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Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$585,687
- Grants listed
- 27
- Assets, end of year
- $839,714
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Tax year 2024
$420,000
- Grants listed
- In an attachment
- Assets, end of year
- $1,212,511
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Tax year 2023
$357,079
- Grants listed
- In an attachment
- Assets, end of year
- $1,266,657
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Tax year 2022
$520,875
- Grants listed
- In an attachment
- Assets, end of year
- $1,299,418
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Tax year 2021
$608,775
- Grants listed
- In an attachment
- Assets, end of year
- $1,337,194
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Tax year 2020
$460,512
- Grants listed
- In an attachment
- Assets, end of year
- $1,618,143
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Tax year 2019
$619,200
- Grants listed
- In an attachment
- Assets, end of year
- $1,792,271
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Tax year 2018
$316,050
- Grants listed
- In an attachment
- Assets, end of year
- $2,013,881
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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The Bridge ProjectNew York, NY
The bridge project works to reduce childhood poverty by providing unconditional cash support to new mothers, ensuring every baby has a fair start in life
$250,000 -
Beacon AcademyBoston, MA
Beacon academy closes the opportunity gap for a group of greater bostons determined and inquisitive students. Through education and advocacy, our community supports students as they develop and embrace their identities and build lives of agency and impact.
$155,000 -
Boston Public LibraryBoston, MA
The boston public library fund supports innovation that empowers bostons communities, advances social and economic equity, and protects democratic values. It ensures the preservation and accessibility of the librarys spaces and collections while creating new ways for people to explore ideas, passions, and their shared future.
$25,000 -
Chatham Orpheum TheaterNorth Chatham, MA
The non-profit chatham orpheum theater serves as a vibrant cinema, and cultural asset to the cape cod community by providing education, inspiration, and entertainment through diverse, and unique programming.
$25,000 -
Cape Code Fishermen's AllianceChatham, MA
To maintain a sustainable, small-boat, local fishing fleet by providing economic support, opportunities to create better public policies, and advocacy to protect and restore the ocean environment and fishing stocks.
$20,000 -
Stage Harbor Sailing School IncBrewster, MA
To encourage and promote the sport of sailing.
$15,917 -
Boston Public LibraryBoston, MA
The boston public library fund supports innovation that empowers bostons communities, advances social and economic equity, and protects democratic values. It ensures the preservation and accessibility of the librarys spaces and collections while creating new ways for people to explore ideas, passions, and their shared future.
$10,000 -
Cape Code Fishermen's AllianceChatham, MA
To maintain a sustainable, small-boat, local fishing fleet by providing economic support, opportunities to create better public policies, and advocacy to protect and restore the ocean environment and fishing stocks.
$10,000 -
The Park SchoolBrookline, MA
The park school is dedicated to academic excellence while nurturing each childs intellectual, physical, and moral growth in a supportive, engaging environment. Committed to diversity and community, the school values respect, multiple perspectives, and the dignity of every student, family member, and educator.
$10,000 -
United South End SettlementsBoston, MA
Uses builds a community that fosters childrens growth, inspires new possibilities, and provides the tools to create positive change.
$10,000 -
United South End SettlementsBoston, MA
Uses builds a community that fosters childrens growth, inspires new possibilities, and provides the tools to create positive change.
$10,000 -
Boston BalletBoston, MA
Boston ballet believes in the transformative power of dance to connect people, reflect the human experience, and inspire positive change. Committed to inclusion and equity, it strives to break down barriers and share the art of dance more widely as a force for a stronger, more connected community
$5,000 -
Boston FoundationBoston, MA
The boston foundation builds and sustains a thriving greater boston by advancing justice and opportunity through strategic grantmaking, impactdriven partnerships, and serving as a civic hub for shared ideas and solutions.
$5,000 -
Museum of Fine ArtsBoston, MA
The museum preserves outstanding art collections and serves diverse audiences by providing highquality exhibitions, programs, and scholarship that deepen understanding of art across cultures and time.
$5,000 -
Revels IncCambridge, MA
Revels unites people of all ages and backgrounds through vibrant musical and theatrical celebrations of cultural and seasonal traditions from around the world. By engaging audiences, volunteers, and local communities, revels fosters artistic excellence, cultural appreciation, and a shared sense of joy and connection.
$5,000 -
Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
Smith college educates women of promise for lives of distinction and purpose. A college of and for the world, smith links the power of the liberal arts to excellence in research and scholarship, thereby developing engaged global citizens and leaders to address societys challenges.
$5,000 -
United South End SettlementsBoston, MA
Uses builds a community that fosters childrens growth, inspires new possibilities, and provides the tools to create positive change.
$5,000 -
Upper Saco Valley Land TrustConway, NH
The organization works with local landowners to permanently protect natural land and waters that define its community and enrich the quality of life by purchasing, managing, negotiating and developing conservations easements in the upper saco valley region of northern new hampshire and western maine.
$5,000 -
Pan Mass ChallengeNeedham, MA
The pan-massachusetts challenge raises funds for lifesaving cancer care and research at danafarber cancer institute through the jimmy fund, centered around a statewide bikeathon. Since 1980, it has united cyclists, volunteers, sponsors, and donors to support research efforts aimed at finding cures for all cancers.
$2,270 -
Concord Carlisle FoundationConcord, MA
To engage our community to help neighbors in need.
$1,000 -
Georgetown UnviersityWashington, DC
Georgetown university is a leading academic and research institution that prepares students to be global leaders through rigorous scholarship, faith, and service. Founded in 1789, it draws on a long jesuit tradition to educate the whole person within a diverse, global community.
$1,000 -
Proprietors of the Boston AthenaeumBoston, MA
The boston atheneum seeks to engage lifelong learners by providing access to its library collections and spaces that inspire reflection, dialogue, creativity, and enjoyment. It aims to foster meaningful conversations, build a diverse and active community, and preserve dynamic collections for research and pleasure.
$1,000 -
Save the Haborsave the BayBoston, MA
Save the harbor is committed to making boston harbor, the islands, our beaches, and our programs inclusive, equitable, diverse, and accessible for everyone and anyone.
$1,000 -
VinfenCambridge, MA
Vinfen is a nonprofit organization providing communitybased services for individuals with mental health conditions, developmental and intellectual disabilities, brain injuries, autism, and behavioral health challenges. Its mission is to promote recovery, resilience, selfdetermination, and meaningful lives for the people it serves.
$1,000 -
WburBoston, MA
Wbur is bostons NPR, delivering highquality journalism and engaging experiences across multiple platforms to inform, connect, and build community around the most important issues of our time.
$1,000 -
WGBHBoston, MA
WGBH enriches people's lives through programs and services that educate, inspire, and entertain, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning, and the power of diverse perspectives.
$1,000 -
Eldredge Public LibraryChatham, MA
To provide library services in the town of chatham massachusetts
$500
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Philanthropy and grantmaking3 grants $256,00051% of the total
- Education5 grants $171,50034% of the total
- Arts and culture4 grants $40,0008% of the total
- Human services4 grants $26,0005% of the total
- Food and agriculture1 grant $5,0001% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Massachusetts24 grants $329,687
- New York1 grant $250,000
- New Hampshire1 grant $5,000
- District of Columbia1 grant $1,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Amelia L McCarthyTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
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