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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 85-6821613

Impact First Fund

A private foundation in Belmont, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $140,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $140,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,229,776

  • Tax year 2024

    $93,542

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,637,461

  • Tax year 2023

    $55,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,356,374

  • Tax year 2022

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $908,108

  • Tax year 2021

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,423,463

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,000,251

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Boston BalletBoston, MA

    Operating support

    $50,000
  2. Room to GrowBoston, MA

    Operating support

    $50,000
  3. Raising A ReaderBoston, MA

    Operating support

    $25,000
  4. Harwich Jr TheatreWest Harwich, MA

    Operating support

    $10,000
  5. Foster LoveBrea, CA

    Operating support

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $50,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts4 grants $135,000
  2. California1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Brian PlancherFOUNDER/TRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Teresa A Knickman PlancherTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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