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The Christopher W Schlesinger Foundation: 13 grants to organizations, $39,200 (tax year ended December 2025)
The Christopher W Schlesinger Foundation, a private foundation in Westport, MA, paid 13 grants to organizations totaling $39,200 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 12, 2026. The largest was $10,500 to Marion Institute in Marion, MA for elevate health, food, and environmental equity.
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- EIN
- 276833723
- Based in
- Westport, MA
- Assets
- $428,528
- Grants paid
- $39,200
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 12, 2026, IRS object ID 202621329349101132. It reported $39,200 in grants paid; 13 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Institute | Marion, MA | Elevate health, food, and environmental equity | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Westport Food Pantry | Westport, MA | Food bank | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Buzzards Bay Coalition | New Bedford, MA | Protect clean water | Environment | $5,250 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Bedford Light Inc | South Dartmouth, MA | To provide public service journalism for free to community | $4,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Westport Land Trust | Westport, MA | Land conservation | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Future Chefs | Boston, MA | Prepares teens for successful life and work after high school | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hope & Main | Warren, RI | Community development | Community improvement and capacity building | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Only A Child | Jamaica Plain, MA | Support children in poverty | International, foreign affairs and national security | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Our Sisters School | New Bedford, MA | Education devlopment | Education | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Narrows Center for the Arts | Fall River, MA | Culture and art development | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rainbow Railroad | New York, NY | Lgbtq refugee and asylum seeker support | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mspca | Jamaica Plain, MA | Animal shelter providing adoption and services for animals | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pan-Mass Challenge | Needham, MA | Adult and pediatric cancer treatment and research through dana-farber cancer institute | $200 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed May 14, 2025, IRS object ID 202511349349101546. It reported $41,750 in grants paid; 18 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buzzards Bay Coalition | New Bedford, MA | Protect clean water | Environment | $5,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hope & Main | Warren, RI | Community development | Community improvement and capacity building | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Westport Food Pantry | Westport, MA | Food bank | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Bedford Light Inc | South Dartmouth, MA | To provide public service journalism for free to community | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Westport Land Trust | Westport, MA | Land conservation | $3,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Future Chefs | Boston, MA | Prepares teens for successful life and work after high school | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Only A Child | Jamaica Plain, MA | Support children in poverty | International, foreign affairs and national security | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Marion Institute | Marion, MA | Wlevate health, food, and environmental equity | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fidalgo Island Rotary Foundation | Anacortes, WA | Community development | Education | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Our Sisters School | New Bedford, MA | Educate disadvantaged girls | Education | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cedc New Bedford | New Bedford, MA | Community development | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Children Inc | North Chesterfield, VA | Support children in poverty | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Childrens Art Fund | Washington, DC | Support childrens artistic development | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Genesis Center | Providence, RI | Education | Human services | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rainbow Railroad | New York, NY | Lgbtq refugee and asylum seeker support | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Crossroads Camp Wing | Duxbury, MA | Summer camp for children | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mspca | Jamaica Plain, MA | Animal shelter providing adoption and services for animals | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pan-Mass Challenge | Needham, MA | Adult and pediatric cancer treatment and research through dana-farber cancer institute | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $13,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $11,000 |
| Environment | $10,750 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $7,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $6,000 |
| Education | $6,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 |
| Human services | $1,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $66,950 |
| Rhode Island | $8,000 |
| New York | $2,000 |
| Washington | $2,000 |
| Virginia | $1,000 |
| District of Columbia | $1,000 |
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Updated May 12, 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.