The Ives Family Charitable Trust
Boston, MA · EIN 04-6644020. Reported 309 grants totalling $1,925,961 to 153 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Ives Family Charitable Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $250 and $2,000; the smallest was $20 and the largest $527,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodwell Climate Research Center | Falmouth, MA | $690,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Audubon Society | Lincoln, MA | $153,540 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | Washington, DC | $148,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $88,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Huntington Theatre Company | Boston, MA | $87,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Museum of Fine Arts | Boston, MA | $64,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gbh | Boston, MA | $60,120 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Park Foundation | Washington, DC | $45,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Boston Foundation | Boston, MA | $45,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Huntington Theater | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Natural Resource Defense Council | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $34,800 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Musuem of Fine Arts Boston | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lexhab | Lexington, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| WGBH | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Addison County Parentchild Center | Middlebury, VT | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way of Addison County | Middlebury, VT | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Open Door Clinic | Middlebury, VT | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Proctor Academy | Andover, NH | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vermont Food Bank | Barre, VT | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Carroll School | Lincoln, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Earthwatch Institute | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Parks Conservation Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Unicef USA | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way of Mass Bay | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Boston, MA | $8,575 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Common Dreams | Lexington, MA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Leopold Schepp Foundation | New York, NY | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Bail Fund | Dorchester, MA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| More Than Words | Waltham, MA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Utec Inc | Lowell, MA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Uva School of Architecture Foundation | Charlottesville, VA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Groton School | Groton, MA | $6,789 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Buckingham Browne & Nichols School | Cambridge, MA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hunter College Foundation School of Social Work | New York, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Rivers | Washington, DC | $5,680 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| New England Wildlife Center | Weymouth, MA | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sierra Club | Boston, MA | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mount Abraham Unified School District (mausd) Mentoring | Bristol, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Park Conservation Association | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cai Public Radio | Woods Hole, MA | $4,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod | Yarmouth Port, MA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fort Ticonderoga Association | Ticonderoga, NY | $4,342 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Conservation Law Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of Lincoln Community School | Lincoln, VT | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wbur | Boston, MA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Beacon Hill Village | Boston, MA | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Finca | Washington, DC | $3,375 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Barnstable Land Trust Inc | West Barnstable, MA | $3,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sturgis Library | Barnstable, MA | $3,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | $2,750 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pine Street Inn | Boston, MA | $2,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Freedom of the Press Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Lincoln Commumity School | Lincoln, VT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greenpeace Inc | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Institute of Contemporary Art - Boston | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| League of Women Voters Education Fund | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nantucket Safe Harbor for Animals | Nantucket, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The North Branch School | Ripton, VT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Wilderness Society | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trinity Yard School | Bristol, VT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Zeno Mountain Farm | Lincoln, VT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Feeding America | Boston, MA | $1,905 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Guardian Angels Service Dogs | Williston, FL | $1,850 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Defenders of Wildlife | Washington, DC | $1,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yale University Art Gallery | New Haven, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $1,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ocean Conservency | Washington, DC | $1,175 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ocean Conservancy | Washington, DC | $1,100 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation | Hyannis, MA | $1,050 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Atria Collective (fka Womensafe) | Middlebury, VT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chewonki Foundation | Wiscasset, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut College | New London, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Earth Justice | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Feed the Hungry | South Bend, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Parks Conservation Association | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | Montgomery, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Morningside Theater Co | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports | Killington, VT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wcai | Woods Hole, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yosemite Conservation | San Francisco, CA | $900 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Geographic Society | Washington, DC | $889 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Earth | Washington, DC | $775 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Smithsonian | Washington, DC | $657 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars | Kansas City, MO | $615 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Woods Hole, MA | $555 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City Year | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mothers Out Front | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mspca | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project K-9 Hero | Frederick, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| USA for Unhcr | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wings World Quest Inc | Jersey City, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Ithaca, NY | $480 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Audubon Society | New York, NY | $450 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Americares | Stamford, CT | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $370 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pine St Inn | Boston, MA | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Mount Auburn | Cambridge, MA | $340 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Forests | Washington, DC | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Emerald Necklace Conservancy | Boston, MA | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Adopt a Platoon | Lozano, TX | $252 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Barnstable Police Association Inc | Hyannis, MA | $250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Family to Family Project | Boston, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fish of Lexington Inc | Lexington, MA | $250 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Smithsonian | Washington, DC | $250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| League of Women Voters | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leventhol Map & Education Center | Boston, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Audubon Society | Lincoln, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America | Washington, DC | $250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Proctor School Fund | Andover, NH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sears House Association | Boston, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unitarian Church of Barnstable | Barnstable, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| African Wildlife Foundation | Washington, DC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Boston Food Bank | Boston, MA | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pan Mass Challenge | Needham, MA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rosie's Place | Boston, MA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rosies Place | Boston, MA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unicef | New York, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Joseph's Indian School | Chamberlain, SD | $140 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum | Boston, MA | $130 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| League of Conservation Voters | Washington, DC | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arbor Day Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $120 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Arthritis Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $110 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Accion | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Farmland Trust | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boston Rescue Mission | Boston, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brady | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brookhaven Scholarship Fund | Lexington, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Disabled American Veterans | Manchester, NH | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Mt Auburn | Cambridge, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gosnold Behavioral Health | Falmouth, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare | Yarmouth Port, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Museum of the US Army | Fort Belvoir, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Paws of Honor | Williamsburg, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (peta) | Norfolk, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Population Connection | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Jane Goodall Institute | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Conservation Caucus Foundation | Washington, DC | $95 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Red Cloud Indian School | Pine Ridge, SD | $67 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cornell Lab of Ornathology | Riverside, CT | $60 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Wildlife Fund | Molalla, OR | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arthritis Foundation | Newton, MA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Covenant House | New York, NY | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Help Heal Veterans | Winchester, CA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mutts With a Mission | Suffolk, VA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Museum of American Indian | Washington, DC | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reading Is Fundamental Inc | Washington, DC | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Enlisted Association of the National Guard | Hanscom Afb, MA | $30 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
70 of 153 (46%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 56%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Massachusetts Audubon Society
LONG PASTURE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY - New England Wildlife Center
BIRDSEY CAPE WILDLIFE CENTER - Hunter College Foundation School of Social Work
AMY WATKINS SCHOLARSHIP FUND
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 185 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 81 | $811,813 | $500 |
| 2022 | 82 | $381,107 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 60 | $375,722 | $1,375 |
| 2024 | 86 | $357,319 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 72% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Ives Family Charitable Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Lwc 230 Congress St 12FL, Boston, MA, 02110. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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