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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-8521462

High Meadows Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $4.9 million 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $4,850,760

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $3,539,735

  • Tax year 2024

    $7,696,887

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $887,625

  • Tax year 2023

    $8,422,500

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $2,466,263

  • Tax year 2022

    $10,275,323

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $2,257,912

  • Tax year 2021

    $18,979,000

    Grants listed
    37
    Assets, end of year
    $7,499,132

  • Tax year 2020

    $9,925,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $15,634,307

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Trustees of Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Payment for support of pace center for community service

    $998,260
  2. Caf AmericaAlexandria, VA

    Payment to carry on charitable activities

    $750,000
  3. Climate Central IncPrinceton, NJ

    Payment to carry on charitable acitities

    $750,000
  4. Environmental Defense FundNew York, NY

    Environmental research

    $500,000
  5. Harvard Business SchoolCambridge, MA

    Payment for continuing support of the baker library

    $500,000
  6. Trustees of Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Payment for support of the center for policy research on energy and the environment

    $400,000
  7. Let's Grow KidsMiddlebury, VT

    Payment to carry on charitable activities

    $300,000
  8. The Wilderness SocietyWashington, DC

    Payment to carry on charitable activities

    $250,000
  9. West Harlem Environmental ActionNew York, NY

    Payment to carry on charitable activities

    $102,500
  10. Evergreen Climate InnovationsChicago, IL

    Payment to carry on charitable activities

    $100,000
  11. Prime Coalition IncCambridge, MA

    Payment to carry on charitable activities

    $100,000
  12. Trustees of Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Payment for support of pace center for civic engagement

    $100,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment4 grants $952,50033% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $750,00026% of the total
  3. Science and technology1 grant $750,00026% of the total
  4. Youth development1 grant $300,00011% of the total
  5. Human services1 grant $100,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Jersey4 grants $2,248,260
  2. Virginia1 grant $750,000
  3. New York2 grants $602,500
  4. Massachusetts2 grants $600,000
  5. Vermont1 grant $300,000
  6. District of Columbia1 grant $250,000
  7. Illinois1 grant $100,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Carl FerenbachTRUSTEE Hours 40Pay $0
  • Jeffrey BerensonTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Daniel P CarbonneauTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jane Brock-WilsonTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lynne BallSECRETARY / TREASURER Hours 25Pay $0
  • Elizabeth BankowskiTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

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