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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 72-1556093

Common Stream Inc #0745935

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 64 grants and $6 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $5,998,418

    Grants listed
    64
    Assets, end of year
    $7,388,584

  • Tax year 2023

    $3,987,755

    Grants listed
    57
    Assets, end of year
    $10,343,269

  • Tax year 2022

    $4,370,503

    Grants listed
    55
    Assets, end of year
    $12,575,352

  • Tax year 2021

    $6,822,053

    Grants listed
    44
    Assets, end of year
    $15,380,630

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,070,000

    Grants listed
    62
    Assets, end of year
    $18,598,070

Grants paid in 2024

64 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. MWC Foundation IncBoston, MA

    General fund

    $2,148,418
  2. Mass Senior Action CouncilQuincy, MA

    General fund

    $105,000
  3. Alaska Center Education FundAnchorage, AK

    Youth organizing & leadership development

    $90,000
  4. Alaska Community Action on ToxicsAnchorage, AK

    General fund

    $90,000
  5. Arise for Social JusticeSpringfield, MA

    General fund

    $90,000
  6. Boston Tenant CoalitionBoston, MA

    General fund

    $90,000
  7. Center for Biological DiversityTucson, AZ

    Stopping offshore drilling

    $90,000
  8. New World FoundationNew York, NY

    To support the climate fund

    $90,000
  9. Vermont Workers CenterBurlington, VT

    General fund

    $90,000
  10. Women's Institute for Leadership DevelopmentQuincy, MA

    General fund

    $90,000
  11. Alaska Conservation FoundationAnchorage, AK

    To support the rapid response fund

    $80,000
  12. Center of Labor Education and ResearchJamaica Plain, MA

    General fund

    $80,000
  13. Chinese Progressive AssociationBoston, MA

    General fund

    $80,000
  14. City Lifevida UrbanaJamaica Plain, MA

    General fund

    $80,000
  15. Direct Action for Rights and EqualityProvidence, RI

    General fund

    $80,000
  16. Dogwood Alliance IncAsheville, NC

    General fund

    $80,000
  17. Kentucky CoalitionLouisville, KY

    Canary project and new energy transition project

    $80,000
  18. Maine People's Resource CenterPortland, ME

    General fund

    $80,000
  19. Seventh Generation FundMcKinleyville, CA

    Land defenders, water protectors program

    $80,000
  20. Coalition for Social Justice Education FundNew Bedford, MA

    General fund

    $75,000
  21. Third Sector New EnglandBoston, MA

    General fund

    $75,000
  22. Hyams FoundationBoston, MA

    For support of the ella baker young adult fellowship program

    $70,000
  23. Northeast Wilderness TrustMontpelier, VT

    To support the purchase of land for wilderness sanctuaries

    $70,000
  24. Philadelphia Student UnionPhiladelphia, PA

    General fund

    $70,000
  25. Sitka Conservation SocietySitka, AK

    General fund

    $70,000
  26. Statewide Organizing for Community Enpowerment Resource ProjectKnoxville, TN

    Coalfield transition, renewable energy project

    $70,000
  27. Youth United for ChangePhiladelphia, MA

    General fund

    $70,000
  28. Alternatives for Community and Environment IncRoxbury, MA

    New england united for justice

    $60,000
  29. Alternatives for Community and Environment IncRoxbury, MA

    General fund

    $60,000
  30. Bikes Not BombsRoxbury, MA

    For support of the bicyclists for community action project

    $60,000
  31. Caaav Organizing Asian CommunitiesNew York, NY

    General fund

    $60,000
  32. Centro Presente IncEast Boston, MA

    General fund

    $60,000
  33. Families for Justice as HealingRoxbury, MA

    General fund

    $60,000
  34. Farmworker Association of FloridaApopka, FL

    General fund

    $60,000
  35. Lowlander CenterMany, LA

    General fund

    $60,000
  36. National Network for Immigrant and Refugee RightsOakland, CA

    General fund

    $60,000
  37. Neighbor to NeighborBoston, MA

    General fund

    $60,000
  38. Out NowSpringfield, MA

    General fund

    $60,000
  39. Providence Student UnionProvidence, RI

    General fund

    $60,000
  40. Providence Youth and Student MovementProvidence, RI

    General fund

    $60,000
  41. Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental NeedsVictoria, Canada

    To support beaver lake cree - defend the treaties campaign

    $60,000
  42. Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental NeedsVictoria, Canada

    To support grassy narrows mercury clean up campaign

    $60,000
  43. Restore the North WoodsWestford, MA

    General fund

    $60,000
  44. Southern Partners FundAtlanta, GA

    General fund

    $60,000
  45. Sustainable Markets FoundationNew York, NY

    General fund

    $60,000
  46. Berkshire Environmental Action TeamPittsfield, MA

    No fracked gas in mass

    $50,000
  47. Eastern Woodland LacrosseMebane, NC

    Support for mountain valley pipeline resistance work

    $50,000
  48. GreenrootsChelsea, MA

    General fund

    $50,000
  49. Mass Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy CoalitionBoston, MA

    Building power together program

    $50,000
  50. Native MovementAnchorage, AK

    To support the alaska just transition collective

    $50,000
  51. The City SchoolDorchester, MA

    General fund

    $50,000
  52. Theater OffensiveBoston, MA

    Support the true colors project

    $50,000
  53. About Face Veterans Against the WarNew York, NY

    General fund

    $40,000
  54. Virginia OrganizingCharlottesvle, VA

    For support of mountain valley pipleline resistance work

    $40,000
  55. West Virginia Rivers CoalitionCharleston, WV

    For support of mountain valley pipleline resistance work

    $40,000
  56. Appalachian Mountain AdvocatesLewisburg, WV

    To support mountain valley pipleline resistance work

    $30,000
  57. ResistJamaica Plain, MA

    In support of the teens lead at work project

    $30,000
  58. Wild VirginiaCharlottesville, VA

    For support of mountain valley pipleline resistance work

    $30,000
  59. Community Service CareJamaica Plain, MA

    General fund

    $20,000
  60. Seventh Generation FundMcKinleyville, CA

    Thriving women's initiative

    $20,000
  61. Southern Partners FundAtlanta, GA

    Young leaders for social change program

    $20,000
  62. Global Justice Ecology ProjectRandolph, NY

    General fund

    $15,000
  63. Citizens for Safe Water Around BadgerMerrimac, WI

    General fund

    $10,000
  64. GreenrootsChelsea, MA

    To support the eco youth program

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment15 grants $775,00035% of the total
  2. Community development6 grants $385,00017% of the total
  3. Human services4 grants $190,0009% of the total
  4. Jobs and employment2 grants $160,0007% of the total
  5. Arts and culture2 grants $120,0005% of the total
  6. Animals1 grant $90,0004% of the total
  7. 7 other causes8 grants $515,00023% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts28 grants $3,843,418
  2. Alaska5 grants $380,000
  3. New York5 grants $265,000
  4. Rhode Island3 grants $200,000
  5. California3 grants $160,000
  6. Vermont2 grants $160,000
  7. North Carolina2 grants $130,000
  8. Arizona1 grant $90,000
  9. Georgia2 grants $80,000
  10. Kentucky1 grant $80,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Julia Satti CosentinoPRESIDENT / DIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Valerie A MooreTREASURER / DIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • John A McBrineCLERK / DIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0

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