Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-XXXXXX15480
Boston, MA · EIN 04-6114839. Reported 94 grants totalling $976,323 to 77 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-XXXXXX15480 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 $7,985. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $80,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faraday Foundation Inc | Wichita, KS | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ngage New Mexico | Las Cruces, NM | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Dane County Parks | Madison, WI | $25,461 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg Leominster and Gardner | Leominster, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ft Thomas Unified School District #7 | Ft Thomas, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stamford Museum and Nature Center Inc | Stamford, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Phillips Brooks House Association Inc | Cambridge, MA | $24,411 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of St Lucie County | Fort Pierce, FL | $23,540 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| School Mindfulness Project | Philadelphia, PA | $22,970 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Saltwater Classroom | Camden, ME | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chapel Hill-Carrboro Children's Museum | Chapel Hill, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Earthroots Field School | Trabuco Canyon, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Music Workshop | Portland, OR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Northside Education Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $19,190 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| William King Museum of Art | Abingdon, VA | $18,958 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Falls Church-Mclean Children's Center | Falls Church, VA | $17,770 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bluegrass Greensource | Lexington, KY | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brightlane Learning | Indianapolis, IN | $16,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | Boston, MA | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Climate Generation | Minneapolis, MN | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Journeys in Education Inc | Peterborough, NH | $15,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Charles River Conservancy Inc | Cambridge, MA | $15,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arkansas Learning Through the Arts | Hot Springs Village, AR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Camden Early Childhood Center | Camden, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Giraffe Laugh | Garden City, ID | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lee Pesky Learning Center Inc | Boise, ID | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nooksack Indian Tribe | Deming, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Odessa-Montour Central School District | Odessa, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Princeton Area Library Supporters | Princeton, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wondermore Inc | Dedham, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Avalon Village | Highland Park, MI | $14,958 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Freshkills Park Alliance | New York, NY | $12,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| C-Fit Community | Chesterfield, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fairbanks Children's Museum | Fairbanks, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hawthorne Elementary School Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heart of Indiana United Way | Muncie, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prism Design Lab | Chapel Hill, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Raising Hands Literacy Project | Hackettstown, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Story Preservation Initiative | Andover, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Providence Hybrid Academy Inc | Coopersburg, PA | $9,825 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Missouri Botanical Garden | St Louis, MO | $9,790 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Smith County Champions for Children Inc | Tyler, TX | $9,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Holly Hill Farm | Cohasset, MA | $8,875 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lexington Friends Preschool | Lexington, KY | $8,784 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aldo Leopold Nature Center Inc | Monona, WI | $8,642 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Positive Energy Arts | York, PA | $8,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Huey's Hideaway Children's Museum Inc | Medford, WI | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Main Street Community Center | Windham, NY | $7,858 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Missouri River Relief | Columbia, MO | $7,718 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Accessible Festivals | Stockton, NJ | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Suffolk Community Services | Chelsea, MA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Sharon Cooperative School Inc | Sharon, MA | $6,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ashokan Center Inc | Olivebridge, NY | $6,235 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lenoir City Elementary School | Lenoir City, TN | $5,938 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| One Stone Inc | Boise, ID | $5,550 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oasis Charter Schools | Cape Coral, FL | $5,122 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Druid City Garden Project Dba Schoolyard Roots | Tuscaloosa, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gateway City Live | Holyoke, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Genesee Country Villiage & Museum | Mumford, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Overlook Food Awareness Resource of Massachusetts Inc | Rutland, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Phillips Brooks House | Lexington, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pitchblack Immersive Experiences Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Scioto Darby Elementary | Hilliard, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Utec | Lowell, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wyoming Wildlife Federation | Lander, WY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beautiful Beginnings Child Care Center | Providence, RI | $4,760 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Burley Discovery Museum | Burley, ID | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Cape Coral Municipal Charter School Foundation Inc | Cape Coral, FL | $4,494 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Children's Museum of Green Bay | Green Bay, WI | $4,260 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ps 282 Parent Teacher Organization | Brooklyn, NY | $4,250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dunbar Hill Elementary School PTA | Hamden, CT | $3,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Valley Center Primary School | Valley Center, CA | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Yes 2 You | San Antonio, TX | $3,250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Food Roots | Tillamook, OR | $3,202 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| James River Basin Partnership | Springfield, MO | $2,512 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Career Guidance Institute | Albuquerque, NM | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
12 of 77 (16%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 15%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Faraday Foundation Inc
FARADAY 200 PILOT EPISODES - Foundation for Dane County Parks
LEARN TO OUTDOOR EDUCATION - Stamford Museum and Nature Center Inc
OFF THE TRAIL FOR SQUEAK & - Saltwater Classroom
SALTWATER CLASSROOM APP & - Northside Education Foundation
BOOKS FOR PRE-K CLASSROOM - Bluegrass Greensource
OUTDOOR DAYS ENVIRONMENTAL
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 66 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | $212,775 | $8,430 |
| 2022 | 19 | $169,228 | $5,550 |
| 2023 | 18 | $180,611 | $7,250 |
| 2024 | 16 | $224,269 | $8,829 |
| 2025 | 19 | $189,440 | $8,200 |
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
14% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $7,985. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-XXXXXX15480's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 45 School St 5TH Floor, Boston, MA, 02108. 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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