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Redstone Family Foundation

Accepts applications Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts · EIN 262875287

Redstone Family Foundation is a private foundation in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. In tax year 2024 it gave $1.2 million in 18 grants; the typical grant was $22,500 and the largest $350,000. 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 $966,629 the year before.

72% 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$966,62917$16.6 million
2024$1.2 million18$15.6 million

How to apply

ContactShari E Redstone
PO Box 67017, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-9998
Phone or email(781) 461-1600

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Redstone Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 8 states, the most to New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York5$643,549
California5$470,000
Massachusetts3$60,000
Florida1$18,000
Illinois1$10,000
Michigan1$2,700
District of Columbia1$1,895
South Carolina1$1,800

Grants paid in 2024

All 18 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Merit Spread Foundation Inc
Albany, NY
General$350,000
Jewish Graduate Student Initiative
Beverly Hills, CA
General$250,000
Tikvah Foundation
New York, NY
General$232,649
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Los Angeles, CA
General$125,000
Dream for Future Africa Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
General$50,000
Michael Levin Lone Soldier Foundation
Melville, NY
General$35,000
Roxbury Community College Foundation
Roxbury Crossing, MA
General$25,000
Social Capital Inc
Woburn, MA
General$25,000
The Jewish Federation Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
General$25,000
Wrap Women Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
General$20,000
Gift of Life
Boca Raton, FL
General$18,000
UJA Federation of New York
New York, NY
General$18,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Brookline, MA
General$10,000
Get Connected
Rockford, IL
General$10,000
La'aretz Foundation
Brooklyn, NY
General$7,900
Building Relationships Inc
Southfield, MI
General$2,700
Partners of the Americas
Washington, DC
General$1,895
The Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue
Charleston, SC
General$1,800

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Redstone Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Redstone Family Foundation give?

$1.2 million in tax year 2024, across 18 grants, with a typical grant of $22,500.

Who runs Redstone Family Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Shari E Redstone (President).

What does Redstone Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities and education.

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