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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-7106346

The Spark Foundation

A private foundation in Westwood, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $70,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $613,483

  • Tax year 2024

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $639,037

  • Tax year 2023

    $55,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $645,844

  • Tax year 2022

    $45,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $635,420

  • Tax year 2021

    $60,750

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $490,409

  • Tax year 2020

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $524,445

  • Tax year 2019

    $37,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $543,186

  • Tax year 2018

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $561,854

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Boston Higher Ed Resosurce CenterBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $15,000
  2. Minds Mattter BostonBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $15,000
  3. School on Wheels MaEast Bridgewater, MA

    Charitable

    $12,500
  4. Cape Cod Children's PlaceEastham, MA

    Charitable

    $10,000
  5. 826 BostonRoxbury, MA

    Charitable

    $7,500
  6. Teens in Print - Write BostonJamaica Plain, MA

    Charitable

    $5,000
  7. The Children's Center -Harwich Ecumenical Council for HousingWest Harwich, MA

    Charitable

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $17,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts7 grants $70,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • William HanniganTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Mary-Jo HanniganTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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