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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 74-2479631

The Anderson Foundation

A private foundation in Newton, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $63,000 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

    $63,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $652,069

  • Tax year 2024

    $22,560

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $618,829

  • Tax year 2023

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $574,256

  • Tax year 2022

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $569,426

  • Tax year 2021

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $711,525

  • Tax year 2020

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $733,190

  • Tax year 2018

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $260,848

  • Tax year 2017

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $243,949

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. EpiphanyDorchester, MA

    Provide holistic educational opportunities to troubled youth in the Boston school system

    $40,000
  2. LalafofofoAtherton, CA

    Provide food, education, infrastructure to women and children in Tanzania

    $18,000
  3. Ewong'on Secondary SchoolManyara Region, Tanzania

    Provide text books for all course subjects across 2 elementary grade levels

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid1 grant $18,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts1 grant $40,000
  2. California1 grant $18,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • David E AndersonPresident & Treasurer Hours 20Pay $40,000
  • Lisa M AndersonSecretary Hours 1Pay $0
  • Georgina H AndersonDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Matthew R AndersonDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Daniella AndersonDirector Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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