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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 87-1807181

Moderna Charitable Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Cambridge, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $4.9 million 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $4,890,230

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $27,021,719

  • Tax year 2024

    $6,922,171

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $31,132,929

  • Tax year 2022

    $8,568,313

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $42,873,695

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $0

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. American Online Giving Foundation IncNewark, DE

    Program support

    $4,645,586
  2. American National Red CrossWashington, DC

    Supporting disaster relief efforts

    $100,000
  3. International Medical CorpsLos Angeles, CA

    Supporting disaster relief efforts

    $50,000
  4. The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country IncKerrville, TX

    Supporting disaster relief efforts

    $50,000
  5. The Uk Online Giving FoundationCirencester, United Kingdom

    Program support

    $32,015
  6. Charitable GivingTavistock, United Kingdom

    Program support

    $6,731
  7. Canadian Online Giving FoundationCalgary, Canada

    Program support

    $4,479
  8. The Trustee for the Australian Online Giving FoundationNeutral Bay, Australia

    Program support

    $1,419

Approved for future payment

7 grants

Approved in 2025 and not yet paid.

  1. American Online Giving Foundation IncNewark, DE

    Program support

    $289,941
  2. Musee de la Sante Armand-FrappierLaval, Canada

    Program support

    $60,000
  3. International Medical CorpsLos Angeles, CA

    Supporting disaster relief efforts

    $25,000
  4. The Uk Online Giving FoundationCirencester, United Kingdom

    Program support

    $14,111
  5. Canadian Online Giving FoundationCalgary, Canada

    Program support

    $5,220
  6. Charitable GivingTavistock, United Kingdom

    Program support

    $4,378
  7. The Trustee for the Australian Online Giving FoundationNeutral Bay, Australia

    Program support

    $673

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $4,695,58697% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $100,0002% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $50,0001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Delaware1 grant $4,645,586
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $100,000
  3. California1 grant $50,000
  4. Texas1 grant $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Catherine CroninDIRECTOR (UNTIL 3/2025) Hours 1Pay $0
  • Tracey FranklinDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Shannon KlingerDIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0
  • Paul BaranelloTREASURER Hours 4Pay $0
  • Brian SandstromSECRETARY (UNTIL 10/2025) Hours 4Pay $0
  • Rose LoughlinDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

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