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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 46-2952524

Moses Williams Jr Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $83,000 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

    $83,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,394,617

  • Tax year 2024

    $81,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,391,636

  • Tax year 2023

    $79,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,389,345

  • Tax year 2022

    $82,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,411,844

  • Tax year 2021

    $101,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,448,251

  • Tax year 2020

    $91,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,425,694

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Associates of the Boston Public LibraryBoston, MA

    Digital imaging production

    $25,000
  2. Middlesex SchoolConcord, MA

    Lowell-acorn road faculty

    $10,000
  3. Boston Rescue MissionBoston, MA

    General purposes

    $8,000
  4. Pine Street InnBoston, MA

    General purposes

    $7,000
  5. Rosie's PlaceBoston, MA

    General purposes

    $7,000
  6. St John's Episcopal ChurchStillwater, ME

    Rector

    $6,000
  7. Friends of Chelsea Public LibraryChelsea, MA

    Teen takeover, toy kitchen

    $5,000
  8. The Chestnut Hill SchoolChestnut Hill, MA

    Science supplies

    $5,000
  9. The Fessenden SchoolWest Newton, MA

    Annual fund

    $5,000
  10. Habitat for Humanity Greater BostonBoston, MA

    General operations

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $20,00048% of the total
  2. Housing and shelter2 grants $15,00036% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $7,00017% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts9 grants $77,000
  2. Maine1 grant $6,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Robert G BannishTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $8,700
  • Sarah M AllenTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $8,699

The return

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