 2023

    $109,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $1,682,690
  • Tax year 2022

    $75,500

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $1,535,937
  • Tax year 2021

    $73,000

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $1,330,642
  • Tax year 2020

    $113,250

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $1,610,966
  • Tax year 2019

    $124,500

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $1,316,249
  • Tax year 2018

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,388,667
  • Tax year 2017

    $55,000

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $1,302,379

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Mdi HospitalBar Harbor, ME

    Operating support

    $50,000
  2. Atlantic Salmon FederationCalais, ME

    Operating support

    $45,000
  3. Friends of the Lobkowicz CollectionsDover, MA

    Operating support

    $12,500
  4. The 1324 Massachusetts Avenue FoundationCambridge, MA

    Operating support

    $10,000
  5. Boston AtheneumBoston, MA

    Operating support

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals1 grant $45,00067% of the total
  2. Arts and culture2 grants $22,50033% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maine2 grants $95,000
  2. Massachusetts3 grants $23,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Sydney C WinthropTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jonathan WinthropTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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