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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 87-6837473

Kellwell Foundation

A private foundation in Lexington, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $300,000 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

5 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,277,595
  • Tax year 2024

    $49,400

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $616,815
  • Tax year 2023

    $301,192

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $594,868
  • Tax year 2022

    $155,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $645,114
  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,995,455

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Boston Medical CentralBoston, MA

    Best program for psychiatrics department

    $250,000
  2. The Possible ProjectBoston, MA

    General Charitable Purposes

    $50,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $50,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts2 grants $300,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Thomas A CroswellTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lisa E KellyTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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