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Howard C Connor Charitable Foundation Eastern

Accepts applications Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 223204723

Howard C Connor Charitable Foundation Eastern is a private foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. In tax year 2024 it gave $120,000 in 12 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $20,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $105,000 the year before.

25% of its 2024 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
2022$105,00011$1.9 million
2023$105,00011$2.3 million
2024$120,00012$2.5 million

How to apply

ContactJohn Doherty Eastern Bank
125 High St Oliver St Tower Ste 9, Boston, MA 02110
Phone or email(781) 581-4215
What to submitLetter which includes financial data, activities of organizations, verification of tax exempt status and other pertinent information
DeadlinesNone. Meetings are held in may and november none
RestrictionsAwards are made at discretion of trustee to new england area tax exempt organizations

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Howard C Connor Charitable Foundation Eastern funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts12$120,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 12 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
All Saints Parish
Brookline, MA
General purpose$20,000
Perkins School for the Blind
Watertown, MA
Program support$10,000
Boys & Girls Club of Lynn
Lynn, MA
General purpose$10,000
Rogerson Communities
Roslindale, MA
Charitable$10,000
Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries
Boston, MA
Program support$10,000
Mystic Valley Elder Services
Malden, MA
General purpose$10,000
Samaritans Inc
Boston, MA
General purpose$10,000
Immigrant Learning Center Inc
Malden, MA
General purpose$10,000
Citizens Inn Inc
Peabody, MA
Program support$10,000
Mission of Deeds
Reading, MA
General charitable support$10,000
Mount Pleasant Home
Jamaica Plain, MA
General support$5,000
The Open Door
Gloucester, MA
General purpose$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Howard C Connor Charitable Foundation Eastern accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: None. Meetings are held in may and november none.

How much does Howard C Connor Charitable Foundation Eastern give?

$120,000 in tax year 2024, across 12 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs Howard C Connor Charitable Foundation Eastern?

Its 2024 filing lists Eastern Bank Trust Company (Trustee).

What does Howard C Connor Charitable Foundation Eastern fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities, education and human services.

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