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E Dawson Foundation

Accepts applications Amherst, Massachusetts · EIN 473869033

E Dawson Foundation is a private foundation in Amherst, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $15,700 in 5 grants; the typical grant was $1,500 and the largest $10,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was down from $16,500 the year before.

100% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$16,4005$178,222
2024$16,5005$173,950
2025$15,7005$172,623

How to apply

ContactC Elizabeth Dawson
15 Laurel Lane, Amherst, MA 01002
Phone or email(413) 253-0678, liz1111111111@aol.com
What to submitRequests may be submitted.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts4$15,600
New York1$100

Grants paid in 2025

All 5 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Jacobs Pillow
Becket, MA
General$10,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Brookline, MA
General$4,000
New England Public Media
Springfield, MA
General$1,500
UNICEF
New York, NY
General$100
Salvation Army
Hadley, MA
General$100

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does E Dawson Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does E Dawson Foundation give?

$15,700 in tax year 2025, across 5 grants, with a typical grant of $1,500.

Who runs E Dawson Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists C Elizabeth Dawson (President).

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