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High Meadows Foundation: 12 grants to organizations, $4.9 million (tax year ended December 2025)
High Meadows Foundation, a private foundation in Boston, MA, paid 12 grants to organizations totaling $4,850,760 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 15, 2026. The largest was $998,260 to Trustees of Princeton University in Princeton, NJ for payment for support of pace center for community service.
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- EIN
- 208521462
- Based in
- Boston, MA
- Assets
- $4,058,421
- Grants paid
- $4,850,760
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 15, 2026, IRS object ID 202621359349102072. It reported $4,850,760 in grants paid; 12 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | Payment for support of pace center for community service | $998,260 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Caf America | Alexandria, VA | Payment to carry on charitable activities | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Climate Central Inc | Princeton, NJ | Payment to carry on charitable acitities | Science and technology | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Environmental Defense Fund | New York, NY | Environmental research | Environment | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harvard Business School | Cambridge, MA | Payment for continuing support of the baker library | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Trustees of Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | Payment for support of the center for policy research on energy and the environment | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Let's Grow Kids | Middlebury, VT | Payment to carry on charitable activities | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Wilderness Society | Washington, DC | Payment to carry on charitable activities | Environment | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| West Harlem Environmental Action | New York, NY | Payment to carry on charitable activities | Environment | $102,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Evergreen Climate Innovations | Chicago, IL | Payment to carry on charitable activities | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Prime Coalition Inc | Cambridge, MA | Payment to carry on charitable activities | Human services | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trustees of Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | Payment for support of pace center for civic engagement | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed May 14, 2025, IRS object ID 202501349349102900. It reported $7,696,887 in grants paid; 14 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Defense Fund | New York, NY | Payment for continuing support of environmental research | Environment | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trustees of Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | Payment for support of pace center high meadows fellows program | $986,200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Caf America | Alexandria, VA | Payment to carry on charitable activities | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| High Meadows Institute | Boston, MA | Payment to carry on charitable activities | Employment | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harvard Business School | Cambridge, MA | Payment for continuing support of the baker library | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Trustees of Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | Payment for support of the center for policy research on energy and the environment | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Let's Grow Kids | Middlebury, VT | Payment to carry on charitable activities | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Climate Central Inc | Princeton, NJ | Payment to carry on charitable acitities | Science and technology | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Wilderness Society | Washington, DC | Payment to carry on charitable activities | Environment | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trustees of Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | Payment to support annual giving fund | $110,687 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Evergreen Climate Innovations | Chicago, IL | Payment to carry on charitable activities | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Prime Coalition Inc | Cambridge, MA | Payment to carry on charitable activities | Human services | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trustees of Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | Payment for support of pace center for civic engagement | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| West Harlem Environmental Action | New York, NY | Payment to carry on charitable activities | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $4,402,500 |
| Science and technology | $1,000,000 |
| Employment | $750,000 |
| Human services | $200,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New Jersey | $4,095,147 |
| New York | $3,702,500 |
| Massachusetts | $1,950,000 |
| Virginia | $1,500,000 |
| Vermont | $600,000 |
| District of Columbia | $500,000 |
| Illinois | $200,000 |
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- Who funds human services in Massachusetts
Updated May 15, 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.