The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
How to apply
Deadlines
Restrictions
Send applications to
Not publishedIPSWICH, MA, 01938The filing names a person as the application contact. We publish role-based contacts (a committee, an office, a shared inbox) but not named individuals.a phone number for applications is on the filing. On the filing, not published; see “How to reach them” for any published channel.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
What its returns show
Stated the same way on all 9 Form 990-PF returns on record (FY2016 to FY2024).
On its FY2024 Form 990-PF return this foundation listed grants to 115 named recipients.
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.
Financials
Giving
$1.6M
FY2024 · qualifying distributions
Total assets
$0
FY2024 · end of year
Revenue
$4.1M
FY2024
Expenses
$1.6M
FY2024
Giving by year
Total assets by year
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Giving
Assets
Net assets
FY2024
990-PF
$4,148,279
$1,584,096
$1,603,459
$0
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.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
Environment$389K · 54
International affairs$215K · 30
Animal welfare$213K · 31
Arts and culture$204K · 9
Human services$29K · 7
Community improvement$28K · 6
Where recipients are
MA$3.8M · 381
Not stated$1.5M · 328
NY$284K · 32
CA$282K · 53
DC$270K · 31
VA$265K · 41
CO$194K · 18
FL$123K · 18
Based on the 16% 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.
Grants paid
1,107 on file
Recipient
Purpose
Amount
Year
Source
NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUMANDERSON CABOT CENTER FOR OCEAN LIFEBOSTON, MA
MARINE CONSERVATION ACTION FUND: A MICRO-GRANTING PROGRAM ADDRESSING CRITICAL NEEDS IN THE MARINE CONSERVATION FIELD, INCLUDING SUPPORT FOR EARLY-STAGE PROJECTS LED BY EMERGING CONSERVATION LEADERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
$18,000
2018
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.
Officers and directors
Name
Title
Hours / week
Compensation
Jessica L Brown
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
35.00
$140,167
Henry P Paulus
TRUSTEE
1.00
$0
Heidi Ellard
CHAIR/TRUSTEE
5.00
$0
Dylan Comb
TRUSTEE
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
$0
FY2023
990-PF
$520,942
$2,155,496
$2,030,356
$6,674,504
$6,378,680
FY2022
990-PF
$1,785,749
$1,602,010
$1,614,617
$7,476,120
$7,209,640
FY2021
990-PF
$1,485,492
$1,371,243
$1,176,700
$9,778,502
$9,358,476
FY2020
990-PF
$949,667
$1,171,010
$1,167,438
$9,507,084
$9,118,120
FY2019
990-PF
$1,911,956
$1,150,152
$989,449
$8,420,992
$7,892,722
FY2018
990-PF
$962,054
$1,275,422
$1,081,839
$7,635,827
$7,202,894
FY2017
990-PF
$985,320
$977,015
$880,462
$8,619,779
$8,267,212
FY2016
990-PF
$757,185
$953,448
$853,203
$8,043,821
$7,813,895
ECOLOGIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDWATERTOWN, MA
EMPOWERING RURAL COMMUNITIES FOR LANDSCAPE-LEVEL CONSERVATION IN HONDURAS: AN ONGOING INITIATIVE TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF TWO LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS AND A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TO CONSERVE FORESTS
MONITORING MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS OF BELIZES TURNEFFE ATOLL MARINE RESERVE THROUGH THE LONG-TERM STUDY OF MARINE MEGAFAUNA (TWO-YEAR GRANT)
$15,000
2024
PAN AFRICAN SANCTUARY ALLIANCE (PASA)PORTLAND, OR
BUILDING PROTECTION FOR CAMEROON'S NEW WALL-MBARGUE WILDLIFE REFUGE THROUGH SUSTAINABLE AGROFORESTRY AND COMMUNITY CONSERVATION PATROLS
$15,000
2023
ONEPLANETBURKE, VA
EMPOWERING MAIJUNA COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT THEIR ANCESTRAL TERRITORY AND BIOCULTURAL RESOURCES - YEAR 1 OF 2
$15,000
2021
CACE - CENTER FOR AMAZON COMM ECOLOGYLEMOYNE, PA
SUSTAINABLE HARVEST AND MARKETING OF VALUE-ADDED NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS (NTFPS) WITH NATIVE COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTHERN PERUVIAN AMAZON (TWO-YEAR GRANT)
MONITORING MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS OF BELIZES TURNEFFE ATOLL MARINE RESERVE THROUGH THE LONG-TERM STUDY OF MARINE MEGAFAUNA (TWO-YEAR GRANT)
$15,000
2021
MESOAMERICAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (MDI)LOWELL, MA
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN A CARBON REMOVAL AND VALIDATION PROGRAM TO RESTORE FOREST HABITAT ON COFFEE FARMS IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE YORO BIOLOGICAL CORRIDOR
WATERSHED RESTORATION IN WASLALA, NICARAGUA AND STAFF TRAINING
$13,000
2024
CAMINO VERDECONCORD, MA
OIL POLYCULTURE AGOFORESTRY SYSTEMS TAKEN TO FULL POTENTIAL IN AMAZONIAN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES (TWO-YEAR GRANT)
$12,500
2021
A ROCHA GHANA
OUR HERITAGE, OUR FUTURE : TOWARDS SAFEGUARDING AND VALORIZATION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF LAKE BOSOMTWE
$12,000
2022
PAN AFRICAN SANCTUARY ALLIANCE (PASA)PORTLAND, OR
PROTECTING CAMEROONS NEW WALL-MBARGUE WILDLIFE REFUGE THROUGH SUSTAINABLE AGROFORESTRY AND COMMUNITY CONSERVATION PATROLS
$12,000
2024
ONEPLANETBURKE, VA
EMPOWERING MAIJUNA TO PROTECT ANCESTRAL TERRITORY AND BIOCULTURAL RESOURCES
$12,000
2021
INSTITUTO DE DERECHO AMBIENTAL (IDAMHO)
CENTINELAS DEL AGUA POR LA RESTAURACION DEL RIO CHAMELECON/THE SENTINELS OF WATER FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE CHAMELECON RIVER
$12,000
2023
MESOAMERICAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (MDI)LOWELL, MA
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN A CARBON REMOVAL AND VALIDATION PROGRAM TO RESTORE FOREST HABITAT ON COFFEE FARMS IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE YORO BIOLOGICAL CORRIDOR
SAVE THE AMAZON: PROTECT HALF A MILLION ACRES IN SOUTHERN PERU
$12,000
2024
GRASSROOTS INTERNATIONALBOSTON, MA
ADVANCING AGROECOLOGY AND BIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY AND LANDS IN THE INDIGENOUS LENCA REGION OF HONDURAS (TWO-YEAR GRANT)
$12,000
2022
ANDES AMAZON CONSERVANCY (AAC)MONTAGUE, MA
INDIGENOUS-LED CONSERVATION LAND-USE PLANNING
$12,000
2024
CACE - CENTER FOR AMAZON COMMUNITY ECOLOGYLEMOYNE, PA
SUSTAINABLE HARVEST AND MARKETING OF VALUE-ADDED NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS (NTFPS) WITH NATIVE COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTHERN PERUVIAN AMAZON (TWO-YEAR GRANT)