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Sincere Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Framingham, Massachusetts · EIN 920798870

Sincere Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Framingham, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $375,000 in 33 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $25,000. 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 $300,000 the year before.

79% 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$260,00020$39,971
2024$300,00024$39,904
2025$375,00033$2,846

How to apply

ContactRebecca Reiner
50 Speen Street Suite 202, Framingham, MA 01701
Phone or email(617) 312-8601, foundation@sincere.com
What to submitApplications are submitted via grant portal and should include a cover letter, proposal, summary sheet and any supplemental information.
DeadlinesSpring cycle: february 28; fall cycle: september 12
RestrictionsBe a registered 501 (c )(3) in the us, provide services in ma, have an operating budget of $25M or less, align with funding priorities.

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

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What Sincere Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts33$375,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 33 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Familyaid Boston Inc
Boston, MA
Program funding to support boston public schools family homelessness prevention program$25,000
The Care Center
Holyoke, MA
General operating funds$25,000
Boston Area Gleaners Inc
Acton, MA
General operating funds$20,000
Dignity Matters
Westborough, MA
General operating funds$20,000
Lower Cape Outreach Council
Orleans, MA
General operating funds$20,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc
Dorchester, MA
Funding to support healthy meals program$15,000
Interfaith Social Services Inc
Quincy, MA
Program funding to support the food pantry and the homesafe program$15,000
Abby Kelley Foster House Inc
Worcester, MA
General operating funds$15,000
Metrowest Mediation Services
Natick, MA
General operating funds$15,000
Jewish Family Service of Metrowest
Framingham, MA
Program funding for operation of the metrowest mobile food pantry$12,500
Root NS Inc
Salem, MA
Program funding for community catering initiative$12,500
A Place to Turn
Natick, MA
Program funding to support healthy families program$10,000
Household Goods Inc
Acton, MA
General operating funds$10,000
Our Neighbors' Table
Amesbury, MA
General operating funds$10,000
Rosie's Place Inc
Boston, MA
Program funding to support food pantry pickup$10,000
Victim Rights Law Center Inc
Boston, MA
General operating funds$10,000
Citizens Inn
Peabody, MA
General operating funds$10,000
Construct Inc
Great Barrington, MA
General operating funds$10,000
Housing Families
Malden, MA
General operating funds$10,000
Lawyers Clearinghouse on Affordable Housing and Homelessness Inc
Boston, MA
General operating funds$10,000
Project Bread - the Walk for Hunger Inc
East Boston, MA
General operating funds$10,000
Rise Above Foundation
Northbridge, MA
General operating funds$10,000
Saint Francis House Inc
Boston, MA
General operating funds$10,000
The Boston Higher Education Resource Center Inc
Boston, MA
Program funding for passport to college and alumni success programs$10,000
We Can
Harwich Port, MA
General operating funds$10,000
Cradles to Crayons
Newton, MA
Program funding to support seasonal essentials program$5,000
Lynn Shelter Association Inc
Lynn, MA
General operating funds$5,000
Bagly Inc
Boston, MA
General operating funds$5,000
Bethany Hill Place
Framingham, MA
General operating funds$5,000
Beverly Bootstraps Community Services Inc
Beverly, MA
General operating funds$5,000
Hilltown Village Inc DBA It Takes A Village
Huntington, MA
General operating funds$5,000
The People's Pantry of Great Barrington
Great Barrington, MA
Program funding for diverse food initiative$5,000
Waltham Fields Community Farm
Waltham, MA
General operating funds$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Sincere Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Spring cycle: february 28; fall cycle: september 12.

How much does Sincere Foundation Inc give?

$375,000 in tax year 2025, across 33 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs Sincere Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Rebecca Ann Reiner (President & Treasurer), Stephanie Beth Fader (Secretary) and Matthew Jay Douglas (Director).

What does Sincere Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly food and hunger, housing and homelessness and human services.

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