Well Told Grants

Foundations / Massachusetts

The Ray and Elaclaire Gosselin Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Andover, Massachusetts · EIN 276647873

The Ray and Elaclaire Gosselin Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Andover, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $314,861 in 15 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $94,861. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $343,789 the year before.

40% 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$417,78618$6.2 million
2024$343,78920$6.4 million
2025$314,86115$6.7 million

How to apply

ContactAtty Debra Silberstein
69 Park Street, Andover, MA 01810
Phone or email(978) 474-4700, dsilberstein@rubinrudman.com
What to submitThey should be submitted in writing to the attention of attorney debra rahmin silberstein, rubin & rudman, llp, 69 park street, andover, ma 01810

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Ray and Elaclaire Gosselin Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts12$204,000
Maine1$94,861
North Carolina1$10,000
Maryland1$6,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 15 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
East Lebanon Fire Corp
Lebanon, ME
General charitable purposesgeneral charitable purposesgeneral charitable purposes$94,861
McLean Project
Belmont, MA
General charitable purposes$60,000
Strongwater Farm Therapeutic
Tewksbury, MA
General charitable purposes$50,000
Merrimack Health Charitable Trust
Lawrence, MA
General charitable purposes$25,000
Boston Firefighters Burn Foundation
Dorchester, MA
General charitable purposes$15,000
Justin's Voice
Woburn, MA
Prostate research$10,000
Woburn Stoneham Elks Lodge
Woburn, MA
To fund an education scholarship$10,000
You Never Walk Alone Inc
West End, NC
General charitable purposes$10,000
Riverbend
Lowell, MA
General charitable purposes$8,000
Cool Kids Campaign Foundation
Towson, MD
General charitable purposes$6,000
Winthrop Charities
Wintrhop, MA
General charitable purposes$6,000
Cocotree Kids Inc
Natick, MA
General charitable purposes$5,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute Inc
Boston, MA
General charitable purposes$5,000
Pan Mass Challenge
Needham Heights, MA
General charitable purposes$5,000
The Megan House Foundation
Dracut, MA
General charitable purposes$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Ray and Elaclaire Gosselin Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Ray and Elaclaire Gosselin Charitable Trust give?

$314,861 in tax year 2025, across 15 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs The Ray and Elaclaire Gosselin Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Debra Rahmin Silberstein (Trustee), Robert B Murphy Jr (Trustee), Grace Charland (Trustee) and Brian Charland (Trustee).

What does The Ray and Elaclaire Gosselin Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health and youth programs.

Similar foundations in Massachusetts