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Beard Family Charitable Trust John E Beard Trustee: 90 grants to organizations, $165,700 (tax year ended December 2025)
Beard Family Charitable Trust John E Beard Trustee, a private foundation in Wayland, MA, paid 90 grants to organizations totaling $165,700 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on August 26, 2026. The largest was $28,000 to First Parish Wayland in Wayland, MA for general purpose.
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- EIN
- 046133161
- Based in
- Wayland, MA
- Assets
- $4,838,441
- Grants paid
- $165,700
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed August 26, 2026, IRS object ID 202612389349100521. It reported $165,700 in grants paid; 90 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Parish Wayland | Wayland, MA | General purpose | $28,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Home for Little Wanderers | Boston, MA | General purpose | Human services | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | Boston, MA | General purpose | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bridgeport Public Ed Foundation | Bridgeport, CT | General purpose | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | Topsham, ME | General purpose | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trustees of Phillips Academy | Andover, MA | General purpose | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sudbury Valley Trustees | Sudbury, MA | General purpose | Environment | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | General purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Unitarian Universalist Association | Boston, MA | General purpose | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ploughshares Fund | Washington, DC | General purpose | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| NMSS | Washington, DC | General purpose | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| WGBH Educational FDN | Boston, MA | General purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,400 | apps.irs.gov |
| Land Trust Alliance | Washington, DC | General purpose | Environment | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nathaniel Bowditch Society | Salem, MA | General purpose | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New England Conservatory of Music | Boston, MA | General purpose | Education | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New England Forestry Foundation | Littleton, MA | General purpose | Environment | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| No Kid Hungry | Washington, DC | General purpose | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United Way Mass Bay | Boston, MA | General purpose | $1,800 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Swan's Island Educational Society | Swans Island, ME | General purpose | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| A Far Cry | Jamaica Plain, MA | General purpose | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Conservatory Lab Charter School | Brighton, MA | General purpose | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Emerson Health Care Foundation | Concord, MA | General purpose | Health care | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Swan's Island Light House | Swans Island, ME | General purpose | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| From the Top | Philadelphia, PA | General purpose | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Harvard Law School | Cambridge, MA | General purpose | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Huntington Theatre Company | Boston, MA | General purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Boston, MA | General purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lauren Dunne Astley Memorial Fund | Wayland, MA | General purpose | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Maine Island Trail Association | Portland, ME | General purpose | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Museum of Fine Arts | Boston, MA | General purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Native Plant Trust | Framingham, MA | General purpose | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New Israel Fund | Philadelphia, PA | General purpose | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Orion Society | Great Barrington, MA | General purpose | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wbur | Boston, MA | General purpose | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | General purpose | $800 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Food Project | Lincoln, MA | General purpose | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $800 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Acadia | Bar Haror, ME | General purpose | Environment | $700 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gaining Ground | Concord, MA | General purpose | $600 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Handel & Hayden Society | Boston, MA | General purpose | $600 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mass Moca FDN | North Adams, MA | General purpose | $600 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boston Medical Center | Boston, MA | General purpose | Health care | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School | Boston, MA | General purpose | Environment | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Clark Museum | Williamstown, MA | General purpose | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| FCNL Education Fund | Washington, DC | General purpose | Public and societal benefit | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Historic New England | Haverhill, MA | General purpose | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Manomet Conservation Sciences | Manomet, MA | General purpose | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mass Eye and Ear | Boston, MA | General purpose | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mass Rivers Alliance | Cambridge, MA | General purpose | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Oxfam America | Boston, MA | General purpose | International, foreign affairs and national security | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | General purpose | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Planned Parenthood | Washington, DC | General purpose | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Schwartz Center for Health Care | Boston, MA | General purpose | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Southwest Harbor Public Library | Southwest Harbor, ME | General purpose | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Trust for Public Land | Boston, MA | General purpose | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wayland Concert Series | Wayland, MA | General purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wayland High School Scholarship | Wayland, MA | General purpose | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Als Association | Arlington, VA | General purpose | $400 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Carter Center | Atlanta, GA | General purpose | International, foreign affairs and national security | $400 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trustees of Reservations | Corcord, MA | General purpose | $400 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | General purpose | International, foreign affairs and national security | $400 | apps.irs.gov |
| Celebrity Series of Boston | Boston, MA | General purpose | $300 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Charles River Watershed Association | Weston, MA | General purpose | $300 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Coast Guard Foundation | Stonington, CT | General purpose | Public and societal benefit | $300 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pine Street Inn | Boston, MA | General purpose | Human services | $300 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rosies Place | Boston, MA | General purpose | Housing and shelter | $300 | apps.irs.gov |
| Swan's Island Baptist Church | Swans Island, ME | General purpose | $300 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wayland Public Schools Foundation | Wayland, MA | General purpose | Education | $300 | apps.irs.gov |
| Camden Conference | Orono, ME | General purpose | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Howard School | Atlanta, GA | General purpose | Education | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Institute of Contemporary Art | Boston, MA | General purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mercy Corps | Portland, OR | General purpose | International, foreign affairs and national security | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mount Desert Island Hospital | Northwest Harbor, ME | General purpose | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| NHPBS | Durham, NH | General purpose | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | General purpose | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Saint Jude's Children's Hospital | Memphis, TN | General purpose | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Alliance First Parish Wayland | Wayland, MA | General purpose | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Weston Forest & Trail Association | Weston, MA | General purpose | Recreation and sports | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
| College of the Atlantic | Bar Harbor, ME | General purpose | $200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Compassion and Choices | Denver, CO | General purpose | $200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Drug Policy Alliance | New York, NY | General purpose | Mental health and crisis intervention | $200 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harvard Magazine | Cambridge, MA | General purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $200 | apps.irs.gov |
| Public Citizens Foundation | Washington, DC | General purpose | $200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Razom Inc | New York, NY | General purpose | International, foreign affairs and national security | $200 | apps.irs.gov |
| Society for Science | Washington, DC | General purpose | $200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Washington, DC | General purpose | $200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Maine Public | Portland, ME | General purpose | $150 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mass Housing Alliance | Boston, MA | General purpose | $150 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cog Design | Cambridge, MA | General purpose | $100 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | General purpose | $100 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Salvation Army | New York, NY | General purpose | $100 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 11, 2025, IRS object ID 202543159349100539. It reported $149,650 in grants paid; 89 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Parish Wayland | Wayland, MA | General purpose | $22,750 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | Boston, MA | General purpose | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Conservation Law Foundation | Boston, MA | General purpose | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | Topsham, ME | General purpose | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Phillps Academy | Andover, MA | General purpose | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| William College Alumni Fund | Williamstown, MA | General purpose | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| No Kid Hungry | Washington, DC | General purpose | $4,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peabody Essex Museum | Salem, MA | General purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New England Conservatory of Music | Boston, MA | General purpose | Education | $3,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | General purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Camden Conference | Orono, ME | General purpose | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Home for Little Wanderers | Boston, MA | General purpose | Human services | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sudbury Valley Trustees | Sudbury, MA | General purpose | Environment | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| WGBH Educational FDN | Boston, MA | General purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,400 | apps.irs.gov |
| Aflac Foundation | Columbus, GA | General purposes | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Boston, MA | General purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Native Plant Trust | Framingham, MA | General purpose | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ploughshares Fund | Washington, DC | General purpose | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Urban Ministry | Boston, MA | General purpose | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wbur | Boston, MA | General purpose | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United Way Mass Bay | Boston, MA | General purpose | $1,700 | apps.irs.gov | |
| NMSS | Washington, DC | General purpose | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boston Lyric Opera | Boston, MA | General purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,200 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trustees of Reservations | Corcord, MA | General purpose | $1,200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boston Medical Center | Boston, MA | General purpose | Health care | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Conservatory Lab Charter School | Brighton, MA | General purpose | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Foci | Quantico, VA | General purpose | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| From the Top | Philadelphia, PA | General purpose | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Horizons for Homeless Children | Roxbury, MA | General purpose | Human services | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Howard School | Atlanta, GA | General purposes | Education | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Huntington Theatre Company | Boston, MA | General purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Land Trust Alliance | Washington, DC | General purpose | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maine Island Trail Association | Portland, ME | General purpose | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mass Audubon Society | Lincoln, MA | General purpose | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Museum of Fine Arts | Boston, MA | General purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Israel Fund | Philadelphia, PA | General purposes | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Orion Society | Great Barrington, MA | General purpose | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Razom Inc | New York, NY | General purpose | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Swans Island Educational Society | Swans Island, ME | General purpose | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Swans Island Yacht Club | Swans Island, MA | General purpose | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Food Project | Lincoln, MA | General purpose | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $800 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Acadia | Bar Haror, ME | General purpose | Environment | $700 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gaining Ground | Concord, MA | General purpose | $600 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Handel & Hayden Society | Boston, MA | General purpose | $600 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School | Boston, MA | General purposes | Environment | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Clark Museum | Williamstown, MA | General purpose | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Foundation for Metrowest | Natick, MA | General purposes | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Emerson Health Care Foundation | Concord, MA | General purpose | Health care | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| FCNL Education Fund | Washington, DC | General purpose | Public and societal benefit | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Historic New England | Haverhill, MA | General purpose | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Island Readers and Writers | Mount Desert, ME | General purpose | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Manomet Inc | Manomet, MA | General purpose | Environment | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mass Eye and Ear | Boston, MA | General purposes | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mass Rivers Alliance | Cambridge, MA | General purpose | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | General purpose | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Planned Parenthood | Washington, DC | General purpose | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Southwest Harbor Public Library | Southwest Harbor, ME | General purpose | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wayland Concert Series | Wayland, MA | General purposes | Arts, culture and humanities | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wayland High School Scholarship | Wayland, MA | General purpose | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Weston Forest & Trail Association | Weston, MA | General purpose | Recreation and sports | $350 | apps.irs.gov |
| Celebrity Series of Boston | Boston, MA | General purpose | $300 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Charles River Watershed Association | Weston, MA | General purpose | $300 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mass Moca | North Adams, MA | General purpose | $300 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pine Street Inn | Boston, MA | General purpose | Human services | $300 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rosies Place | Boston, MA | General purpose | Housing and shelter | $300 | apps.irs.gov |
| Swans Island Baptist Church | Swans Island, ME | General purposes | $300 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Winsor Music | Lexington, MA | General purpose | $300 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | General purposes | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Institute of Contemporary Art | Boston, MA | General purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mercy Corps | Portland, OR | General purpose | International, foreign affairs and national security | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mount Desert Island Hospital | Northwest Harbor, ME | General purpose | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| NHPBS | Durham, NH | General purpose | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | General purposes | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Oxfam America | Boston, MA | General purpose | International, foreign affairs and national security | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Saint Jude's Children's Hospital | Memphis, TN | General purpose | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wayland Historical Society | Wayland, MA | General purpose | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wendell Gilly Museum | Southwest Harbor, ME | General purpose | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Coast Guard Foundation | Stonington, CT | General purposes | Public and societal benefit | $200 | apps.irs.gov |
| College of the Atlantic | Bar Harbor, ME | General purposes | $200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Drug Policy Alliance | New York, NY | General purpose | Mental health and crisis intervention | $200 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harvard Magazine | Cambridge, MA | General purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $200 | apps.irs.gov |
| Salvation Army | New York, NY | General purposes | $200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Maine Public | Portland, ME | General purpose | $150 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mass Housing Alliance | Boston, MA | General purpose | $150 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International Rescue Committee | Boston, MA | General purpose | $100 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mother Jones Investigative Fund | San Francisco, CA | General purposes | $100 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | General purpose | $100 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | General purpose | International, foreign affairs and national security | $100 | apps.irs.gov |
| Consumers Checkbook | Washington, DC | General purposes | $50 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $52,900 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $27,900 |
| Human services | $24,600 |
| Education | $17,050 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $3,350 |
| Health care | $3,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $2,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $1,600 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $234,500 |
| Maine | $33,700 |
| District of Columbia | $22,150 |
| Connecticut | $10,500 |
| Pennsylvania | $4,000 |
| Georgia | $3,650 |
| New York | $2,950 |
| Virginia | $1,600 |
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Updated August 26, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.