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Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Newburyport, Massachusetts · EIN 043353621

Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Newburyport, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $2.3 million in 339 grants; the typical grant was $2,500 and the largest $250,000. 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 $2.3 million the year before.

100% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$2.0 million273$14.2 million
2024$2.3 million1$14.8 million
2025$2.3 million339$15.1 million

How to apply

ContactMichael J Jones
2 Depot Square, Ipswich, MA 01938
Phone or email(978) 462-3106
What to submitApplications available at above address
DeadlinesSee applications for various deadlines
RestrictionsAwards are to be granted within newburyport, Massachusetts, and its vicinity unless an exception is made by the board of trustees to benefit community, charitable, educational, and other benevolent purposes.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 10 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts324$2.3 million
Virginia2$26,667
Georgia2$22,500
Tennessee1$20,000
New Hampshire2$10,000
New York2$6,000
Rhode Island2$6,000
North Carolina1$5,000
Vermont1$5,000
Maine2$3,500

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 339 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Sawyer Free Library
Gloucester, MA
Exempt purpose$250,000
YMCA of the North Shore
Beverly, MA
Exempt purpose$165,000
Our Neighbors' Table
Amesbury, MA
Exempt purpose$125,000
Citizens Inn Inc
Peabody, MA
Exempt purpose$100,000
Cape Ann YMCA
Gloucester, MA
Exempt purpose$100,000
Salem Pantry Inc
Salem, MA
Exempt purpose$82,500
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Exempt purpose$63,600
Change Is Simple Inc
Beverly, MA
Exempt purpose$50,000
Harborlight Community Partners
Beverly, MA
Exempt purpose$44,250
The Open Door
Gloucester, MA
Exempt purpose$40,000
Triton Education Foundation
Byfield, MA
Exempt purpose$40,000
Newburyport Mass Lions Foundation Inc
Newburyport, MA
Exempt purpose$38,000
Newburyport Education Foundation
Newburyport, MA
Exempt purpose$33,800
Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center
Newburyport, MA
Exempt purpose$30,000
The Pettengill House
Amesbury, MA
Exempt purpose$25,000
Firehouse Center for the Arts
Newbury, MA
Exempt purpose$25,000
Amesbury Educational Foundation Inc
Amesbury, MA
Exempt purpose$25,000
Wellspring House Inc
Gloucester, MA
Exempt purpose$20,000
Jane Herrmann - University of Tenne
Knoxville, TN
Scholarship$20,000
Gloucester Education Foundation Inc
Gloucester, MA
Exempt purpose$20,000
Essex County Greenbelt Association
Essex, MA
Exempt purpose$20,000
Colin Fuller - University of Georgi
Athens, GA
Scholarship$20,000
Maren Cassidy - University of Virgi
Charlottesville, VA
Scholarship$20,000
Educational Foundation for Rockport Inc
Rockport, MA
Exempt purpose$16,000
John Ashford Link House Inc
Amesbury, MA
Exempt purpose$15,000
Bread & Roses Inc
Lawrence, MA
Exempt purpose$15,000
Beverly Bootstraps
Beverly, MA
Exempt purpose$15,000
Beverly Children's Learning Center
Beverly, MA
Exempt purpose$12,700
Nourishing the North Shore
Newburyport, MA
Exempt purpose$12,500
Family Services of the Merrimack Valley Inc
Lawrence, MA
Exempt purpose$12,500
YWCA of Newburyport
Newburyport, MA
Exempt purpose$12,500
Action Inc
Gloucester, MA
Exempt purpose$12,500
Community Action Inc
Amesbury, MA
Exempt purpose$11,720
Pine Grove School PTA
Rowley, MA
Exempt purpose$11,393
Road Runners Club of America
Salisbury, MA
Exempt purpose$11,000
Ipswich Education Foundation Inc
Ipswich, MA
Exempt purpose$11,000
Topsfield Elementary Schools PTO (Tespto)
Topsfield, MA
Exempt purpose$10,000
Northern Essex Community College
Haverhill, MA
Exempt purpose$10,000
My Brother's Table
Lynn, MA
Exempt purpose$10,000
Ipswich Partnership
Ipswich, MA
Exempt purpose$10,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: See applications for various deadlines.

How much does Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc give?

$2.3 million in tax year 2025, across 339 grants, with a typical grant of $2,500.

Who runs Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Cindy M Johnson (Trustee (Ended 1/25/2025)), John F Leary III (Trustee), Michael J Jones (President/Trustee) and Jeremiah T Lewis (Trustee) among 15 officers and trustees.

What does Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, food and hunger and arts and culture.

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