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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 81-5422482

The Pequot Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Salem, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 14 grants and $73,600 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

    $73,600

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $20,380

  • Tax year 2023

    $77,335

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $14,137

  • Tax year 2022

    $130,335

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $11,365

  • Tax year 2021

    $151,333

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $11,413

  • Tax year 2020

    $116,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $13,773

Grants paid in 2024

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Cathedral High SchoolBoston, MA

    To fund continuing educational purposes

    $12,500
  2. Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, WI

    To fund continuing educational purposes

    $10,000
  3. Massachusetts General Hospital McCance Center for Brain HealthBoston, MA

    To fund continuing research purposes

    $10,000
  4. Salem AthenaeumSalem, MA

    To fund continuing educational purposes

    $6,000
  5. Notre Dame AcademyHingham, MA

    To fund continuing educational purposes

    $5,600
  6. St John's Preparatory SchoolDanvers, MA

    To fund continuing educational purposes

    $5,000
  7. St Joseph ParishLynn, MA

    To fund continuing religious purposes

    $5,000
  8. Saint John Paul II Catholic AcademyMilton, MA

    To fund continuing educational purposes

    $5,000
  9. Massachusetts Wonderfund IncNewton, MA

    To fund continuing charitable purposes

    $5,000
  10. Beth Israel Lahey Health Beverly Hospital Oncology FundBeverly, MA

    To fund continuing charitable purposes

    $2,500
  11. The Outreach Program - End Hunger NeUnion, IA

    To fund continuing charitable purposes

    $2,500
  12. Boys and Girls Club of DorchesterDorchester, MA

    To fund continuing educational purposes

    $2,500
  13. The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA

    To fund continuing educational purposes

    $1,000
  14. Veterans Legal Services IncBoston, MA

    To fund continuing charitable purposes

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $10,00067% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $5,00033% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts12 grants $61,100
  2. Wisconsin1 grant $10,000
  3. Iowa1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Eileen M DineenTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • William J LundreganTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Christopher T CaseyTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Catherine L OatwayTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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