The Edward Lee and Slocumb Hollis Perry
Chestnut Hill, MA · EIN 31-1621824. Reported 237 grants totalling $2,044,680 to 85 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. The Edward Lee and Slocumb Hollis Perry 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 $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $400 and $10,000; the smallest was $35 and the largest $170,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of Fine Arts Boston | Boston, MA | $522,000 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boston Lyric Opera | Boston, MA | $496,000 | 15 | 5 | 2025 |
| Huntington Theatre Company | Boston, MA | $239,735 | 18 | 5 | 2025 |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | Brighton, MA | $147,000 | 7 | 3 | 2025 |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | $78,500 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Opera America | New York, NY | $66,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| New England Conservatory of Music | Boston, MA | $65,000 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Repertory Theater | Cambridge, MA | $45,000 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | $42,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| WGBH Education Foundation | Brighton, MA | $37,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Repertory Theatre | Cambridge, MA | $34,000 | 5 | 2 | 2025 |
| Tall Timbers Research Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| WGBH | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Fund for Sarah Lawrence College | Bronxville, NY | $21,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $18,500 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ekwanok Scholarship Trust | Manchester, VT | $13,300 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Nscda | Washington, DC | $10,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New England Conservatory | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ralph Lowell Society WGBH | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| WGBH Beacon Circle | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 3 | 1 | 2025 |
| The 152 Commonwealth Foundation | Boston, MA | $9,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Country Club Employee Education Fund | Chestnut Hill, MA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vincent Memorial Hospital Foundation | Boston, MA | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Vincent Club | Boston, MA | $6,500 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Vincent Memorial Hospital | Boston, MA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dorset Equine Rescue | East Dorset, VT | $5,500 | 7 | 3 | 2025 |
| American Jewish Committee | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Lobkowicz Collections | Dover, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pilots to the Rescue | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University Hospital Seidman Cancer Center | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dorset Theatre Festival | Dorset, VT | $3,750 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Walden Woods Project | Lincoln, MA | $3,750 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nscda Ma | Boston, MA | $3,650 | 9 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dorset Theater Festival | Dorset, VT | $3,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| African Wildlife Foundation | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Thomasville Antique Show | Thomasville, GA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Historical Society | Boston, MA | $2,250 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mspca | Boston, MA | $2,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Elephant Sanctuary | Hohenwald, TN | $1,600 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Associates of the Boston Public Library | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Boston Park Rangers | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thomasville Antiques Show Foundation | Thomasville, GA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Country Club Employee Educ Fund | Chestnut Hill, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Sulgrave Manor | Rosemont, PA | $1,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Trustee of Tufts College | Medford, MA | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gunston Hall | Mason Neck, VA | $1,200 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Bennington Cty Habitat for Humanity | Manchester, VT | $1,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Codman Academy Charter School | Dorchester, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dorset Equinee Rescue | E Dorset, VT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pine Manor College | Chestnut Hill, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gore Place Society | Waltham, MA | $850 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Max Warburg Courage Curriculum | Boston, MA | $800 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mass Audubon | Lincoln, MA | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Codman Academy Foundation | Dorchester, MA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Discalced | Brooklyn, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Green Mountain Girls | Manchester, VT | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mark Morris Dance Group | Brooklyn, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bennington County Habitat for Humanity | Manchester Center, VT | $700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Animal Rescue League of Boston | Boston, MA | $650 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of Boston Park Rangers Mounted Unit | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pmc Jimmy Fund | Brookline, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Smile Train | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Buddy Dog Humane Society | Sudbury, MA | $450 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gore Place | Waltham, MA | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Second Chance Animal Center | East Brookfield, MA | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Community Food Cupboard | Rochester, NY | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $335 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Care | Merrifield, VA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dana Farber Cancer Inst and the Jimmy Fund | Boston, MA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pam-Mass Challenge | Needham, MA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pine Island Camp | Belgrade, ME | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pan-Mass Challenge | Needham, MA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzheimers Association Seacost | Newton, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Green Mountain Academy | Dorset, VT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Green Mountain Academy for Lifelon Learning | Dorset, VT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Codman Academy | Dorchester, MA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tufts College | Boston, MA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern Vermont Arts Center | Manchester, VT | $160 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lake View Cemetary Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New England Historic Genealogical Society | Boston, MA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Swim Across America | Charlotte, NC | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oxfam America Action Fund | Boston, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
42 of 85 (49%) 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 56%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 132 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 | 46 | $515,550 | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 58 | $360,800 | $1,250 |
| 2023 | 42 | $305,735 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 42 | $430,900 | $1,500 |
| 2025 | 49 | $431,695 | $3,000 |
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
88% 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 $1,500. 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 Edward Lee and Slocumb Hollis Perry'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: 214 Allandale Rd-a, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467. 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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