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Michael R Paine Conservation Trust

Accepts applications Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 046942306

Michael R Paine Conservation Trust is a private foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. In tax year 2024 it gave $20,000 in 2 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $10,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2024 was the same as $20,000 the year before.

100% of its 2024 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$20,0002$392,862
2024$20,0002$409,297

How to apply

ContactElizabeth S Colt
C/O J M Forbes Co 121 Mt Vernon St, Boston, MA 02108
Phone or email(617) 423-5705
What to submitBy letter describing the needs of the charitable organization.
RestrictionsBased on available funds

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts2$20,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 2 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
The Coalition for Buzzards Bay
New Bedford, MA
Ernestina morrisey tall ship program$10,000
Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial Association
Concord, MA
General use and support$10,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Michael R Paine Conservation Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Michael R Paine Conservation Trust give?

$20,000 in tax year 2024, across 2 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs Michael R Paine Conservation Trust?

Its 2024 filing lists Elizabeth S Colt (Trustee), Bracken Hendricks (Trustee) and Narain Schroeder (Trustee).

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