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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-3869033

E Dawson Foundation

A private foundation in Amherst, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $15,700 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
C Elizabeth Dawson
15 Laurel Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 253-0678
[email protected]
Form and materials
Requests may be submitted.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $15,700

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $172,623

  • Tax year 2024

    $16,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $173,950

  • Tax year 2023

    $16,400

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $178,222

  • Tax year 2022

    $16,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $139,583

  • Tax year 2021

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $159,269

  • Tax year 2020

    $10,100

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $153,380

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Jacobs PillowBecket, MA

    General

    $10,000
  2. Dana Farber Cancer InstituteBrookline, MA

    General

    $4,000
  3. New England Public MediaSpringfield, MA

    General

    $1,500
  4. UNICEFNew York, NY

    General

    $100
  5. Salvation ArmyHadley, MA

    General

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $1,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts4 grants $15,600
  2. New York1 grant $100

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • C Elizabeth DawsonPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $1,800

The return

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