Private foundation
NEWTONVILLE, MAEIN
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $1,467,712 | $2,537,181 | $2,468,600 | $31,662,087 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 58% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWIM ACROSS AMERICAMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.BOSTON, MA | DEDICATED TO RAISING MONEY AND AWARENESS FOR CANCER RESEARCH, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT THROUGH SWIMMING-RELATED EVENTS. WITH THE HELP OF HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS NATIONWIDE AND PAST AND CURRENT OLYMPIANS, SAA IS HELPING TO FIND A CURE FOR CANCER THROUGH ATHLETICISM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DIRECT SERVICE. | $5,000 | 2024 |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| F Thomson Leighton | TRUSTEE | 1.00 | $0 |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| $31,662,087 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $13,952,490 | $959,989 | $927,914 | $32,731,556 | $32,731,556 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $170,893 | $1,163,868 | $1,150,684 | $19,739,055 | $19,739,055 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $6,044,050 | $1,261,638 | $1,240,754 | $20,732,030 | $20,732,030 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $513,853 | $703,318 | $680,434 | $15,949,618 | $15,949,618 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $455,727 | $658,668 | $639,984 | $16,139,083 | $16,139,083 |
| MARCONI SOCIETY LLCCalifornia, CA | General Purpose | $5,000 | 2021 |
| IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETYLOS ALAMITOS, CA | GENERAL PURPOSE | $5,000 | 2024 |
| KOREAN SOCIETY FOR MOLECULAR & CELLULAR B | GENERAL PURPOSE | $5,000 | 2024 |
| SWIM ACROSS AMERICAMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.BOSTON, MA | DEDICATED TO RAISING MONEY AND AWARENESS FOR CANCER RESEARCH, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT THROUGH SWIMMING-RELATED EVENTS. WITH THE HELP OF HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS NATIONWIDE AND PAST AND CURRENT OLYMPIANS, SAA IS HELPING TO FIND A CURE FOR CANCER THROUGH ATHLETICISM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DIRECT SERVICE. | $5,000 | 2019 |
| THE DECIBELS FOUNDATIONMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.WESTFORD, MA | GENERAL PURPOSE | $5,000 | 2023 |
| SWIM ACROSS AMERICAMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.BOSTON, MA | DEDICATED TO RAISING MONEY AND AWARENESS FOR CANCER RESEARCH, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT THROUGH SWIMMING-RELATED EVENTS. WITH THE HELP OF HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS NATIONWIDE AND PAST AND CURRENT OLYMPIANS, SAA IS HELPING TO FIND A CURE FOR CANCER THROUGH ATHLETICISM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DIRECT SERVICE. | $5,000 | 2022 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAOAKLAND, CA | GENERAL PURPOSE | $5,000 | 2024 |
| EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INCWEST PLAM BEACH, FL | GENERAL PURPOSE | $5,000 | 2023 |
| THE DECIBELS FOUNDATIONMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.MAYNARD, MA | TO PROVIDE SPECIALIZED EARLY INTERVENTION, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, FAMILY SUPPORT, AND ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS FROM INFANCY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. | $5,000 | 2021 |
| THE DECIBELS FOUNDATIONMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.MAYNARD, MA | TO PROVIDE SPECIALIZED EARLY INTERVENTION, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, FAMILY SUPPORT, AND ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS FROM INFANCY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. | $5,000 | 2019 |
| AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCESCambridge, MA | HONORS EXCELLENCE AND CONVENES LEADERS FROM EVERY FIELD OF HUMAN ENDEAVOR TO EXAMINE NEW IDEAS, ADDRESS ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE TO THE NATION AND THE WORLD, AND WORK TOGETHER "TO CULTIVATE EVERY ART AND SCIENCE WHICH MAY TEND TO ADVANCE THE INTEREST, HONOR, DIGNITY, AND HAPPINESS OF A FREE, INDEPENDENT, AND VIRTUOUS PEOPLE." THE ACADEMY CURRENTLY UNDERTAKES A BROAD ARRAY OF ACTIVITIES IN FIVE PROJECT CATEGORIES: SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY; GLOBAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS; EDUCATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE; THE HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND CULTURE; AND AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS, SOCIETY, AND THE PUBLIC GOOD. | $5,000 | 2019 |
| THE DECIBELS FOUNDATIONMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.MAYNARD, MA | TO PROVIDE SPECIALIZED EARLY INTERVENTION, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, FAMILY SUPPORT, AND ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS FROM INFANCY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. | $5,000 | 2020 |
| SWIM ACROSS AMERICAMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.BOSTON, MA | DEDICATED TO RAISING MONEY AND AWARENESS FOR CANCER RESEARCH, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT THROUGH SWIMMING-RELATED EVENTS. WITH THE HELP OF HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS NATIONWIDE AND PAST AND CURRENT OLYMPIANS, SAA IS HELPING TO FIND A CURE FOR CANCER THROUGH ATHLETICISM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DIRECT SERVICE. | $5,000 | 2021 |
| IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETYNew York, NY | to foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. | $5,000 | 2019 |
| ST FRANCIS HOUSEGAINESVILLE, FL | GENERAL PURPOSE | $5,000 | 2024 |
| SWIM ACROSS AMERICAMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.BOSTON, MA | DEDICATED TO RAISING MONEY AND AWARENESS FOR CANCER RESEARCH, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT THROUGH SWIMMING-RELATED EVENTS. WITH THE HELP OF HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS NATIONWIDE AND PAST AND CURRENT OLYMPIANS, SAA IS HELPING TO FIND A CURE FOR CANCER THROUGH ATHLETICISM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DIRECT SERVICE. | $5,000 | 2020 |
| THE DECIBELS FOUNDATIONMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.WESTFORD, MA | GENERAL PURPOSE | $5,000 | 2024 |
| ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY INCBedford, MA | ACM is the world's first educational and scientific computing society. Today, our members over 80,000 computing professionals and students world-wide and the public turn to ACM for authoritative publications, pioneering conferences, and visionary leadership for the new millennium. | $5,000 | 2019 |
| New England ConservatoryBoston, MA | General Purpose | $3,000 | 2022 |
| PRINCETON UNIVERSITYPrinceton, NJ | General Purpose | $2,500 | 2021 |
| HARVARD UNIVERSITYMASSACHUSETTS HALL CAM, MA | GENERAL PURPOSE | $2,000 | 2024 |
| CHAMBER MUSIC FOUNDATION OF NEW ENGLANDNEWTON CENTER, MA | GENERAL PURPOSE | $1,800 | 2024 |
| AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCESCambridge, MA | HONORS EXCELLENCE AND CONVENES LEADERS FROM EVERY FIELD OF HUMAN ENDEAVOR TO EXAMINE NEW IDEAS, ADDRESS ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE TO THE NATION AND THE WORLD, AND WORK TOGETHER "TO CULTIVATE EVERY ART AND SCIENCE WHICH MAY TEND TO ADVANCE THE INTEREST, HONOR, DIGNITY, AND HAPPINESS OF A FREE, INDEPENDENT, AND VIRTUOUS PEOPLE." THE ACADEMY CURRENTLY UNDERTAKES A BROAD ARRAY OF ACTIVITIES IN FIVE PROJECT CATEGORIES: SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY; GLOBAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS; EDUCATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE; THE HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND CULTURE; AND AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS, SOCIETY, AND THE PUBLIC GOOD. | $1,000 | 2020 |
| BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITALBOSTON, MA | serving the needs of our local and global community,providing the highest quality health care to patients and their families,expanding the boundaries of medicine through research,educating the next generation of health care professionals. | $1,000 | 2020 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202421359349105432
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202331319349103593
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202232569349100413
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202101329349100005
Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Dec 31, 2019
Filing id 202042469349100204
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