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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-4606574

Yesod Foundation Inc

A private foundation in North Grafton, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $29,500 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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
Kenneth C Crater
116 Brigham Hill Road
North Grafton, MA 01536
(508) 272-9696
Form and materials
Applications shouold be in letter form. Include proof of tax-exempt status.
Deadlines
None.
Restrictions
To provide funding and in-kind support to organizations engaged in hunger relief, land conservation and other chartiable and religious endeavors. Contributions are made primarily in the grafton, ma area.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $29,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $252,177

  • Tax year 2024

    $33,300

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $268,944

  • Tax year 2023

    $33,660

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $291,220

  • Tax year 2022

    $36,533

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $323,808

  • Tax year 2021

    $39,592

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $327,833

  • Tax year 2020

    $37,622

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $344,595

  • Tax year 2019

    $36,281

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $363,300

  • Tax year 2018

    $76,378

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $373,636

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Community Harvest Project IncNorth Grafton, MA

    General operating funds

    $22,500
  2. Grafton Arts IncNorth Grafton, MA

    General operating funds

    $2,000
  3. Regional Environmental CouncilWorcester, MA

    General operating funds

    $2,000
  4. Blackstone Heritage CorridorWhitinsville, MA

    General operating funds

    $1,000
  5. Worcester County Food BankShrewsbury, MA

    General operating funds

    $1,000
  6. Greater Worcester Community FoundationWorcester, MA

    General operating funds

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Food and agriculture2 grants $23,50082% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $2,0007% of the total
  3. Environment1 grant $2,0007% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $1,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts6 grants $29,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Kenneth C CraterPRESIDENT, DIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Margaret A FerraroVICE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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