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The Windover Foundation

Accepts applications Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 046897800

The Windover Foundation is a private foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. In tax year 2024 it gave $992,880 in 33 grants; the typical grant was $25,000 and the largest $120,000. 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 $968,000 the year before.

61% 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$968,00026$24.4 million
2024$992,88033$25.7 million

How to apply

ContactJohn A McBrine
Nutter 155 Seaport Blvd, Boston, MA 02210
Phone or email(617) 439-2781
What to submitNo formal application
DeadlinesNone adopted

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Windover Foundation funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts13$532,000
Maine17$460,880
New Hampshire1$50,000
Maryland1$30,000
Pennsylvania1$25,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 33 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
General$120,000
Kennebec Land Trust
Winthrop, ME
General$100,000
Boston Neighborhood Support
Boston, MA
General$75,000
Denovo Center for Justice and Healing
Cambridge, MA
General$50,000
Good Sherpard Food Bank
Auburn, ME
General$50,000
Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust
Buckspot, ME
General$50,000
Riverside Community Care
Dedham, MA
General$50,000
Samaritans Inc
Boston, MA
General$50,000
The Brookline Center for Community Mental Health
Brookline, MA
General$50,000
Student Conservation Assn
Charlestown, NH
General$50,000
The Northern Lighthouse
Houlton, ME
General$50,000
Artstream
Rockville, MD
General$30,000
Beantown Baby Diaper Bank
Lexington, MA
General$30,000
Saint Andre Home
Bangor, ME
General$30,000
The Lifeflight Fdn
Bangor, ME
General$30,000
Y2Y Network
Cambridge, MA
General$30,000
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry
Devens, MA
General$25,000
Mid-Coast Maine Homeless Coalition
Belfast, ME
General$25,000
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
General$25,000
The Reach Performing Arts Centers
Deer Isle, ME
General$24,500
University of Maine Foundation
Orono, ME
General$24,280
Pine Street Society
Boston, MA
General$20,000
Cambridge Community Center
Cambridge, MA
General$15,000
Kennebec Historical Society
Augusta, ME
General$15,000
Mid-Coast Recovery Coalition
Camden, ME
General$15,000
National Audubon Seabird Institute
Bremen, ME
General$15,000
Penobscot Marine Museum
Searsport, ME
General$14,100
The Waldo Theatre
Waldoboro, ME
General$10,000
Walker Therapeutic & Educational Programs
Needham, MA
General$10,000
Volunteers of America Northern New England
Jamaica Plain, MA
General$7,000
Methodist Conference Home
Augusta, ME
General$3,000
Blue Hill Heritage Trust
Blue Hill, ME
General$2,500
Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Maine
Ellsworth, ME
General$2,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Windover Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: None adopted.

How much does The Windover Foundation give?

$992,880 in tax year 2024, across 33 grants, with a typical grant of $25,000.

Who runs The Windover Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Susanna Fuller (Trustee), Thomas Hastings (Trustee), Dr Diane Hastings (Trustee) and John A McBrine (Trustee) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does The Windover Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly environment and conservation, health and education.

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