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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 99-0787029

Thomas G Evans Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 16 grants and $540,000 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

1 return on file

Tax year 2025 is the only return we have read for this foundation so far.

  • Tax year 2025

    $540,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $12,446,250

Grants paid in 2025

16 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Feeding AmericaChicago, IL

    General purposes

    $50,000
  2. Mark Morris Dance CenterBrooklyn, NY

    General purposes

    $50,000
  3. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA

    General purposes

    $50,000
  4. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    General purposes

    $50,000
  5. The Hole in the Wall Gang Fund IncNew Haven, CT

    General purposes

    $50,000
  6. The Salvation Army Massachusetts DivisionCanton, MA

    General purposes

    $50,000
  7. United Way of Massachusetts BayBoston, MA

    General purposes

    $50,000
  8. Wyoming SeminaryKingston, PA

    General purposes

    $50,000
  9. Boston Early Music FestivalCambridge, MA

    General purposes

    $20,000
  10. Jacob's PillowBecket, MA

    General purposes

    $20,000
  11. New England ConservatoryBoston, MA

    General purposes

    $20,000
  12. Boston BalletBoston, MA

    General purposes

    $20,000
  13. Doctors Without Borders USANew York, NY

    General purposes

    $20,000
  14. The Nature Conservancy Boston OfficeArlington, VA

    General purposes

    $20,000
  15. Moosic Presbyterian ChurchMoosic, PA

    General purposes

    $18,000
  16. Moosic Presbyterian Church Board of DeaconsMoosic, PA

    General purposes

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $100,00032% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture1 grant $50,00016% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $50,00016% of the total
  4. Sports and recreation1 grant $50,00016% of the total
  5. Arts and culture2 grants $40,00013% of the total
  6. International aid1 grant $20,0006% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts8 grants $250,000
  2. New York2 grants $70,000
  3. Pennsylvania3 grants $70,000
  4. Connecticut1 grant $50,000
  5. Illinois1 grant $50,000
  6. New Jersey1 grant $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Robert G BannishTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $27,923
  • Sarah M AllenTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $27,922

The return

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