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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 61-6423402

Friendship Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $90,000 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

    $90,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $761,127

  • Tax year 2024

    $90,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $784,985

  • Tax year 2023

    $100,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $735,923

  • Tax year 2022

    $72,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $783,082

  • Tax year 2021

    $59,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $793,842

  • Tax year 2020

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $723,350

  • Tax year 2019

    $85,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $883,522

  • Tax year 2018

    $73,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $884,122

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center IncNewburyport, MA

    General purpose

    $20,000
  2. Arts for Learning MassachusettsBoston, MA

    General purpose

    $10,000
  3. On Stage IncNewburyport, MA

    General purpose

    $10,000
  4. Bristol Middle Passage ProjectBristol, RI

    General purpose

    $10,000
  5. The Wheeler SchoolProvidence, RI

    General purpose

    $10,000
  6. The Revolve Dance ProjectProvidence, RI

    General purpose

    $10,000
  7. Friends of the Friendship Public LibraryFriendship, ME

    General purpose

    $10,000
  8. Actors Studio of NewburyportSalisbury, MA

    General purpose

    $5,000
  9. Downtown ParksProvidence, RI

    General purpose

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture4 grants $35,00047% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $20,00027% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $20,00027% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts4 grants $45,000
  2. Rhode Island4 grants $35,000
  3. Maine1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Jeremy BarnardCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ian T BarnardCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Gilbert M Roddy JrCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $5,569
  • Thomas R AppletonCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $5,569

The return

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