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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 84-4675274

Susanna E Bedell Foundation

A private foundation in Concord, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 21 grants and $61,500 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

    $61,500

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $907,294

  • Tax year 2023

    $58,231

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $938,997

  • Tax year 2022

    $56,520

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $971,110

  • Tax year 2021

    $54,600

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,019,091

  • Tax year 2020

    $46,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $916,909

Grants paid in 2024

21 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, PA

    Education

    $12,000
  2. Harvard TH Chan School of Public HealthBoston, MA

    Education

    $12,000
  3. Concord-Carlisle Community ChestConcord, MA

    Community

    $10,000
  4. American Folk Art MuseumNew York, NY

    Community

    $5,000
  5. Concord ChorusConcord, MA

    Community

    $4,000
  6. First Parish Church LincolnLincoln, MA

    Religious

    $4,000
  7. Equal Justice InitiativeMontgomery, AL

    Community

    $2,000
  8. Town of Concord Council on AgingConcord, MA

    Community

    $2,000
  9. Curtis Memorial LibraryBrunswick, ME

    Community

    $1,200
  10. First Parish Church WestonWeston, MA

    Religious

    $1,000
  11. Friends of the Concord Free Public LibraryConcord, MA

    Community

    $1,000
  12. Gaining GroundConcord, MA

    Community

    $1,000
  13. Maine Coast Heritage TrustTopsham, ME

    Community

    $1,000
  14. Discovery MuseumActon, MA

    Community

    $1,000
  15. Serve Your City DC Mutual AidWashington, DC

    Community

    $1,000
  16. Kennebec Estuary Land TrustBath, ME

    Community

    $800
  17. The Concord BridgeConcord, MA

    Community

    $500
  18. Maine Museum of Innovation Learning and LaborLewiston, ME

    Community

    $500
  19. Mid Coast Hunger PreventionBrunswick, ME

    Community

    $500
  20. Brunswick Topsham Land TrustDes Moines, IA

    Community

    $500
  21. Merrymeetings Art CenterBowdoinham, ME

    Community

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $13,00034% of the total
  2. Arts and culture4 grants $10,50028% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $10,00026% of the total
  4. Environment3 grants $2,3006% of the total
  5. Civil rights1 grant $2,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts10 grants $36,500
  2. Pennsylvania1 grant $12,000
  3. Maine7 grants $5,000
  4. New York1 grant $5,000
  5. Alabama1 grant $2,000
  6. District of Columbia1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Susanna E BedellTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Wallace S McFarlaneTRUSTEE Hours 3Pay $25,000

The return

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