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CSP Charitable Foundation

Preselected recipients only Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 471397117

CSP Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $529,500 in 66 grants; the typical grant was $7,250 and the largest $50,000. It only gives to organizations it selects itself and does not accept unsolicited applications.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $526,500 the year before.

3% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$534,50067$417,544
2024$526,50066$150,799
2025$529,50066$159,409

How to apply

CSP Charitable Foundation says in its IRS filing that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations, so unsolicited applications are unlikely to be considered. Organizations it funds are usually invited.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What CSP Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 13 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts31$252,500
District of Columbia13$94,000
New York7$74,500
Kansas2$22,000
California3$20,000
Georgia2$20,000
Alabama1$10,000
Oregon1$10,000
Pennsylvania1$10,000
Virginia2$6,000

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 66 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Apprentice Learning
Boston, MA
Charitable$50,000
Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust
Athol, MA
Charitable$35,000
Greater Boston Food Bank
Boston, MA
Charitable$15,000
New World Foundation Climate
New York, NY
Charitable$15,000
New World Foundation Eclipse Fund
New York, NY
Charitable$15,000
Planned Parenthood America
Washington, DC
Charitable$15,000
ACLU Foundation
New York, NY
Charitable$12,000
Planned Parenthood Great Plains
Overland Park, KS
Charitable$12,000
Boston Health Care Homeless
Boston, MA
Charitable$11,000
Carroll Center for Blind
Newton, MA
Charitable$10,000
Center for Reproductive Rights
New York, NY
Charitable$10,000
Digdeep Water
Los Angeles, CA
Charitable$10,000
Food Project
Lincoln, MA
Charitable$10,000
National Latina Reproductive HLTH
New York, NY
Charitable$10,000
National Network of Abortion Funds
Beaverton, OR
Charitable$10,000
National Women's Health
Washington, DC
Charitable$10,000
Oil Change International
Washington, DC
Charitable$10,000
Penn Environment Research
Philadelphia, PA
Charitable$10,000
Pine Street Inn
Boston, MA
Charitable$10,000
Primary Source
Watertown, MA
Charitable$10,000
Reproductive Freedom for All
Washington, DC
Charitable$10,000
Sistersong
Atlanta, GA
Charitable$10,000
Southern Center for Human Rights
Atlanta, GA
Charitable$10,000
Southern Poverty Law Center
Montgomery, AL
Charitable$10,000
Trust Women Foundation Inc
Wichita, KS
Charitable$10,000
Women's Lunch Place
Boston, MA
Charitable$10,000
Earth Justice
Washington, DC
Charitable$8,000
Empath Economic Mobility Pathways
Boston, MA
Charitable$8,000
Farm School
Athol, MA
Charitable$8,000
Rosie's Place
Boston, MA
Charitable$8,000
St Paul's Cathedral
Boston, MA
Charitable$8,000
United We Dream
Washington, DC
Charitable$8,000
Women's Refugee Commission
New York, NY
Charitable$7,500
Casa Myrna Vazquez
Boston, MA
Charitable$7,000
Environmental Defense Fund
Washington, DC
Charitable$7,000
Alternatives Comm & Environment
Roxbury, MA
Charitable$5,000
Defy Ventures
Pasadena, CA
Charitable$5,000
Earthworks
Washington, DC
Charitable$5,000
Food and Water Watch
Washington, DC
Charitable$5,000
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance
Washington, DC
Charitable$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does CSP Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

No. Its IRS filing says it only makes contributions to preselected organizations.

How much does CSP Charitable Foundation give?

$529,500 in tax year 2025, across 66 grants, with a typical grant of $7,250.

Who runs CSP Charitable Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Anne S Covert (Trustee).

What does CSP Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly environment and conservation, education and food and hunger.

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