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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 22-3297205

The Blossom Fund

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $1.3 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Mar 31, 2026), 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Charles R Platt
Hememway Barnes LLP 75 State Street
Boston, MA 021091466
(617) 227-7940
Form and materials
Send letter stating along with 3 copies of material describing the project, 3 copies of supporting material(detailed budgets for both the organization and the specific project for which funding is being requested) and a copy of your organizations IRS letter of determination indicating tax-exempt status.
Deadlines
September 15 and march 15.
Restrictions
Applications will not be accepted after deadline unless it falls on a weekend or holiday. A report on the use of a prior grant is required before a new proposal will be considered

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $1,310,129

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $649,166

  • Tax year 2024

    $360,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,368,776

  • Tax year 2023

    $863,251

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,168,106

  • Tax year 2022

    $499,191

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $510,126

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,149,286

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $306,330

  • Tax year 2020

    $888,316

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $369,230

  • Tax year 2019

    $612,629

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $558,955

  • Tax year 2018

    $280,985

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $849,173

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Hampton UniversityHampton, VA

    Summer bridge program

    $410,129
  2. Boothbay Region YMCAEast Boothbay, ME

    The boothbay affordable housing initiative

    $300,000
  3. College of the AtlanticBar Harbor, ME

    The campaign for student success

    $300,000
  4. Bennington CollegeBennington, VT

    F/B/O beyond plastics

    $200,000
  5. Just ZeroSturbridge, MA

    To support the 10 for 100 campaign

    $100,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $200,00067% of the total
  2. Environment1 grant $100,00033% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maine2 grants $600,000
  2. Virginia1 grant $410,129
  3. Vermont1 grant $200,000
  4. Massachusetts1 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.

  • Charles R PlattTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Louise J BowditchTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Robert S Bowditch JrTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Gioia C PeruginiTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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