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Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation: 39 grants to organizations, $2.4 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation, a private foundation in Boston, MA, paid 39 grants to organizations totaling $2,357,500 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $160,000 to United Way in Boston, MA for general support.
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- EIN
- 046078934
- Based in
- Boston, MA
- Assets
- $59,501,844
- Grants paid
- $2,357,500
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202513219349102351. It reported $2,357,500 in grants paid; 39 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Way | Boston, MA | General support | $160,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Conservation Law Foundation | Boston, MA | General support | Environment | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New England Aquarium | Boston, MA | General support | Animal-related | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Greater Boston Food Bank | Boston, MA | General support | $115,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cure Alzheimer's Fund | Wellesley, MA | General support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hale Reservation | Westwood, MA | General support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United Way | Boston, MA | General support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bay Area Lyme Foundation | Portola Valley, CA | General support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $90,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Global Lyme Alliance | Stamford, CT | General support | $90,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International Red Cross | Medford, MA | General support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wbur | Boston, MA | General support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Planned Parenthood | Boston, MA | General support | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| WGBH | Boston, MA | General support | $62,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Massachusetts Historical Society | Boston, MA | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trustees of Reservations | Boston, MA | General support | Environment | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amnesty International USA | New York, NY | General support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| McLean Hospital | Belmon, MA | General support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Museum of Fine Arts | Boston, MA | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peabody Essex Museum | Salem, MA | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Perkins School for the Blind | Watertown, MA | General support | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tufts Medical Center | Boston, MA | General support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Charles River Watershed Assoc | Weston, MA | General support | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Penobscot Marine Museum | Searsport, ME | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Save the Harbor | Boston, MA | General support | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Strive | Needham, MA | General support | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Whole School Mindfulness | Wrentham, MA | General support | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic | Woods Hole, MA | General support | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound | Boston, MA | General support | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ground Truth Project | Boston, MA | General support | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston | Boston, MA | General support | Youth development | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Homeworkers Organized for More Employment Inc | Orland, ME | General support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ibme | Concord, MA | General support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ma Coalition To Prevent Gun Violence | Boston, MA | General support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Massachusetts Horticultural Society | Wellesley, MA | General support | Environment | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Museum of Science | Boston, MA | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Rowing Inc | Boston, MA | General support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Nature Conservancy of Maine | Brunswick, ME | General support | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Massachusetts 4-H | Framingham, MA | General support | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $280,000 |
| Environment | $240,000 |
| Animal-related | $150,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $90,000 |
| Education | $50,000 |
| Youth development | $30,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $2,037,500 |
| California | $90,000 |
| Connecticut | $90,000 |
| Maine | $90,000 |
| New York | $50,000 |
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Updated November 17, 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.