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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 61-6639156

Eastern Light TR

A private foundation in Cambridge, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $17,000 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

    $17,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $477,745

  • Tax year 2024

    $4,800

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $65,634

  • Tax year 2023

    $4,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $60,434

  • Tax year 2022

    $3,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $54,434

  • Tax year 2021

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $47,563

  • Tax year 2020

    $2,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $47,563

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Cambridge Council on AgingCambridge, MA

    General funding.

    $10,000
  2. St Mary Orthodox ChurchCambridge, MA

    General Fund + Womens Club + Neighbor Outreach programs

    $4,000
  3. Boston Health Care for the HomelessBoston, MA

    General funding

    $1,000
  4. Bridges Homeward Cambridge Family Childrens ServiceCambridge, MA

    General Operations.

    $500
  5. City Stings UnitedRoxbury, MA

    General Fund.

    $500
  6. The Greater Boston Food BankBoston, MA

    General Funding.

    $500
  7. Greenroots ChelseaChelsea, MA

    General funding.

    $500
  8. Haley HouseBoston, MA

    General Fund.

    $0
  9. KatalumaBoston, MA

    General Fund.

    $0

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $1,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts9 grants $17,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Tenbit MitikuTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
  • Tenbit MitikuTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
  • Tenbit MitikuTrustee Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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