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Tr UW Helen F Kimball-The Moses Kimball Fund for Promotion of Good Citizenship

Accepts applications Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 046061028

Tr UW Helen F Kimball-The Moses Kimball Fund for Promotion of Good Citizenship is a private foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $385,000 in 47 grants; the typical grant was $6,000 and the largest $20,000. 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 $336,000 the year before.

17% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$323,00041$8.0 million
2024$336,00046$8.3 million
2025$385,00047$8.0 million

How to apply

ContactLoring Wolcott Coolidge
230 Congress Street 12 FL, Boston, MA 02110
Phone or email(617) 523-6531
What to submitApplication on line. See on line for information that should be include with this application.
DeadlinesDeadlines for application and subsequent reporting june 1st through march 1st.
RestrictionsThe moses kimball fund trustees emphasize grants to organizations which either provide jobs to minorities and disadvantaged members of the greater boston community, or links between educational organizations and the needy members of the adjacent communites.

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

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What Tr UW Helen F Kimball-The Moses Kimball Fund for Promotion of Good Citizenship funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts43$343,000
Michigan1$20,000
North Carolina2$15,000
New York1$7,000

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 47 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Blessed Stephen Bellesini Osa Academy Inc
Lawrence, MA
After school and evening study program$20,000
Building Blocks of Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo, MI
Block action group program$20,000
Just A Start
Cambridge, MA
Education and training$20,000
English for New Bostonians
Boston, MA
English for parents and caregivers$18,000
Housing for New Hope
Boston, MA
Housing access fund$18,000
Breakthrough Greater Boston
Cambridge, MA
General operating support$15,000
Food for the World Inc
Lawrence, MA
Feeding the hungry$15,000
Utec Inc
Lowell, MA
Job training & skills development$15,000
Mujeres Unidas Avanzando (Mua)
Dorchester, MA
Healthcare careers for the future$13,000
Tutoring Plus of Cambridge Inc
Cambridge, MA
High-impact tutoring implementation & expansion$12,000
Artists for Humanity Inc
Boston, MA
Youth arts enterprise$10,000
Community Charter School of Cambridge Foundation
Cambridge, MA
Alumni persistence program$10,000
National Braille Press
Boston, MA
Hand-on! Books for blind children$10,000
Notre Dame Education Center-Lawrence
Lawrence, MA
Nursing assistant program & home health aide training$10,000
Phoenix Charter Academy Foundation
Chelsea, MA
College & career pathways$10,000
Prospect Hill Academy Charter School
Cambridge, MA
Pha college & career success enrollment program$10,000
Student U
Durham, NC
Workforce preparation for durham public school students$10,000
La Vida Scholars
Lynn, MA
Expanding access to higher education in lynn & chelsea$8,000
Food for Free
Somerville, MA
Carrot cards$7,500
Friends of the Children-Boston
Boston, MA
Lt professional mentoring for children$7,500
The Open Doorcape Ann Food Pantry Inc
Gloucester, MA
Healthy food for children & families$7,500
Ascendus Inc
New York, NY
Small business lending & financial education program$7,000
Cambridge Community Center Inc
Cambridge, MA
General operating support$6,000
Community Art Center Inc
Cambridge, MA
Teen programs$6,000
Found in Translation
Dorchester, MA
Language access fellowship program$6,000
Innovators for Purpose
Acton, MA
Ifp pathway$6,000
Lazarus House Ministries
Boston, MA
Opening doors out of poverty$6,000
Code Squad Inc
Somerville, MA
Software bootcamp$5,000
Dismas House of Massachusetts Inc
Worcester, MA
Winter heat fund$5,000
Enroot Inc
Cambridge, MA
Fy26 success labs programming$5,000
Families Moving Forward
Durham, NC
Nuturing development & expanding horizons$5,000
He Is Me Institute
Boston, MA
General operating support$5,000
Jeremiah Program
Boston, MA
College credentialing & economic mobility for single mothers$5,000
Jfy Networks
Boston, MA
Middle school targeted academic support$5,000
More Than Words
Waltham, MA
General operating support$5,000
Raw Art Works Inc
Lynn, MA
Talent & purpose$5,000
Root NS Inc
Salem, MA
Culinary training & employment$5,000
The Haven Project
Lynn, MA
Career development program$5,000
Boston Debate League
Boston, MA
After school debate$4,000
Beacon Academy Inc
Boston, MA
General operating support$3,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Tr UW Helen F Kimball-The Moses Kimball Fund for Promotion of Good Citizenship accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Deadlines for application and subsequent reporting june 1st through march 1st.

How much does Tr UW Helen F Kimball-The Moses Kimball Fund for Promotion of Good Citizenship give?

$385,000 in tax year 2025, across 47 grants, with a typical grant of $6,000.

Who runs Tr UW Helen F Kimball-The Moses Kimball Fund for Promotion of Good Citizenship?

Its 2025 filing lists C-F David Boit (Trustee), Andrew Cummings (Trustee) and Sarah Gallop (Trustee).

What does Tr UW Helen F Kimball-The Moses Kimball Fund for Promotion of Good Citizenship fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, youth programs and community development.

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