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Gardiner Howland Shaw Foundation: 73 grants to organizations, $971,660 (tax year ended April 2025)
Gardiner Howland Shaw Foundation, a private foundation in Boston, MA, paid 73 grants to organizations totaling $971,660 in its tax year ended April 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on October 27, 2025. The largest was $70,000 to Community Resources for Justice in Boston, MA for support for the greater boston coming home offender resource directory..
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- EIN
- 046111826
- Based in
- Boston, MA
- Assets
- $29,275,043
- Grants paid
- $971,660
- Tax year ended
- April 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended April 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed October 27, 2025, IRS object ID 202543009349100959. It reported $971,660 in grants paid; 73 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Resources for Justice | Boston, MA | Support for the greater boston coming home offender resource directory. | Crime and legal-related | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Prisoners Legal Services | Boston, MA | Support for the prison brutality legal advocacy project. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Worcester Common Ground | Worcester, MA | Support for the worcester county coming home directory. | Housing and shelter | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Law Brain and Behavior | Boston, MA | Support for the emerging adult offender project. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Citizens for Juvenile Justice | Boston, MA | Support for the statewide juvenile justice reform initiative. | Crime and legal-related | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mass Inc | Boston, MA | Support for the criminal justice reform research initiative. | $22,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Clark University | Worcester, MA | Support for the larc prison education initiative. | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Emerson College | Boston, MA | Support for the prison education initiative. | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Massachusetts Community Action Network | Dorchester, MA | Support for the community criminal justice reform project. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New England Innocence Project | Cambridge, MA | Support for legal advocacy for wrongfully convicted individuals. | Crime and legal-related | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Old Colony YMCA | Brockton, MA | Support for the s.o.a.r. offender re-entry program. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| One Can Help Inc | Waban, MA | Support for the juvenile offender assistence project. | Youth development | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| One for Health | Walpole, MA | Support for the youth health development program. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Petey Greene Program | Cambridge, MA | Support for the prison and jail tutoring program. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| RFK Community Alliance | Lancaster, MA | Support for the juvenile detention diversion project. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Second Chance Cars | Concord, MA | Support for car donation assistance program for returning citizens. | Human services | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Second Street Chances | Pittsfield, MA | Support for the offender re-entry project in hampshire county. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Trinity Boston Connects | Boston, MA | Support for the at-risk youth counseling project. | Youth development | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Merrimack College | North Andover, MA | Support for the prison education project. | Education | $18,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazing Grace of Cape Cod | Centerville, MA | Support for the summer camp program for children with incarcerated parents. | Crime and legal-related | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brocton Interfaith Community Inc | Brockton, MA | Support for the community criminal justice reform project. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Communities for Restorative Justice | Boston, MA | Support for statewide restorative justice programs. | Crime and legal-related | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Legal Aid | Worcester, MA | Support for the cori criminal records assistance project. | Crime and legal-related | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Servings Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | Support for the culinary arts training program for parolees. | Human services | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Council of Juvenile Justice Administrators | Hingham, MA | Support for the best practices research project. | Crime and legal-related | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dismas House of Ma | Worcester, MA | Support of ex-offender re-entry services in worcester county. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Edinburg Center | Bedford, MA | Support for the social worker/police ride along program. | Human services | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Father's Uplift Inc | Dorchester, MA | Support for the fathers parenting support and assistance project. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of Boston's Homeless | Jamaica Plain, MA | Support for homeless services for ex-offenders. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Heart To Heart | Hull, MA | Support for the suffolk county jail offender counseling project. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ria Inc | Framingham, MA | Support for the female offender victims of violence assistance project. | Housing and shelter | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Straight Ahead Ministries | Worcester, MA | Support for the juvenile offender community transition project. | Religion-related | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Strategies for Youth | Cambridge, MA | Support for the police training project. | Youth development | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Thrive Communities of Ma | Lowell, MA | Support for the community re-entry project. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Farm To Institution New England | Hartland, VT | Support for the prison food service development project. | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Freedom Ministries Inc | Boston, MA | Support for the volunteer juvenile facilities visitation program.. | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Amirah Inc | Beverly, MA | Support for the domestic violence victims housing assistance project. | Crime and legal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Children's Law Center of Ma | Lynn, MA | Support of the juvenile justice legal advocacy project. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Children's Trust | Boston, MA | Support for the berkshire county jail parentng program. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Essex County Community Organization | Lynn, MA | Support for the community based crime prevention program. | Community improvement and capacity building | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Everyday Boston | Jamaica Plain, MA | Support for the community ex-offender counseling and support program. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Greater Boston Legal Services | Boston, MA | Support for the cori criminal records reform project. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Inner-City Weightlifting | Boston, MA | Support for the gang intervention and at-risk youth development program. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| LC Media Productions Filmmakers Collaborative | Cambridge, MA | Support for offender re-entry film. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lawyers Clearinghouse | Boston, MA | Support for the offender housing advocacy project. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lynn Street Outreach Advocacy Project | Lynn, MA | Support for the youth violence intervention program. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mass Bar Foundation | Boston, MA | Support for the gants statewide re-entry initiative. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New Garden Society | Boston, MA | Support for the female offender horticultural vocational training project. | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Partakers Inc | Auburndale, MA | Support for the offender education assistance project. | Crime and legal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Prison Book Program | Quincy, MA | Support for the book distribution project to prisons and jails. | Crime and legal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sarita and Claire Wright Lucas Foundation | Boston, MA | Support for the minority women's prosecutorial recruitment project. | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Appeal Inc | Landers, CA | Support for criminal justice journalism. | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Council On Foundations | Philadelphia, PA | Annual support. | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cultural Center of Cape Cod | South Yarmouth, MA | Support for the visual arts and writing program for female offenders. | Arts, culture and humanities | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Self Esteem Boston | Jamaica Plain, MA | Support for the women's counseling program for female offenders. | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rodman Ride for Kids | Foxboro, MA | Support for the celebration for kids event. | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Plymouth County Sheriff's Department | Plymouth, MA | Support for offender pre-apprenticeship training program. | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Philanthropy Massachusetts | Boston, MA | Annual support. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $5,460 | apps.irs.gov |
| Adolescent Consultation Services Inc | Cambridge, MA | Support for the juvenial justice court clinic advocacy project. | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boston Foundation | Boston, MA | Support for tbf civic fund. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston | Boston, MA | Support for the youth connects annual event. | Youth development | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Citizens for Juvenile Justice | Boston, MA | Support for the annual awards event. | Crime and legal-related | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Health Law Advocates | Boston, MA | Support for the annual fundraising event. | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Juvenile Law Center | Philadelphia, PA | Support for annual fundraising event. | Crime and legal-related | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Roca Inc | Chelsea, MA | Support for the annual fundraising breakfast. | Youth development | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Providers Council | Framingham, MA | Support for the council's annual convocation. | $4,200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Berkshire Community College | Pittsfield, MA | Support for criminal justice theatrical production. | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pathways for Children | Beverly, MA | Support for the essex county youth conference. | $3,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Dispute Settlement Center | Cambridge, MA | Support for court-based mediation services in middlesex county. | Crime and legal-related | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Boston's Homeless | Jamaica Plain, MA | Support for ex-offender homeless assistance program. | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| On the Rise Inc | Cambridge, MA | Support for domestic violence support program. | Human services | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wayside Youth and Family Support Network | Framingham, MA | Support for the annual family fair event. | Human services | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Adolescent Consultation Services Inc | Cambridge, MA | Support for the annual event | Human services | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended April 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed January 27, 2025, IRS object ID 202540279349100059. It reported $913,242 in grants paid; 74 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Resources for Justice | Boston, MA | Support for the greater boston coming home directory. | Crime and legal-related | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Citizens for Juvenile Justice | Boston, MA | Support for the statewide juvenile justice advocacy project. | Crime and legal-related | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mass Inc | Boston, MA | Support for the criminal justice research project. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Prisoners Legal Services | Boston, MA | Support for the prison brutality legal advocacy project. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Worcester Common Ground | Worcester, MA | Support for the worcester county coming home directory. | Housing and shelter | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston Youth Connect | Boston, MA | Support for the clinical social worker police partnership project. | $22,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Robert F Kennedy Community Alliance | Lancaster, MA | Support for the juvenile detention diversion project. | Education | $21,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brockton Interfaith Community | Brockton, MA | Support for the community criminal justice education project. | Religion-related | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Heart To Heart | Hull, MA | Support for the prison based counseling therapy program. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mass General Hospital Center for Law Brain and Behavior | Boston, MA | Support for the emerging adult offender research project. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Massachusetts Advocates for Children | Boston, MA | Support for the trauma and learning project. | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Massachusetts Communities Action Network | Dorchester, MA | Support for the criminal justice reform advocacy project. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Olin College of Engineering | Needham, MA | Support for the criminal justice profiling project. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| One for Health | Walpole, MA | Support for the youth health and development program. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Strategies for Youth | Cambridge, MA | Support for the police training program. | Youth development | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Petey Greene Program | Princeton, NJ | Support for the prison and jail education tutoring program. | Crime and legal-related | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trinity Boston Connects | Boston, MA | Support for the bostonians for youth event. | Youth development | $18,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Neads Inc | Princeton, MA | Support for the prison pup service dog training project. | Human services | $17,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bethany House Ministries | Millis, MA | Support for the agency's residential re-entry support project. | Crime and legal-related | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Children's Law Center of Ma | Lynn, MA | Support for the legal advocacy project serving immigrant youth at-risk. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Communities for Restorative Justice | Boston, MA | Support for the restorative justice project. | Crime and legal-related | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Legal Aid | Worcester, MA | Support for the criminal offender records advocacy project. | Crime and legal-related | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Teamwork Inc | Lowell, MA | Support for community based services assisting high-risk youth. | Human services | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dismas House of Ma | Worcester, MA | Support for ex-offender re-entry services. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Doc Wayne Youth Services | Boston, MA | Support for the agency's sports based clinical project. | Recreation and sports | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Emerson College | Boston, MA | Support for the prison education initiative. | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Everyday Boston | Boston, MA | Support for the criminal justice community education project. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Intercity Weightlifting | Boston, MA | Support for the gang intervention project. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Merrimack College | North Andover, MA | Support for the prison education project. | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New England Innocence Project | Cambridge, MA | Support for the agency's annual recognition event. | Crime and legal-related | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Garden Society | Boston, MA | Support for the horticultural vocational training program. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Old Colony YMCA | Brockton, MA | Support for the soar ex-offender re-entry program. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| One Can Help Inc | Waban, MA | Support for the juvenile offender resource assistance project. | Youth development | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ria Inc | Framingham, MA | Support for the sexual exploitation prevention project. | Housing and shelter | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Trustees of Columbia University | New York, NY | Support for the emerging adult research project. | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trustees of Clark University | Worcester, MA | Support for the prison education initiative. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Adolescent Consultation Services Inc | Cambridge, MA | Support for the juvenial justice court clinic advocacy project. | Human services | $10,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pine Street Inn | Boston, MA | Support for the warrant clearing program for the homeless. | Human services | $10,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Franklin County | Greenfield, MA | Support for the youth mentoring project assisting court-involved youth. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Farm To Institution New England | Hartland, VT | Support for the correctional institution food reform project. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Greater Boston Legal Services | Boston, MA | Support for the cori reform implementation project. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lawyers Clearinghouse | Boston, MA | Support for the affordable housing project for returning citizens. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lionheart Foundation | Dedham, MA | Support for the houses of healing project serving incarcerated offenders. | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ma Media Fund | Somerville, MA | Support for investigative journalism. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Prison Policy Initiative | Easthampton, MA | Support for criminal justice research and analysis. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sarita and Claire Wright Lucas Foundation | Boston, MA | Support for the women of color prosecutor recruitment project. | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Straight Ahead Ministries | Worcester, MA | Support for the juvenile offender aftercare program. | Religion-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Boston Foundation | Boston, MA | Support for tbf civic fund. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | Support for fiscal sponsorship activities. | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Unitarian Universalist Church of Wakefield | Wakefield, MA | Support for the community outreach program. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Children's Trust | Boston, MA | Support for the hampshire county jail parenting project. | $8,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Prison Book Program | Quincy, MA | Support for the prison book distribution project. | Crime and legal-related | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Ministries Inc | Boston, MA | Support for the juvenile facility visitation project. | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rodman Ride for Kids | Foxboro, MA | Support for the celebration for kids event. | $6,242 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Philanthropy Massachusetts | Boston, MA | Annual support. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $5,300 | apps.irs.gov |
| College Guild | Brunswick, ME | Support for the correspondence course project serving the incarcerated. | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Concord Prison Outreach | Concord, MA | Support for the agency's prison based programs. | Crime and legal-related | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Level Learning | Austin, TX | Support for the prison education program. | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Massachusetts Parole Preparation Partnership | Jamaica Plain, MA | Support for life sentence parole advocacy project. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Roca Inc | Chelsea, MA | Support for the annual fundraising breakfast. | Youth development | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Providers Council | Framingham, MA | Support for the annual council statewide conference. | $4,200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Council On Foundations | Washington, DC | Annual support. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pathways for Children | Beverly, MA | Support for the annual essex county youth conference. | $3,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Health Law Advocates | Boston, MA | Support for the hla annual breakfast. | Human services | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Dispute Settlement Center | Cambridge, MA | Support for the cdsc annual awards event. | Crime and legal-related | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Key Program Inc | Framingham, MA | Support for youthful offender services. | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Massachusetts Law Reform Institute | Boston, MA | Support for the annual fundraising event. | Crime and legal-related | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wayside Youth and Family Support Network | Framingham, MA | Support for the annual fundraising event. | Human services | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bay State Re-Entry Network | Prides Crossing, MA | Support for re-entry services. | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Children's Services of Roxbury | Roxbury, MA | Support for the annual fundraising event. | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Thrive Communities | Lowell, MA | Support for re-entry services for returning citizens. | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| On the Rise Inc | Cambridge, MA | Support for the annual fundraising event. | Human services | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Salvation Army | Boston, MA | Annual support. | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | Boston, MA | Charitable support | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Crime and legal-related | $390,500 |
| Education | $164,000 |
| Human services | $136,500 |
| Youth development | $123,000 |
| Housing and shelter | $85,000 |
| Religion-related | $45,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $29,760 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $28,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $1,780,902 |
| Vermont | $22,000 |
| California | $20,000 |
| New Jersey | $20,000 |
| New York | $15,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $13,000 |
| Maine | $5,000 |
| Texas | $5,000 |
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Updated October 27, 2025. 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.