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Fehsenfeld Riley Foundation UA DTD 1017200

Accepts applications Worcester, Massachusetts · EIN 876972533

Fehsenfeld Riley Foundation UA DTD 1017200 is a private foundation in Worcester, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $266,000 in 10 grants; the typical grant was $20,000 and the largest $86,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was up from $222,000 the year before.

30% of its 2025 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
2024$222,0009$6.1 million
2025$266,00010$6.6 million

How to apply

ContactPhillips S Davis
100 Front Street 5th Floor, Worcester, MA 01608
Phone or email(508) 459-8000
What to submitThe request should be in the form of a letter. Include proof of tax exempt status.
DeadlinesThe request should be received prior to november 1 of each year.
RestrictionsTo provide funding for 501(c)(3) organizations that benefit disabled, especially blind persons.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Fehsenfeld Riley Foundation UA DTD 1017200 funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts7$251,000
New Mexico1$5,000
Tennessee1$5,000
Virginia1$5,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 10 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Mass General Brigham
Boston, MA
Charitable$86,000
Carroll Center for the Blind
Newton, MA
Charitable$50,000
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill
Boylston, MA
Charitable$35,000
Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech
Northampton, MA
Charitable$25,000
Neads
Princeton, MA
Charitable$25,000
Pan Mass Challenge
Needham, MA
Charitable$15,000
CANCER1SOURCE (Cancer Research Fdn)
Marlborough, MA
Charitable$15,000
Operation Smile
Virginia Beach, VA
Charitable$5,000
St Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
Charitable$5,000
Habitat for Humanity
Albuquerque, NM
Charitable$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Fehsenfeld Riley Foundation UA DTD 1017200 accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: The request should be received prior to november 1 of each year..

How much does Fehsenfeld Riley Foundation UA DTD 1017200 give?

$266,000 in tax year 2025, across 10 grants, with a typical grant of $20,000.

Who runs Fehsenfeld Riley Foundation UA DTD 1017200?

Its 2025 filing lists Phillips S Davis (Trustee).

What does Fehsenfeld Riley Foundation UA DTD 1017200 fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health and science and research.

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