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Rea-O'Keefe Family Foundation #0771334

Accepts applications Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts · EIN 814768944

Rea-O'Keefe Family Foundation #0771334 is a private foundation in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $550,000 in 7 grants; the typical grant was $50,000 and the largest $200,000. 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 $400,000 the year before.

29% 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$315,0005$10.5 million
2024$400,0008$14.2 million
2025$550,0007$17.8 million

How to apply

ContactJeanne M O'Keefe
517 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Phone or email(508) 647-7499
What to submitLetter describing organization and proposed use of funds requested
RestrictionsPayments are to be made to charitable, educational, religious, scientific and literary purpose described in the organizations's governing instrument.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Rea-O'Keefe Family Foundation #0771334 funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts6$450,000
New York1$100,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 7 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
General fund$200,000
I2LEARNING Foundation
Brewster, NY
General fund$100,000
Umass Foundation
Newton, MA
Dan rea endowed scholarship$100,000
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
General fund$50,000
The Metrowest YMCA
Framingham, MA
General fund$50,000
Harvard Business School
Cambridge, MA
General fund$25,000
The Joey Fund
Cambridge, MA
General fund$25,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Rea-O'Keefe Family Foundation #0771334 accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Rea-O'Keefe Family Foundation #0771334 give?

$550,000 in tax year 2025, across 7 grants, with a typical grant of $50,000.

Who runs Rea-O'Keefe Family Foundation #0771334?

Its 2025 filing lists Jeanne M O'Keefe (Trustee) and Daniel J Rea Jr (Trustee).

What does Rea-O'Keefe Family Foundation #0771334 fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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