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Glore Fund

Accepts applications West Boxford, Massachusetts · EIN 366108355

Glore Fund is a private foundation in West Boxford, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $433,100 in 70 grants; the typical grant was $2,500 and the largest $55,000. 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 $349,600 the year before.

19% 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$427,85079$8.3 million
2024$349,60065$8.8 million
2025$433,10070$9.5 million

How to apply

ContactFrederick H Glore
PO Box 11, West Boxford, MA 01885-0011
Phone or email(312) 899-0130
What to submitNo formal form
DeadlinesNo submission deadlines
RestrictionsNo restrictions except organizations must be qualified 501 (c) (3) organizations

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Glore Fund funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 14 states, the most to Montana.

StateGrantsAmount
Montana7$120,000
Massachusetts22$91,700
Illinois16$53,500
Virginia2$52,000
Maine4$46,500
Wisconsin1$30,000
Connecticut3$12,000
New York6$10,500
California1$5,000
North Carolina1$5,000

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 70 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Arts Council of Big Sky
Big Sky, MT
General support$55,000
Tasis Foundation Inc
Alexandria, VA
General support$50,000
Lacrosse County Historical Society
La Crosse, WI
General support$30,000
Human Resource Development Council of District IX Inc
Bozeman, MT
General support$25,000
Pierre Monteux Memorial Foundation
Hancock, ME
General support$25,000
Warren Miller Performing Arts Center
Gallatin Gateway, MT
General support$25,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository
Chicago, IL
General support$20,000
Pingree School
South Hamilton, MA
General support$19,000
Women for Healthy Rural Living
Millbridge, ME
General support$15,000
The North Parish of North Andover
North Andover, MA
General support$14,000
Windrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation Inc
North Andover, MA
General support$12,500
Rush University System for Health
Chicago, IL
General support$11,000
Save the Children Federation Inc
Fairfield, CT
General support$10,000
Big Sky Community Organization
Big Sky, MT
General support$8,000
Bellesini Academy
Lawrence, MA
General support$5,000
Better Milbridge
Sanford, NC
General support$5,000
Essex County Greenbelt Association
Essex, MA
General support$5,000
Gateway Milbridge
Milbridge, ME
General support$5,000
Ipswich River Water Shed Association
Ipswich, MA
General support$5,000
Northeastern University School of Law
Boston, MA
General support$5,000
Sierra Club
Oakland, CA
General support$5,000
Wheaton College
Norton, MA
General support$4,000
Natural Resources Defense Committee
New York, NY
General support$3,500
Ecker Center for Behavioral Health
Elgin, IL
General support$3,000
Friends of the Big Sky Community Library
Big Sky, MT
General support$3,000
History Center of Lake Forest Lake Bluff
Lake Forest, IL
General support$3,000
Lake Forest Open Lands Association
Lake Forest, IL
General support$3,000
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
General support$2,500
Bta Bolt
Boxford, MA
General support$2,500
Conservation Law Foundation
Boston, MA
General support$2,500
Doctors Without Borders
New York, NY
General support$2,500
Gorton Community Center
Lake Forest, IL
General support$2,500
Merrimack Repertory Theatre
Lowell, MA
General support$2,500
Mothers Out Front Inc
Boston, MA
General support$2,500
One Valley Community Foundation
Bozeman, MT
General support$2,500
World Wildlife Fund
Washington, DC
General support$2,500
Falls Church Elementary PTA
Falls Church, VA
General support$2,000
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute - Northwestern Univeristy
Chicago, IL
General support$2,000
Center for Amazon Community Ecology
Lemoyne, PA
General support$1,500
Church of the Holy Spirit
Lake Forest, IL
General support$1,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Glore Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: No submission deadlines.

How much does Glore Fund give?

$433,100 in tax year 2025, across 70 grants, with a typical grant of $2,500.

Who runs Glore Fund?

Its 2025 filing lists Frederick H Glore (Director), Maude Glore Harper (Director) and Peter Hixon Glore (Sec, Treas, Dir).

What does Glore Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture, education and health.

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