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Innovate First Inc

Accepts applications Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 203985485

Innovate First Inc is a private foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. In tax year 2024 it gave $14,100 in 1 grant; the typical grant was $14,100 and the largest $14,100. 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 $12,000 the year before.

0% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$10,0001$232,803
2023$12,0001$280,797
2024$14,1001$266,539

How to apply

ContactWayne D Bennett
101 Arch Street Suite 225, Boston, MA 02110
Phone or email(617) 542-8100
What to submitBy letter with copy of IRS exemption

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Innovate First Inc funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts1$14,100

Grants paid in 2024

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Long Bow Group Inc
Newton, MA
Provide support for production of educational media.$14,100

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Innovate First Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Innovate First Inc give?

$14,100 in tax year 2024, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $14,100.

Who runs Innovate First Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Wayne D Bennett (President, Director) and Peter J Gilman (Treasurer, Director).

What does Innovate First Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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