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The Foundation for Creative Achievement

Accepts applications Duxbury, Massachusetts · EIN 456580038

The Foundation for Creative Achievement is a private foundation in Duxbury, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $56,500 in 8 grants; the typical grant was $7,500 and the largest $10,000. 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 $46,676 the year before.

13% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$46,0009$1.5 million
2024$46,67610$1.6 million
2025$56,5008$1.7 million

How to apply

ContactEve Grace Penoyer
PO Box 1783, Duxbury, MA 02331
Phone or email(774) 773-5261
What to submitAll requests should be in writing and state need(s) and relationship to the foundation's charitable purpose.
RestrictionsAwards may be granted to charitable or educational organizations with the exception of religious organizations

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Foundation for Creative Achievement funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts8$56,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 8 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
South Shore Ballet Theatre Foundation
Hingham, MA
Youth dance education$10,000
The Company Theatre
Norwell, MA
Youth theatre arts education$10,000
South Shore Conservatory of Music Inc
Hingham, MA
Youth music education$8,000
Plimoth Patuxet Museums
Plymouth, MA
Film programs$7,500
South Shore Art Center
Cohasset, MA
Youth fine arts education$7,500
Friends of Ventress Memorial Library Trust
Marshfield, MA
Youth creative writing program$6,000
North River Arts Society
Marshfield, MA
Youth fine arts education$4,000
Americana Theatre Company Inc
Carver, MA
Youth theatre arts education$3,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Foundation for Creative Achievement accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Foundation for Creative Achievement give?

$56,500 in tax year 2025, across 8 grants, with a typical grant of $7,500.

Who runs The Foundation for Creative Achievement?

Its 2025 filing lists Eve Grace Penoyer (Trustee).

What does The Foundation for Creative Achievement fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture, education and youth programs.

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