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George C Wadleigh Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Haverhill, Massachusetts · EIN 042720087

George C Wadleigh Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Haverhill, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $1.1 million in 31 grants; the typical grant was $30,000 and the largest $81,229. 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 $1.0 million the year before.

36% 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
2023$768,68529$19.8 million
2024$1.0 million30$21.3 million
2025$1.1 million31$22.4 million

How to apply

ContactGeorge C Wadleigh Foundation
PO Box 926, Haverhill, MA 01831
Phone or email(978) 374-0115
What to submitNo particular form or info/material requirements
RestrictionsCharitable or nonprofit organization in haverhill or the greater haverhill area to be used for aged indigent or indigent individuals to provide direct care or assistance - but not research

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What George C Wadleigh Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts31$1.1 million

Grants paid in 2025

All 31 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Sarah's Place Adult Health Center Inc
Haverhill, MA
Charitable$81,229
Community Action Inc
Haverhill, MA
Charitable$75,000
New England Center and Home for Veterans
Boston, MA
Charitable$75,000
YMCA of the North Shore
Ipswich, MA
Charitable$75,000
Common Ground Ministries Inc
Haverhill, MA
Charitable$72,000
Bethany Communities
Haverhill, MA
Charitable$70,000
Waystone Health
Haverhill, MA
Charitable$65,000
Emmaus Inc
Haverhill, MA
Charitable$50,000
Our Neighbor's Table
Amesbury, MA
Charitable$50,000
Merrimack Valley Dream Center
Lawrence, MA
Charitable$40,000
L'arche Boston North Inc
Haverhill, MA
Charitable$36,000
Age Span
Lawrence, MA
Charitable$35,000
Penacook Place
Haverhill, MA
Charitable$35,000
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center
Lawrence, MA
Charitable$30,000
Essex County Habitat for Humanity
Lawrence, MA
Charitable$30,000
Opportunity Works Inc
Haverhill, MA
Charitable$30,000
Rebuilding Together Greater Haverhill Inc
Haverhill, MA
Charitable$25,000
Haverhill Public Library
Haverhill, MA
Charitable$25,000
Ruth's House Inc
Haverhill, MA
Charitable$25,000
Tufts Medicine Care at Home
Lawrence, MA
Charitable$25,000
Universalist Unitarian Church
Haverhill, MA
Charitable$25,000
Northern Essex Elder Transport Inc
Amesbury, MA
Charitable$24,197
YWCA Northeastern Ma
Lawrence, MA
Charitable$22,400
All Saints Parish Food Pantry
Haverhill, MA
Charitable$16,050
Nourishing the North Shore
Newburyport, MA
Charitable$15,000
Somebody Cares New England Inc
Haverhill, MA
Charitable$13,000
Mission of Deeds Inc
Reading, MA
Charitable$10,215
Katydid Foundation Inc
Newburyport, MA
Charitable$10,000
St Vincent de Paul
Haverhill, MA
Charitable$10,000
Anchor of Hope Diaper Bank
Haverhill, MA
Charitable$5,000
Liz Murphy's Open Hand Pantry
Haverhill, MA
Charitable$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does George C Wadleigh Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does George C Wadleigh Foundation Inc give?

$1.1 million in tax year 2025, across 31 grants, with a typical grant of $30,000.

Who runs George C Wadleigh Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Scott Cote (Director), James Traver (Director), Michael Hart (Director) and Peter Carbone (Vice President) among 11 officers and trustees.

What does George C Wadleigh Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health, faith communities and food and hunger.

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