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Robert W & Gladys S Meserve Char Trust Hemenway & Barnes LLP: 37 grants to organizations, $99,000 (tax year ended August 2025)
Robert W & Gladys S Meserve Char Trust Hemenway & Barnes LLP, a private foundation in Boston, MA, paid 37 grants to organizations totaling $99,000 in its tax year ended August 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 12, 2025. The largest was $10,000 to Trustees of Tufts College in Medford, MA for a gift to the principal of the robert w. and gladys s. meserve scholarship fund..
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- EIN
- 043363695
- Based in
- Boston, MA
- Assets
- $2,293,445
- Grants paid
- $99,000
- Tax year ended
- August 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended August 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed November 12, 2025, IRS object ID 202513169349102596. It reported $99,000 in grants paid; 37 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Tufts College | Medford, MA | A gift to the principal of the robert w. and gladys s. meserve scholarship fund. | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | Charlestown, MA | Contribution is for the maine woods initiative for land acquisition and/or to support trail construction and maintenance and other projects in the maine woods. | Environment | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Afs-Usa Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Afs Intercultural Programs Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Academy of Arts & Sciences | Cambridge, MA | General operating support | Social science | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Creative Cauldron Inc | Falls Church, VA | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Casco Bay | Portland, ME | General operating support | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Natural Resources Council Inc | Augusta, ME | For general operating support | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| PBS Foundation | Arlington, VA | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Razom Inc | New York, NY | To purchase medical & humanitarian supplies & to support volunteers in ukraine. | International, foreign affairs and national security | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Preble Street | Portland, ME | Food and homeless programs | Human services | $3,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Greater Boston Legal Services | Boston, MA | General operating support | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| World Food Program USA | Washington, DC | General operating support | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Lower Merrimack Valley | Salisbury, MA | General operating support. in recognition of former director john e meserve | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc | Casco, ME | General operating support. in honor of matthew meserve and his parents erik and sarah meserve. | Recreation and sports | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation | Lewiston, ME | To support public affairs broadcasting | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Portland Museum of Art | Portland, ME | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | Brighton, MA | To support public affairs broadcasting on radio and television | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lawyers Defending American Democracy Inc | Framingham, MA | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | Boston, MA | General operating support | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program | Brunswick, ME | General operating support. | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tedford Housing | Brunswick, ME | General operating support | Housing and shelter | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Augusta Heritage Center | Elkins, WV | For the discretionary fund | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Concord Coalition To End Homelessness | Concord, NH | General operating support | Human services | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Homeless Health Care Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | Human services | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | New York, NY | General operating support | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Art Effect | Poughkeepsie, NY | General operating support | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The WD Palmer Foundation Inc | Philadelphia, PA | General operating support | Education | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc | Boston, MA | Unrestricted grant | Human services | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harris Center for Conservation Education | Hancock, NH | General operating support | Environment | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mighty Writers | Philadelphia, PA | General operating support. | Education | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ocean Conservancy Inc | Washington, DC | General operating support | Environment | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Protect Democracy Project | Washington, DC | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ukraine House DC Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | Fbo united24, to be used for medical aid and humanitarian demining in ukraine | Arts, culture and humanities | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| World Resources Institute | Baltimore, MD | General operating support | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $19,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $18,500 |
| Environment | $18,000 |
| Education | $11,500 |
| Human services | $6,000 |
| Social science | $5,000 |
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $3,000 |
| Recreation and sports | $2,500 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $34,000 |
| Maine | $24,000 |
| New York | $21,000 |
| Virginia | $10,000 |
| District of Columbia | $4,500 |
| New Hampshire | $1,500 |
| Pennsylvania | $1,500 |
| West Virginia | $1,000 |
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Updated November 12, 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.