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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
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Tax year 2025
$39,200
- Grants listed
- 13
- Assets, end of year
- $349,914
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Tax year 2024
$41,750
- Grants listed
- 18
- Assets, end of year
- $286,692
-
Tax year 2023
$28,000
- Grants listed
- 15
- Assets, end of year
- $234,214
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Tax year 2022
$33,000
- Grants listed
- 10
- Assets, end of year
- $247,344
-
Tax year 2021
$46,750
- Grants listed
- 12
- Assets, end of year
- $201,548
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Tax year 2020
$25,150
- Grants listed
- 11
- Assets, end of year
- $148,643
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Tax year 2019
$5,000
- Grants listed
- 1
- Assets, end of year
- $113,014
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Tax year 2018
$10,000
- Grants listed
- 1
- Assets, end of year
- $8,965
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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Marion InstituteMarion, MA
Elevate health, food, and environmental equity
$10,500 -
Westport Food PantryWestport, MA
Food bank
$6,000 -
Buzzards Bay CoalitionNew Bedford, MA
Protect clean water
$5,250 -
New Bedford Light IncSouth Dartmouth, MA
To provide public service journalism for free to community
$4,500 -
Westport Land TrustWestport, MA
Land conservation
$2,500 -
Future ChefsBoston, MA
Prepares teens for successful life and work after high school
$2,000 -
Hope & MainWarren, RI
Community development
$2,000 -
Only A ChildJamaica Plain, MA
Support children in poverty
$2,000 -
Our Sisters SchoolNew Bedford, MA
Education devlopment
$2,000 -
Rainbow RailroadNew York, NY
LGBTQ refugee and asylum seeker support
$1,000 -
Narrows Center for the ArtsFall River, MA
Culture and art development
$1,000 -
MspcaJamaica Plain, MA
Animal shelter providing adoption and services for animals
$250 -
Pan-Mass ChallengeNeedham, MA
Adult and pediatric cancer treatment and research through dana-farber cancer institute
$200
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $10,50037% of the total
- Food and agriculture1 grant $6,00021% of the total
- Environment1 grant $5,25018% of the total
- Community development1 grant $2,0007% of the total
- Education1 grant $2,0007% of the total
- International aid1 grant $2,0007% of the total
- 1 other causes1 grant $1,0003% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Massachusetts11 grants $36,200
- Rhode Island1 grant $2,000
- New York1 grant $1,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Christopher W SchlesingerTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0
- Dalton PerrasTRUSTEE Hours 0.1Pay $0
- Susan SchlesingerTRUSTEE Hours 0.1Pay $0
- Alison Sever WestbrookTRUSTEE Hours 0.1Pay $0
- Bart BussinkTRUSTEE Hours 0.1Pay $0
- Lekei JacobsTRUSTEE Hours 0.1Pay $0
The return
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