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Tupancy-Harris FDN-1986

Accepts applications Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 046547989

Tupancy-Harris FDN-1986 is a private foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. In tax year 2024 it gave $1.3 million in 26 grants; the typical grant was $19,000 and the largest $600,000. 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 $1.3 million the year before.

4% of its 2024 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$1.3 million26$28.5 million
2024$1.3 million26$30.8 million

How to apply

ContactW Douglas Burden VP
C/O Fiduciary Trust Co Box 55806, Boston, MA 02205-5806
Phone or email(617) 482-5270
What to submitLetter of inquiry

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Tupancy-Harris FDN-1986 funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts25$1.3 million
Michigan1$1,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 26 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Nantucket Conservation Fdn
Nantucket, MA
General purposes$600,000
Nantucket Historical Assn
Nantucket, MA
General purposes$218,107
Small Friends-Nantucket
Nantucket, MA
General purposes$60,000
Nantucket Boys & Girls Club
Nantucket, MA
General purposes$60,000
Nantucket Atheneum
Nantucket, MA
General purposes$55,000
Fairwinds -Nantucket's Counseling Cntr
Nantucket, MA
General purposes$50,000
Strong Wings Inc
Nantucket, MA
General purposes$30,000
A Safe Place Inc
Nantucket, MA
General purposes$30,000
Nantucket Community Music Center
Nantucket, MA
General purposes$25,000
Our House Nantucket
Nantucket, MA
General purposes$25,000
Nantucket Interfaith Council
Nantucket, MA
General purposes$20,000
Nantucket Lighthouse School
Nantucket, MA
General$20,000
New England Life Flight Inc
Bedford, MA
General purposes$20,000
Habitat for Humanity Nantucket
Nantucket, MA
General purposes$18,000
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket
Nantucket, MA
General purposes$15,000
Nantucket Sustainable Development Corp
Nantucket, MA
General purposes$15,000
Nantucket Arts Council Inc
Nantucket, MA
General purposes$12,000
Palliative and Supportive Care
Nantucket, MA
General purposes$8,000
Nantucket Cottage Hospital
Nantucket, MA
General purposes$5,000
Egan Maritime Institute
Nantucket, MA
General purposes$5,000
American National Red Cross
Hyannis, MA
General purposes$3,000
Relief Association
Nantucket, MA
General purposes$2,000
Wgbh-Tv
Boston, MA
General purposes$1,000
Brigham & Womens Hospital Inc
Boston, MA
General purposes$1,000
Tufts Medical Ctr Inc
Boston, MA
General purposes$1,000
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
General purposes$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Tupancy-Harris FDN-1986 accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Tupancy-Harris FDN-1986 give?

$1.3 million in tax year 2024, across 26 grants, with a typical grant of $19,000.

Who runs Tupancy-Harris FDN-1986?

Its 2024 filing lists Fiduciary Trust Company (Trustee).

What does Tupancy-Harris FDN-1986 fund?

Based on its grants, mainly environment and conservation, human services and arts and culture.

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