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  1. Ira Jones Charitable Trust

    Dallas, TX · latest return 2025 · Preselected recipients only
    -Not enough data
    Typical grant $690,931 Grants paid $691K Grants in your state 1
    How it scores for you
    Cause fit0/30
    Geographic fit25/25
    Grant size fitunknown
    Evidence freshness15/15
    Openness to applications0/10
    • 1 of 1 grants went to organizations in MA
    • Few grants on file: not enough history to judge fit.
    Evidence from its 990-PF
    • $690,931 to Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington MA (2025): Unrestricted general
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  1. The Irene Ryan Foundation Barbara McLean Managing Director

    Foxboro, MA · latest return 2024 · Describes how to apply
    81Strong fit
    Typical grant $5,000 Grants paid $70K Grants in your state 4 Grants for your causes 10
    Why we matched
    Cause fit30/30
    Geographic fit10/25
    Grant size fitunknown
    Evidence freshness15/15
    Openness to applications10/10
    • 10 of 10 grants in the latest return were in your causes
    • Its return describes how to apply
    Evidence from its 990-PF
    • $10,000 to Perkins Academy for the Blind, Watertown MA (2024): Theatre arts program support.
    • $5,000 to Special Stars Performing Arts, Salisbury MA (2024): Theatre arts program support.
    • $5,000 to Special Need Art Program, Lexington MA (2024): Theatre arts program support.

  2. The Foundation for Creative Achievement Eve Grace Penoyer Ttee

    Duxbury, MA · latest return 2025 · Describes how to apply
    74Moderate fit
    Typical grant $7,500 Grants paid $56K Grants in your state 8 Grants for your causes 7
    Why we matched
    Cause fit26/30
    Geographic fit25/25
    Grant size fitunknown
    Evidence freshness15/15
    Openness to applications10/10
    • 7 of 8 grants in the latest return were in your causes
    • 8 of 8 grants went to organizations in MA; the foundation is based there
    • Its return describes how to apply
    • It gives locally: by ZIP code, 6 of its 8 grants in MA went to organizations in the Hingham and Marshfield area. Check that it funds where you work before applying.
    Evidence from its 990-PF
    • $10,000 to The Company Theatre, Norwell MA (2025): Youth theatre arts education
    • $10,000 to South Shore Ballet Theatre Foundation, Hingham MA (2025): Youth dance education
    • $8,000 to South Shore Conservatory of Music Inc, Hingham MA (2025): Youth music education

  3. John K and Thirza F Davenport Foundation 42C038017

    Chicago, IL · latest return 2024 · Describes how to apply
    74Moderate fit
    Typical grant $5,000 Grants paid $84K Grants in your state 14 Grants for your causes 5
    Why we matched
    Cause fit11/30
    Geographic fit25/25
    Grant size fitunknown
    Evidence freshness15/15
    Openness to applications10/10
    • 14 of 14 grants went to organizations in MA
    • Its return describes how to apply
    • It gives locally: by ZIP code, 12 of its 14 grants in MA went to organizations in the Cotuit, Dennis and West Harwich area. Its return says: "Arts scholarships: students studying in the visual and performing arts who are residents of Barnstable County in their last two years of undergraduate study or in graduate workarts grants: barnstable..." Check that it funds where you work before applying.
    Evidence from its 990-PF
    • $5,000 to Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, Hyannis MA (2024): Arts access & creative exchange
    • $5,000 to Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis MA (2024): Youth art programming
    • $1,500 to Provincetown Theater Foundation, Provincetown MA (2024): Provincetown theater youth company

  4. Polly Thayer Starr Charitable Trust Hemenway & Barnes Llp

    Boston, MA · latest return 2025 · Describes how to apply
    74Moderate fit
    Typical grant $27,500 Grants paid $406K Grants in your state 6 Grants for your causes 3
    Why we matched
    Cause fit13/30
    Geographic fit21/25
    Grant size fitunknown
    Evidence freshness15/15
    Openness to applications10/10
    • 6 of 7 grants went to organizations in MA; the foundation is based there
    • Its return describes how to apply
    • It gives locally: by ZIP code, all 6 of its grants in MA went to organizations in the Boston area. Check that it funds where you work before applying.
    Evidence from its 990-PF
    • $27,500 to Trustees of Tufts College, Medford MA (2025): The smfa at tufts polly thayer starr charitable trust term scholarship and polly thayer…
    • $25,000 to Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc, Boston MA (2025): Visual arts and design at boston arts academy
    • $110,000 to Proprietors of the Boston Atheneaum, Boston MA (2025): For american art and culture related to the polly thayer starr fellowship.

  5. Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation

    Wilmington, DE · latest return 2024 · Describes how to apply
    72Moderate fit
    Typical grant $7,500 Grants paid $323K Grants in your state 35 Grants for your causes 11
    Why we matched
    Cause fit9/30
    Geographic fit24/25
    Grant size fitunknown
    Evidence freshness15/15
    Openness to applications10/10
    • 35 of 37 grants went to organizations in MA
    • Its return describes how to apply
    • It gives locally: by ZIP code, 29 of its 35 grants in MA went to organizations in the Boston, Cambridge and Jamaica Plain area. Its return says: "Arts and general education projects limited to the area of 50 miles from the FDNS lincoln MA offices" Check that it funds where you work before applying.
    Evidence from its 990-PF
    • $15,000 to Conservatory Lab Foundation, Boston MA (2024): El sistema daily music
    • $10,000 to Zumix Inc, East Boston MA (2024): Adventures in music
    • $10,000 to Making Music Matters, West Roxbury MA (2024): Making music matters

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