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Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 222975713

Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. In tax year 2024 it gave $520,472 in 64 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $75,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $468,000 the year before.

20% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$468,00061$1.7 million
2024$520,47264$1.9 million

How to apply

ContactRaymond J Ciccolo
75 North Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02134
Phone or email(617) 560-1700
What to submitLetter request with supporting documentation and tax status

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 7 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts55$494,972
Maine2$7,500
New Hampshire2$6,000
New York2$5,500
District of Columbia1$5,000
Montana1$1,000
Michigan1$500

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 64 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Mass General Hospital
Boston, MA
General purpose$75,000
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
General purpose$50,000
Suffolk University
Boston, MA
General purpose$50,000
West Suburban YMCA
Newton, MA
General purpose$50,000
Boston Arts Academy Foundation
Boston, MA
General purpose$25,000
Global Smile Foundation
Norwood, MA
General purpose$21,067
Greater Boston Food Bank
Boston, MA
General purpose$20,000
Allston Brighton CDC
Brighton, MA
General purpose$10,000
Food Link MA
Arlington, MA
General purpose$10,000
Just Zero
Sturbridge, MA
General purpose$10,000
METCO College Scholarship Fund of Lexington
Lexington, MA
General purpose$10,000
Rosie's Place
Boston, MA
General purpose$10,000
The Boston Foundation Inc
Boston, MA
General purpose$10,000
The Lexington Observer
Lexington, MA
General purpose$10,000
West End House Inc
Allston, MA
General purpose$10,000
Conservation Law Foundation
Boston, MA
General purpose$5,000
Cross Roads for Kids
Duxbury, MA
General purpose$5,000
Environmental League of MA
Boston, MA
General purpose$5,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund
New York, NY
General purpose$5,000
Friends of Herter Park
Brighton, MA
General purpose$5,000
Help for Haiti
Rye, NH
General purpose$5,000
Lazarus House Ministries Inc
Lawrence, MA
General purpose$5,000
Lexington Interfaith Food Pantry
Lexington, MA
General purpose$5,000
LexRAP
Lexington, MA
General purpose$5,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Topsham, ME
General purpose$5,000
Mass Budget & Policy Center
Boston, MA
General purpose$5,000
Middlesex Community College Foundation
Lowell, MA
General purpose$5,000
Planned Parenthood
Washington, DC
General purpose$5,000
Sacred Heart Church
Lexington, MA
General purpose$5,000
Samaritans Inc
Boston, MA
General purpose$5,000
Trustees for Reservations
beverly, MA
General purpose$5,000
Weston METCO Scholarship Fund Inc
Weston, MA
General purpose$5,000
Youth Counseling Connection
Lexington, MA
General purpose$5,000
Pine Street Inn
Boston, MA
General purpose$4,000
Alliance for Children Foundation
Needham, MA
General purpose$3,000
Lexington Nature Trust
Lexington, MA
General purpose$3,000
A Better City
Boston, MA
General purpose$2,500
Battlegreen Run Foundation
Lexington, MA
General purpose$2,500
Boston Area Gleaners
Acton, MA
General purpose$2,500
Community Endowment of Lexington
Natick, MA
General purpose$2,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc give?

$520,472 in tax year 2024, across 64 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Raymond J Ciccolo (President/Treasurer) and Peter E Mullane (Clerk).

What does Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, arts and culture and food and hunger.

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