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Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust

Accepts applications Providence, Rhode Island · EIN 222994936

Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust is a private foundation in Providence, Rhode Island. In tax year 2024 it gave $422,500 in 57 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $40,000. 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 $361,550 the year before.

42% 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$361,55050$8.4 million
2024$422,50057$8.8 million

How to apply

ContactLeon C Boghossian III
100 Westminster St Ste 1500, Providence, RI 02903
Phone or email(401) 274-2000
What to submitLetter

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Rhode Island.

StateGrantsAmount
Rhode Island50$329,000
Massachusetts6$83,500
New York1$10,000

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 57 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Perkins School for the Blind
Watertown, MA
Program support$40,000
Rhode Island Free Clinic
Providence, RI
Program support$20,000
In-Sight (Ri)
Warwick, RI
Program support$15,000
Ri Community Food Bank
Providence, RI
Program support$15,000
St Andrews School
Barrington, RI
Program support$15,000
Clarke Schools or Hearing and Speech
Northampton, MA
Program support$13,000
Amos House
Providence, RI
Program support$10,000
Boys Girls Club of Providence
Providence, RI
Program support$10,000
Bradley Hospital
Providence, RI
Program support$10,000
Connecting Children and Families Inc
Woonsocket, RI
Program support$10,000
Crossroads Rhode Island
Providence, RI
Program support$10,000
Hearing Health Foundation
New York, NY
Program support$10,000
Hope Health Hospice
Providence, RI
Program support$10,000
Lucy's Hearth
Middletown, RI
Program support$10,000
Project Insulin
Cambridge, MA
Program support$10,000
Providence Public Library
Providence, RI
Program support$10,000
Ri Hospital Foundation - Hasbro Children's Hospital
Providence, RI
Program support$10,000
Sojourner House
Providence, RI
Program support$10,000
South County Health
Wakefield, RI
Program support$10,000
Carroll Center for the Blind
Newton, MA
Program support$8,000
Boys Town of New England
Portsmouth, RI
Program support$7,500
Kent County Memorial Hospital
Warwick, RI
Program support$7,500
Kent County Visiting Nurses Association
Warwick, RI
Program support$7,500
McAuley Ministries
Providence, RI
Program support$7,500
National Braille Press Inc
Boston, MA
Program support$7,500
Southern Ri Volunteers
Charlestown, RI
Program support$7,500
The Sargent Center
Warwick, RI
Program support$7,500
Washington Park Citizens Association
Providence, RI
Program support$7,500
American Red Cross
Providence, RI
Program support$5,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Brookline, MA
Program support$5,000
Family Service Ri
Providence, RI
Program support$5,000
First Works
Providence, RI
Program support$5,000
Hope Alzheimer's Center
Cranston, RI
Program support$5,000
Meals on Wheels
Providence, RI
Program support$5,000
Meeting Street School
Providence, RI
Program support$5,000
Reach Out and Read Rhode Island
Providence, RI
Program support$5,000
Trinity Repertory Company
Providence, RI
Program support$5,000
Amenity Aid
Warwick, RI
Program support$4,000
Camp Ruggles
Chepachet, RI
Program support$4,000
Clothes to Kids Ri
Johnston, RI
Program support$4,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust give?

$422,500 in tax year 2024, across 57 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust?

Its 2024 filing lists Leon C Boghossian III (Trustee) and Citizens Bank of Ri (Trustee).

What does Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health, education and disability.

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