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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 27-3422536

Jane's Trust Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 41 grants and $3.3 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $3,318,880

    Grants listed
    41
    Assets, end of year
    $66,088,327

  • Tax year 2023

    $3,579,000

    Grants listed
    47
    Assets, end of year
    $66,333,263

  • Tax year 2022

    $3,795,704

    Grants listed
    41
    Assets, end of year
    $67,428,443

  • Tax year 2021

    $2,748,303

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $65,737,655

  • Tax year 2020

    $2,459,222

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $51,990,111

  • Tax year 2019

    $2,166,936

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $44,044,183

  • Tax year 2018

    $1,625,000

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $42,243,193

Grants paid in 2024

41 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean SciencesEast Boothbay, ME

    Climate change-related oceanographic research

    $200,000
  2. Resist IncJamaica Plain, MA

    General operating support

    $200,000
  3. Island InstituteRockland, ME

    Climate solutions for our blue future

    $150,000
  4. Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA

    A steele labs fellowship

    $125,000
  5. Mote Marine LaboratorySarasota, FL

    Next generation science: postdoctoral fellows program

    $125,000
  6. Open Space Institute Land Trust IncNew York, NY

    The climate catalyst program

    $125,000
  7. Reproductive Equity Now FoundationBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $125,000
  8. University System of New HampshireDurham, NH

    Expanding and sustaining the unh sustainability fellows

    $125,000
  9. Hip Hop Theater Festival IncBrooklyn, NY

    General operating support

    $125,000
  10. Shelburne FarmsShelburne, VT

    Climate change education programs

    $122,000
  11. Conservation Law Foundation IncBoston, MA

    Clean water and climate resilience advocacy in northern new england

    $100,000
  12. NAMI New Hampshire IncorporatedConcord, NH

    General operating support

    $100,000
  13. Outright VermontBurlington, VT

    General operating support

    $100,000
  14. Positive Tracks IncHanover, NH

    A new web-based application platform and a new communication and outreach manager

    $100,000
  15. Vermont Law School IncS Royalton, VT

    The climate justice project

    $100,000
  16. Vital CommunitiesWhite Riv JCT, VT

    General operating support

    $100,000
  17. Gulf of Maine Research InstitutePortland, ME

    Connecting gulf of maine communities to the science of coastal hazards

    $85,000
  18. New Hampshire Sustainable Energy AssociationConcord, NH

    Operating support focused on capacity building for local energy support, organizational development and outreach

    $85,000
  19. Institute for Nonprofit PracticeDedham, MA

    General operating support

    $75,000
  20. New England Grassroots Environment Fund IncNewmarket, NH

    Operating support for climate grassroots action.

    $75,000
  21. Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund IncMontpelier, VT

    The deltaclimevt climate & energy business accelerator

    $75,000
  22. White Mountain Science IncLittleton, NH

    Operating support focused on growth and sustainability

    $75,000
  23. Theatre UpLittleton, NH

    Operating support focused on staff expansion in advance of comprehensive campaign

    $70,000
  24. Vermont Council on Rural DevelopmentMontpelier, VT

    General operating support

    $70,000
  25. New Hampshire Public Radio IncConcord, NH

    General operating support

    $70,000
  26. Black Heritage Trail of New HampshirePortsmouth, NH

    General operating support

    $50,000
  27. Granite State Organizing ProjectManchester, NH

    General operating support

    $50,000
  28. Maine Environmental Education AssociationBrunswick, ME

    General operating support

    $50,000
  29. Maine Initiatives IncPortland, ME

    General operating support

    $50,000
  30. Out MaineRockland, ME

    General operating support

    $50,000
  31. Upstream USA IncBoston, MA

    General operating support

    $50,000
  32. Women's Information Service IncLebanon, NH

    General operating support

    $50,000
  33. Northern Forest Center IncConcord, NH

    General operating support

    $50,000
  34. Tiny Seed Project IncVernon, VT

    General operating support F/B/O north country alliance for balanced change

    $50,000
  35. Willing Hands EnterprisesNorwich, VT

    General operating support

    $50,000
  36. America Votes Education FundWashington, DC

    General operating support FBO new hampshire campaign for voting rights

    $30,000
  37. International Institute of New England IncBoston, MA

    Welcome, integration, and naturalization for new hampshire refugees

    $25,000
  38. Urban Farming Institute of Boston of Boston IncMattapan, MA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  39. Maine Public Broadcasting CorporationLewiston, ME

    General operating support

    $20,000
  40. Maine Philanthropy CenterPortland, ME

    General operating support

    $16,130
  41. New Hampshire Charitable FoundationConcord, NH

    General operating support

    $750

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education6 grants $516,13020% of the total
  2. Environment5 grants $472,00018% of the total
  3. Arts and culture5 grants $335,00013% of the total
  4. Community development3 grants $220,0008% of the total
  5. Science and technology1 grant $200,0008% of the total
  6. Civil rights3 grants $180,0007% of the total
  7. 7 other causes11 grants $685,75026% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Hampshire13 grants $900,750
  2. Massachusetts8 grants $725,000
  3. Vermont8 grants $667,000
  4. Maine8 grants $621,130
  5. New York2 grants $250,000
  6. Florida1 grant $125,000
  7. District of Columbia1 grant $30,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Nancy B GardinerTRUSTEE Hours 1.25Pay $118,912
  • Kurt F SomervilleTRUSTEE Hours 1.25Pay $118,911
  • Jessica GriffithsTRUSTEE Hours 1.25Pay $0
  • Jean B StevensonTRUSTEE Hours 1.25Pay $0
  • Elizabeth SteeleTRUSTEE Hours 1.25Pay $0

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