Cedar Tree Foundation Inc
Invitation OnlyBoston, Massachusetts · EIN 13-3601934 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$9.2M
Organizations funded119
Typical grant$50,000
Total assets$85.9M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $20,000 and $100,000.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
67% of grants went outside Massachusetts.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Society for Conservation Biology | Washington, DC | Project support for smith fellows program | $1,664,075 |
| Center for Environmental Health | Oakland, CA | Project support for children's environmental health | $250,000 |
| Society for Conservation Biology | Washington, DC | Project support for smith fellows program | $247,430 |
| All Souls Church Unitarian | Washington, DC | Project support for building repair campaign | $200,000 |
| Practical Farmers of Iowa | Ames, IA | Project support for promoting regenerative grazing | $175,000 |
| Conservatory Lab Charter School Foundation | Dorchester, MA | Project support for environmental science teachers | $160,000 |
| Advancement Project Education Fund | Washington, DC | General support | $150,000 |
| Center for Civic Policy | Albuquerque, NM | Project support for the new mexico dream team | $150,000 |
| Center for Civic Policy | Albuquerque, NM | General support | $150,000 |
| Chinese Progressive Association | Brooklyn, NY | Project support for black future labs | $150,000 |
| Intertribal Agriculture Council | Billings, MT | Project support of the regenerative grazing iniatiative | $150,000 |
| Florida Rising Together | Miami, FL | General support | $135,000 |
| Piikani Lodge Health Institute | Browning, MT | Project support of the blackfeet nation regenerative grazing initiative | $130,000 |
| Alaska Community Action on Toxins | Anchorage, AK | General support | $125,000 |
| Coming Clean | Brattleboro, VT | General support | $125,000 |
| Defend Our Health | Portland, MA | General support | $125,000 |
| Environmental Working Group | Washington, DC | Project support for the children's environmental health campaign | $125,000 |
| Environmental Working Group | Washington, DC | Project support for the children's environmental health campaign | $125,000 |
| Georgia Muslim Voter Project | Norcross, GA | General support | $125,000 |
| Habitable | Washington, DC | Project support for children's environmental health | $125,000 |
| Healthy Building Network | Washington, DC | Project support for the home free project | $125,000 |
| Land Stewardship Project | Minneapolis, MN | Project support for promoting regenerative grazing as part of the bridge to soil health program | $125,000 |
| National Audubon Society | New York, NY | Project support for the audubon conservation ranching program | $125,000 |
| The Center for Black Womans Wellness | Atlanta, GA | Project support for the children's environmental health campaign | $125,000 |
| Wolfe's Neck Farm Foundation | Freeport, ME | General support | $125,000 |
| Women's Voices for the Earth | Missoula, MT | General support | $125,000 |
| Quivira Coalition | Sante Fe, NM | Project support for new agrarian apprenticeship program in northern plains | $120,000 |
| Braver Angels | New York, NY | General support | $101,500 |
| Agarian Trust | Weare, NH | Project support for the p8guasso rematriation project at bogastow farm | $100,000 |
| Beloved Community Center of Greensboro | Greensboro, NC | General support | $100,000 |
| Children's Environmental Health Network | Washington, DC | General support | $100,000 |
| Documentary Educational Resources | Watertown, MA | Project support for join or die 2024 impact tour | $100,000 |
| Earthforce | Denver, CO | General support | $100,000 |
| Evkids | Dorchester, MA | General support | $100,000 |
| Lenape Native American Foundation | Bartlesville, OK | Project support for scholarship fund | $100,000 |
| Neo Philanthropy | New York, NY | Project support for the cypress fund | $100,000 |
| Southwest Organizing Project | Albuquerque, NM | General support | $100,000 |
| Texas Organizing Project Education Fund | San Antonio, TX | General support | $100,000 |
| Women Engaged | Atlanta, GA | General support | $100,000 |
| Women With a Vision | New Orleans, LA | General support | $100,000 |
| Western Sustainability Exchange | Livingston, MT | Project support for advancing regenerative grazing in montana | $90,000 |
| City Blossoms | Washington, DC | General support | $80,000 |
| Naaee | Washington, DC | Project support for establishment of cee change fellowship | $80,000 |
| University of Arkansas Foundation Inc | Fayetteville, AR | Project support for the indigenous food & agriculture initiative | $80,000 |
| Centro Obero Del Fronterizo | El Paso, TX | Project support for LA mujer obrera's children's environmental health program | $75,000 |
| Vineyard Conservation Society | Vineyard Haven, MA | General support | $75,000 |
| Conservatory Lab Charter School Foundation | Dorchester, MA | General support | $70,000 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Insitution | Woods Hole, MA | Project support for ocean steam powered women fellowship | $70,000 |
| Common Future | Oakland, CA | Project support for potlikker capital | $60,000 |
| Resilient Sisterhood Project | Boston, MA | General support | $60,000 |
| Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc for Building Equity and Alignment | Calabasas, CA | Project support for the building equity and alignment for impact fund | $60,000 |
| Southern Vision Alliance for Muslim Women | Durham, NC | Project support for muslim women | $60,000 |
| Speak for the Trees Boston | Watertown, MA | General support | $60,000 |
| New England Grassroots Environmental Fund | Newmarket, NH | Project support for indigenous regranting in new england | $55,000 |
| Boston Impact Initiative Fund | Jamaica Plain, MA | Project support for field building initiatives | $50,000 |
| Colorado Plateau Foundation | Flagstaff, AZ | General support | $50,000 |
| Greater Lowell Community Foundation | Lowell, MA | Project support for mosiac lowell | $50,000 |
| Maine Farmland Trust | Belfast, ME | General support | $50,000 |
| Na'ah Illahee Fund | Seattle, WA | Project support for capacity building & regranting programs | $50,000 |
| Na'ah Illahee Fund | Seattle, WA | Project support for youth programs | $50,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 119 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soul Fire Farm | Petersburg, NY | General support | $6,379,551 |
| Society for Conservation Biology | Washington, DC | Project support for smith fellows program | $1,134,265 |
| Society for Conservation Biology | Washington, DC | Project support for smith fellows program | $969,084 |
| Practical Farmers of Iowa | Ames, IA | Project support for promoting regenerative grazing | $350,000 |
| Alaska Community Action on Toxins | Anchorage, AK | General support | $250,000 |
| Center for Environmental Health | Oakland, CA | Project support for children's environmental health | $250,000 |
| Coming Clean | Brattleboro, VT | General support | $250,000 |
| Defend Our Health | Portland, MA | General support | $250,000 |
| Environmental Working Group | Washington, DC | Project support for the children's environmental health campaign | $250,000 |
| Habitable | Washington, DC | Project support for children's environmental health | $250,000 |
| National Audubon Society | New York, NY | Project support for the audubon conservation ranching program | $250,000 |
| Quivira Coalition | Sante Fe, NM | Project support for new agrarian apprenticeship program in northern plains | $240,000 |
| Earthforce | Denver, CO | General support | $200,000 |
| Western Sustainability Exchange | Livingston, MT | Project support for advancing regenerative grazing in montana | $180,000 |
| Conservatory Lab Charter School Foundation | Dorchester, MA | Project support for environmental science teachers | $160,000 |
| Advancement Project Education Fund | Washington, DC | General support | $150,000 |
| Center for Civic Policy | Albuquerque, NM | Project support for the new mexico dream team | $150,000 |
| Center for Civic Policy | Albuquerque, NM | General support | $150,000 |
| Chinese Progressive Association | Brooklyn, NY | Project support for black future labs | $150,000 |
| Naaee | Washington, DC | Project support for establishment of cee change fellowship | $147,707 |
| Florida Rising Together | Miami, FL | General support | $135,000 |
| Georgia Muslim Voter Project | Norcross, GA | General support | $125,000 |
| Beloved Community Center of Greensboro | Greensboro, NC | General support | $100,000 |
| Braver Angels | New York, NY | General support | $100,000 |
| Colorado Plateau Foundation | Flagstaff, AZ | General support | $100,000 |
| Evkids | Dorchester, MA | General support | $100,000 |
| Greater Lowell Community Foundation | Lowell, MA | Project support for mosiac lowell | $100,000 |
| Na'ah Illahee Fund | Seattle, WA | Project support for youth programs | $100,000 |
| Neo Philanthropy | New York, NY | Project support for the cypress fund | $100,000 |
| Sage Foundation | Fort Yates, ND | Project support for the standing rock wind farm and other renewable energy projects | $100,000 |
| Texas Organizing Project Education Fund | San Antonio, TX | General support | $100,000 |
| Women Engaged | Atlanta, GA | General support | $100,000 |
| Women With a Vision | New Orleans, LA | General support | $100,000 |
| City Blossoms | Washington, DC | General support | $90,000 |
| Nava Education Project | Albuquerque, NM | General support | $80,000 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Insitution | Woods Hole, MA | Project support for ocean steam powered women fellowship | $70,000 |
| Resilient Sisterhood Project | Boston, MA | General support | $60,000 |
| Southern Vision Alliance for Muslim Women | Durham, NC | Project support for muslim women | $60,000 |
| Speak for the Trees Boston | Watertown, MA | General support | $60,000 |
| New England Grassroots Environmental Fund | Newmarket, NH | Project support for indigenous regranting in new england | $55,000 |
| Na'ah Illahee Fund | Seattle, WA | Project support for capacity building & regranting programs | $50,000 |
| Neo Philanthropy | New York, NY | Project support for the youth engagement fund | $50,000 |
| Urban Farming Institute | Roxbury, MA | General support | $50,000 |
| Polly Hill Arboretum | West Tisbury, MA | General support | $40,000 |
| Tnse | Springfield, MA | Project support for gardening the community | $36,000 |
| President and Fellows Harvard College | Jamaica Plain, MA | Project support for arnold arboretum's young scientist program | $31,000 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Washington, DC | General support | $30,000 |
| Breakthrough Greater Boston | Cambridge, MA | Project support for student success programming | $30,000 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | Project support for dynamit | $30,000 |
| Tanka Fund | Kyle, SD | General support | $30,000 |
| Comite de Apoyo a Los Trabajadores Agricolas Inc | Glassboro, NJ | Project support for professional development or capacity building within youth food justice internship program | $25,000 |
| Detroit Food Academy | Detroit, MI | Project support for professional development or capacity building within advanced after school leadership program | $25,000 |
| Green Guerillas Inc | Brooklyn, NY | Project support for youth empowerment pipeline | $25,000 |
| Groundwork Lawrence Inc | New Bedford, MA | Project support for groundwork southcoast | $25,000 |
| Growing Hope Inc | Ypsilanti, MI | Project support fo teen leadership program | $25,000 |
| Mary Mitchell Family & Youth Center Inc | Bronx, NY | Project support for food justice club | $25,000 |
| New Urban Arts | Providence, RI | Project support for movement education outdoors west end raices youth leadership garden | $25,000 |
| Riverzedge Arts | Woonsocket, RI | General support | $25,000 |
| Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund | Boston, MA | Project support for environmental and climate justice work | $22,000 |
| Blackfeet Community College | Browning, MT | Project support for the native science field center's environmental stewardship program | $20,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9,205,505 | 187 |
| 2023 | $9,318,134 | 125 |
| 2022 | $7,999,500 | 145 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 12, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202523169349101717
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 13-3601934
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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