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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 81-0737438

The Oakfield Foundation

A private foundation in Belmont, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $214,700 paid in grants.

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

    $214,700

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,054,667
  • Tax year 2024

    $179,250

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,088,180
  • Tax year 2023

    $167,580

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,135,467
  • Tax year 2022

    $168,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,174,814
  • Tax year 2021

    $105,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,257,907
  • Tax year 2020

    $105,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,277,025
  • Tax year 2019

    $88,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,794,454
  • Tax year 2018

    $57,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,333,839

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Hope for Fertility FoundationPleasant Grove, UT

    Funding of Charitable Operations

    $50,000
  2. Brain & Behavior Research FoundationNew York, NY

    Funding of Charitable Operations

    $50,000
  3. Equal Justice InitiativeMontgomery, AL

    Funding of Charitable Operations

    $40,000
  4. World Central KitchenWashington, DC

    Funding of Charitable Operations

    $25,000
  5. Pine Street InnBoston, MA

    Funding of Charitable Operations

    $20,000
  6. Horizons for Homeless ChildrenRoxbury, MA

    Funding of Charitable Operations

    $19,700
  7. Greater Boston Food BankBoston, MA

    Funding of Charitable Operations

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Civil rights1 grant $40,00038% of the total
  2. Human services2 grants $39,70038% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $25,00024% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $50,000
  2. Utah1 grant $50,000
  3. Massachusetts3 grants $49,700
  4. Alabama1 grant $40,000
  5. District of Columbia1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Martha D VorlicekTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Anthony M VorlicekTrustee Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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