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Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Rockland, Massachusetts · EIN 202668833

Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Rockland, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $2.7 million in 345 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $45,000. 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 $2.4 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$2.5 million341$50.3 million
2024$2.4 million1$51.4 million
2025$2.7 million345$53.4 million

How to apply

ContactJeanne Travers
288 Union Street, Rockland, MA 02370
Phone or email(781) 982-6637
What to submitApplications available at 288 union street, rockland, ma 02370.
DeadlinesSee applications for various deadlines.
RestrictionsRockland trust charitable foundation awards grants to qualified 501(c)(3) organizations that meet our giving guidelines and are located in or benefit our service area.

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

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 5 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts323$2.2 million
Rhode Island17$63,000
Minnesota1$35,500
District of Columbia1$7,500
New Hampshire3$3,500

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 345 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Pan-Mass Challenge
Needham, MA
Exempt purpose$45,000
YMCA of Greater Boston
Boston, MA
Exempt purpose$40,000
New Bedford Community Health
New Bedford, MA
Exempt purpose$37,500
Scholarshop America
Bloomington, MN
Exempt purpose$35,500
Neighborworks Housing Solutions
Quincy, MA
Exempt purpose$35,000
Worcester Regional Strategic Opportunities Fund
Worcester, MA
Exempt purpose$33,333
United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc
Boston, MA
Exempt purpose$31,000
Brockton Hospital Inc
Brockton, MA
Exempt purpose$30,000
Familyaid Boston Inc
Jamaica Plain, MA
Exempt purpose$30,000
Nha Properties Inc
Nantucket, MA
Exempt purpose$30,000
Charity Guild Inc
Brockton, MA
Exempt purpose$26,750
Brockton Educational Foundation Inc
Brockton, MA
Exempt purpose$25,000
Eden
Roslindale, MA
Exempt purpose$25,000
Foundation to Advance Catholic Education
Fall River, MA
Exempt purpose$25,000
Island Housing Trust Corporation
Vineyard Haven, MA
Exempt purpose$25,000
Massachusetts Wonderfund Inc
Newton, MA
Exempt purpose$25,000
More Than Words
Waltham, MA
Exempt purpose$25,000
Nantucket Safe Harbor for Animals
Nantucket, MA
Exempt purpose$25,000
Saint Francis House
Boston, MA
Exempt purpose$25,000
South Shore Health
South Weymouth, MA
Exempt purpose$25,000
West End House Boys & Girls Club
Allston, MA
Exempt purpose$25,000
Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc
Lowell, MA
Exempt purpose$22,500
United Way of Greater Plymouth County Inc
Brockton, MA
Exempt purpose$22,000
Cape Cod Blue Economy Foundation Inc
Centerville, MA
Exempt purpose$20,000
Father Bill's & Mainspring
Brockton, MA
Exempt purpose$20,000
Nectar Community Investments
Lawrence, MA
Exempt purpose$20,000
Neighborhood of Affordable Housing Inc (Noah)
Boston, MA
Exempt purpose$20,000
St Columbkille School Inc
Boston, MA
Exempt purpose$20,000
Twilight Throwers
Marstons Mills, MA
Exempt purpose$20,000
YMCA of Martha's Vineyard
Vineyard Haven, MA
Exempt purpose$20,000
Young Mens Christian Association Southcoast - New Bedford
New Bedford, MA
Exempt purpose$20,000
Boston Arts Academy Foundation
Boston, MA
Exempt purpose$19,000
Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporation
Boston, MA
Exempt purpose$17,500
American Consumer Credit Counseling Inc
Auburndale, MA
Exempt purpose$15,000
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
Boston, MA
Exempt purpose$15,000
Cardinal Cushing Centers
Hanover, MA
Exempt purpose$15,000
COACHING4CHANGE
Taunton, MA
Exempt purpose$15,000
Metro Housing Boston
Boston, MA
Exempt purpose$15,000
Waltham Boys and Girls Club Inc
Waltham, MA
Exempt purpose$15,000
Waterfront Historic Area League of New Bedford Inc
New Bedford, MA
Exempt purpose$15,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Rockland Trust 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 Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc give?

$2.7 million in tax year 2025, across 345 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Stephen Janeczko (Assistant Treasurer (Ended 4/23/25)), Jeanne L Travers (Clerk), David Houston (Director) and Margaret McCarthy (Director) among 15 officers and trustees.

What does Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, youth programs and housing and homelessness.

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