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Trust UW Sarah Aw Devens

Accepts applications Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 046291053

Trust UW Sarah Aw Devens is a private foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. In tax year 2024 it gave $96,210 in 55 grants; the typical grant was $1,368 and the largest $5,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $155,656 the year before.

94% 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
2022$94,14940$1.8 million
2023$155,65683$1.9 million
2024$96,21055$2.0 million

How to apply

ContactRice Heard Bigelow Inc
1 Federal St FL 25, Boston, MA 02110
Phone or email(617) 227-1782
What to submitNo specified form
RestrictionsLimited to "virtuous, poor & suffering elderly women" as required by trust indenture; solicited through third party social service agencies.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Trust UW Sarah Aw Devens funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts29$63,335
Vermont26$32,875

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 55 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Assisting Hands Home Care (Paid for Marcia Shanbaum)
Brookline, MA
Assist with payment of home$5,000
Meola Dental Group (Paid for Miriam Douglas)
Newton, MA
Assist with payment for$5,000
Kevin J Wendell Dentistry (Paid for Alice Lourenco)
Westport, MA
Assist with payment for$5,000
Plainfield Dental (Paid for Beth Cochran)
Morrisville, VT
Assist with payment for$5,000
Community Health Connections (Paid for Jane Walsh)
Wayland, MA
Assist with payment for$4,643
Upward Mobility (Paid for Martha Dailey)
Orleans, VT
Assist with payment of$3,500
Amerigas (Paid for Mary Arel)
Enosburg, VT
Assist with purchase of$3,435
East Bay Dental Associates (Paid for Joyce Baldwin)
Westport, MA
Assist with payment for$3,340
Brattleboro Hearing Center (Paid for Brenda Strysko)
Turner Falls, MA
Assist with purchase of$3,147
Blue Cross Blue Shield (Paid for Marie Corbett)
North Reading, MA
Assist with purchase of$3,144
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ma (Paid for Ethel Milley)
North Reading, MA
Assist with purchase of$3,135
Bagley Goodwin Hrinda PC (Paid for Elisabeth Kelner)
Greenfield, MA
Assist with payment for$3,027
Brattleboro Hearing Center (Paid for Joanne Bernot)
Greenfield, MA
Assist with purchase of$2,942
Dentusa Pcnobscot Dental Care (Paid for Patricia Levin)
Ashland, MA
Assist with payment for$2,717
Icon Dental (Paid for Lois Domonkos)
Concord, MA
Assist with payment for$2,284
Modern Furniture (Paid for Evelyn Kelley)
Newport, VT
Assist with purchase of$2,073
TMLP (Paid for Sandra Hackett)
Taunton, MA
Assist with payment of$2,000
Hearing Life (Paid for Eleanor Schlossberg)
Stoughton, MA
Assist with purchase of$2,000
Highland Dental Center (Paid for Susan Miles)
Barton, VT
Assist with payment for$1,962
L & G Plumbing & Heating Service (Paid for Grace Washburn)
North Reading, MA
Assist with purchase of$1,800
Alpha Dental Center of Dartmouth LLC (Paid for Martha Rudnik)
Westport, MA
Assist with payment for$1,800
Rose's Hearing (Paid for Brenda Burke)
Westport, MA
Assist with purchase of$1,790
Francis A Carmichael DMD (Paid for Anne Lynch)
Melrose, MA
Assist with payment for$1,768
Modern Furniture (Paid for Susan Jewett)
Newport, VT
Assist with purchase of$1,724
Coos County Family Dental (Paid for Martha Long)
Canaan, VT
Assist with purchase of$1,698
Northern Counties Dental Center (Paid for Virginia Frye)
Danville, VT
Assist with payment for$1,600
Hdis (Paid for Carol Cote)
Albany, VT
Assist with purchase of$1,500
Amica Mutual Insurance (Paid for Judith Yarbrough)
Burlington, MA
Assist with purchase of car$1,368
Lyndonville Agway (Paid for Kathleen Iselin)
East Haven, VT
Assist with purchase of$1,240
Northern Counties Dental Center (Paid for Sarah Shedd)
East Hardwick, VT
Assist with purchase of$1,045
Mystic Valley Elder Services (Paid for Beverly Bell)
Everett, MA
Assist with purchase of$1,024
Spectrum (Paid for Virginia Powers)
St Johnsbury, VT
Assist with payment of$1,000
Melrose Wakefield Oral Surgery (Paid for Anne Lynch)
Melrose, MA
Assist with payment for$914
Northern Counties Dental Center (Paid for Jean Demag)
Greensboro, VT
Assist with payment for$900
Lynn Dental Health (Paid for Maria Tizol)
Lynn, MA
Assist with payment for$899
Lowes (Paid for Maria Silveira)
Taunton, MA
Assist with purchase of$881
Salem Peabody Oral Surgery Inc (Paid for Teresa Clark)
Lynn, MA
Assist with payment for$857
Kevin J Wendell Dentistry (Paid for Madeline Simmons)
Westport, MA
Assist with payment for$835
Lifeline (Paid for Loretta Ebare)
Derby, VT
Assist with purchase of$804
Island Pond Dental Center (Paid for Barbara Stratton)
Derby, VT
Assist with purchase of$730

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Trust UW Sarah Aw Devens accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Trust UW Sarah Aw Devens give?

$96,210 in tax year 2024, across 55 grants, with a typical grant of $1,368.

Who runs Trust UW Sarah Aw Devens?

Its 2024 filing lists Zachary A Bourque See Note (Part-Time Trustee) and Sarah M Allen See Note (Part-Time Trustee).

What does Trust UW Sarah Aw Devens fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health.

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