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Grant recipient EIN 27-4651878International aid

Who funds Hope on A String?

3 private foundations gave Hope on A String in Reading, MA $1.5 million across 10 grants, in tax years 2017 to 2024.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2017 to 2024, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

10 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2024

    Promise of an Equitable Future

    $350,000
  2. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $30
  3. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $26
  4. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $48
  5. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2020

    enable the organization to achieve its mission of fostering an environment of social transformation in Haiti through community participation in music by providing general operating support

    $350,000
  6. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $41
  7. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2019

    enable the organization to achieve its mission of fostering an environment of social transformation in Haiti through community participation in music by providing general operating support

    $350,000
  8. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2018

    improve student outcomes, foster community engagement and strengthen relations between residents and businesses in Arcahaie, Haiti, through music and arts classes and curriculum, participation in a community planning process and securing performances for students at the local resorts

    $224,020
  9. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2018

    Program/operating support

    $100
  10. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2017

    improve student outcomes, foster community engagement and strengthen relations between residents and businesses in Arcahaie, Haiti, through music and arts classes and curriculum, participation in a community planning process and securing performances for students at the local resorts

    $212,831

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other international aid organizations in Massachusetts and are not among Hope on A String’s funders above.

  1. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 80 grants Preselected only $90,273 to similar organizations
  2. Eastern Bank FoundationWakefield, MA 32 grants Accepts applications $306,203 to similar organizations
  3. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 45 grants Preselected only $36,985 to similar organizations
  4. Verizon FoundationBasking Ridge, NJ 37 grants Preselected only $9,337 to similar organizations
  5. Gates FoundationSeattle, WA 408 grants Accepts applications $646,301,359 to similar organizations
  6. John D and Catherine T MacArthur FoundationChicago, IL 31 grants Preselected only $8,849,000 to similar organizations
  7. Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA 37 grants Accepts applications $12,099,100 to similar organizations
  8. Dunn Family Charitable FoundationAndover, MA 44 grants Preselected only $995,900 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 27-4651878 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.