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Lincoln & Therese Filene Foundation Inc #0706176: 47 grants to organizations, $1.5 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Lincoln & Therese Filene Foundation Inc #0706176, a private foundation in Boston, MA, paid 47 grants to organizations totaling $1,495,570 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on July 24, 2025. The largest was $550,000 to Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in Vienna, VA for building project; wolf trap opera, filene artist residence, wto career grants, institute for early learning through the arts, virginia expansion:teaching artist training and recruitment.
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- EIN
- 237423946
- Based in
- Boston, MA
- Assets
- $30,527,488
- Grants paid
- $1,495,570
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed July 24, 2025, IRS object ID 202522059349100712. It reported $1,495,570 in grants paid; 47 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts | Vienna, VA | Building project; wolf trap opera, filene artist residence, wto career grants, institute for early learning through the arts, virginia expansion:teaching artist training and recruitment | Arts, culture and humanities | $550,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Skidmore College | Saratoga Springs, NY | Filene music program | Education | $175,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice | Boston, MA | Expanding access to justice in boston | Human services | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Neighborhood Developers Inc | Chelsea, MA | Connect one-on-one financial and employment coaching program | Housing and shelter | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Vocational Services | Boston, MA | Nurses aid and pharmacy technician training programs | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Found in Translation | Boston, MA | Language access fellowship | Education | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Meryl's Safe Haven Inc | Worcester, MA | To support meryl's safe haven inc. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bill of Rights Institute | Arlington, VA | Professional development for boston area teachers | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of the Children-Boston | Boston, MA | Professional mentoring for high-risk youth | Human services | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ria House Inc | Framingham, MA | Clinical therapy services for human trafficking survivors | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Primary Source | Watertown, MA | Investigating history:foundation for civic life | $20,570 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boston Casa | Boston, MA | Increasing boston casa's impact on traditional aged youth | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boston College High School | Boston, MA | Charitable contribution engaging diverse hs youth as volunteers in english and citizenship classes for adult immigrants | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County | Boston, MA | Support to end exploitation now | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Discovering Justice | Boston, MA | Delivering impactful mock trial and mock appeal programs to students across greater boston | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Elevated Thought Inc | Lawrence, MA | I am art. i am change apprenticeship | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Empath | Boston, MA | Abbot house | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Generation Citizen Inc | New York, NY | Boston action civics education | Youth development | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Playworks Massachusetts | Boston, MA | Juinor coach leadership program serving vulnerable students at high need boston elementary schools | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Project Citizen | Calabasas, CA | Citizenship services and education for eastern massachusetts | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Connecticut Democracy Center | Hartford, CT | To support the connecticut demorcracy center | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Zumix Inc | East Boston, MA | 94.9 fm zumix radio | Arts, culture and humanities | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boston Day and Evening Academy | Roxbury, MA | To support boston day and evening academy | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boy's and Girls Club of Dorchester | Dorchester, MA | Support of music therapy program | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Courageous Sailing | Boston, MA | Swim sail science program | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Julie's Family Learning Program Inc | Boston, MA | To support julie's family learning program | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| League of Women Voters of Massachusetts | Boston, MA | Citizen education fund | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Making Music Matters Inc | West Roxbury, MA | Making music matters ensemble | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Musiconnects | Roslindale, MA | Education programs | Arts, culture and humanities | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Potencia Inc | Malden, MA | Volunteer civic leadership training | Human services | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Read To A Child | Wellesley, MA | Read aloud mentoring program | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| 826 Boston Inc | Roxbury, MA | Amplifying youth vocie through after school writing and tutoring | Education | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bard College | Annandaleonhudson, NY | Contribution for longy school of music at bard | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boston Lyric Opera | Boston, MA | Create your own opera | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc | Boston, MA | Shelter & supportive services for domestic violence survivors and their children | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Emerge Inc | Columbia, MD | Support of responsible fatherhood program | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Epiphany School | Boston, MA | Summer intensive | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Family Services of the Merrimack Valley | Lawrence, MA | Nurturing fathers program | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Girlstart | Austin, TX | Year-round stem education for underserved girls in greater boston | Recreation and sports | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| La Vida Inc | Lynn, MA | Expanding equity in higher education for lynn and chelsea, ma | Religion-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Shelter Music Boston | Arlington, MA | Classical music concerts in boston area homeless shelters, recovery centers, and after school programs | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Youth Development Organization | Lawrence, MA | Ydo performing arts programming | Youth development | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mab Community Services | Brookline, MA | Adult disability services music therapy program | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $9,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Achieve | Washington, DC | Community building events summer 2023 | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| All Newton Music School | West Newton, MA | Charitable contribution to all new music shcool | Arts, culture and humanities | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston, MA | General fund | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Combined Jewish Philantropies | Boston, MA | Annual gift | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $601,000 |
| Education | $272,000 |
| Human services | $100,000 |
| Housing and shelter | $40,000 |
| Youth development | $30,000 |
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $20,000 |
| Recreation and sports | $10,000 |
| Religion-related | $10,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $647,570 |
| Virginia | $575,000 |
| New York | $205,000 |
| California | $20,000 |
| Connecticut | $20,000 |
| Maryland | $10,000 |
| Texas | $10,000 |
| District of Columbia | $8,000 |
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Updated July 24, 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.