The Ausolus Trust
Boston, MA · EIN 04-3368079. Reported 235 grants totalling $5,610,000 to 89 recipients 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 Ausolus 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $100,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Aboretum | Philadelphia, PA | $330,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Springside Chestnut Hill Academy | Philadelphia, PA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vassar College | Poughkeepsie, NY | $275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Mark's School | Southborough, MA | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Island Readers & Writers | Mount Desert, ME | $235,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Shelburne Museum | Shelburne, VT | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bates College | Lewiston, ME | $220,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Glouchester Marine Genomics Institute | Gloucester, MA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lowell Observatory | Flagstaff, AZ | $185,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Peoria Riverfront Museum | Peoria, IL | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $177,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Colby College | Waterville, ME | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Second Stage Theatre | New York, NY | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Lobkowicz Collections | Dedham, MA | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | Topsham, ME | $157,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Winchester Thurston School | Pittsburgh, PA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Madeira School | Mclean, VA | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Wissahickon | Philadelphia, PA | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Quebec-Labrador Foundation | Ipswich, MA | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Boston, MA | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St George's School | Newport, RI | $102,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Epiphany School | Dorchester, MA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvard College | Boston, MA | $82,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mgh Fund | Boston, MA | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mount Desert Land & Garden Preserve | Seal Harbor, ME | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northeast Harbor Sailing School | Northeast Harbor, ME | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Miss Porter's School | Farmington, CT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peabody Essex Museum | Salem, MA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Frick Museum | Pittsburgh, PA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| College of the Atlantic | Bar Harbor, ME | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Acadia | Bar Harbor, ME | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hooper Fund | Manchester, MA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mclean Hospital | Belmont, MA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Reservations | Beverly, MA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvard University- Museum of Comparative Zoology | Cambridge, MA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Morgan Library | New York City, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wbur | Boston, MA | $33,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvard College Fund | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Naral Pro-Choice America | Washington, DC | $25,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Camp Harbor View | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Island Housing Trust | Mount Desert, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Society of Four Arts | Palm Beach, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Spruce Street Nursery School | Boston, MA | $23,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kucetekela Foundation | Salisbury, MD | $22,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Emmanuel Church - Manchester | Manchesterbythesea, MA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fairmount Park Conservancy | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harvard University- Department of History and Science | Cambridge, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maine Coast Memorial Hospital | Ellsworth, ME | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maine Community Foundation | Ellsworth, ME | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mount Desert Historical Society | Mt Desert, ME | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mount Desert Island Hospital | Bar Harbor, ME | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southwest Harbor Public Library | Southwest Harbor, ME | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Norton Museum | West Palm Beach, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Uncommon Schools | New York, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boston College High School | Boston, MA | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Island Institute | Rockland, ME | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Groton School | Groton, MA | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Episcopal School of Ny | New York, NY | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Woodmere Art Museum | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Downeast Institute | Beals, ME | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Chapin School | New York, NY | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Forest Society of Maine | Bangor, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Notre Dame De Paris | Etna, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harvard Th Chan School of Public Health | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pennsylvania Horticultural Society | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Relay Graduate School of Education | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northeast Animal Shelter Inc | Salem, MA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Minds Matter Boston | Boston, MA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Neighborhood House Charter School | Dorchester, MA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Swampscott Public Library | Swampscott, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bronxville School Foundation | Broxville, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Georgetown Law | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reformed Church Nursery School | Bronxville, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Roxbury Prepatory Charter School | Roxbury, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Save Kings Beach | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Diller-Quaile School of Music | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Irish Georgian Society | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| V&a Americas Foundation | Berkeley Heights, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Topeka, KS | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of St Andrews American Foundation | St Andrews, St. Andrews | $4,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Boston Foundation | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Park School | Brookline, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Muesum of Science Boston | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Boston | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
59 of 89 (66%) 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 86%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 133 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 | 50 | $1,205,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 55 | $1,465,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 62 | $1,425,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 68 | $1,515,000 | $10,000 |
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
33% 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 $10,000. 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 The Ausolus Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 88 Broad St 2ND Floor, 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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