Funding search · EIN 043363695 · Boston, MA

Robert W & Gladys S Meserve Char Trust

Name: Robert W & Gladys S Meserve Char Trust grants, 2021–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

130
grants reported: $362,000
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

meserve humanitarian medical ukraine acquisition construction director erik

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “erik” · $10,500

$2,500
Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake · Casco, ME · 2024
General operating support. In honor of matthew meserve and his parents erik and sarah meserve.
$3,000
Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake · Casco, ME · 2023
General operating support. In honor of matthew meserve and his parents erik and sarah meserve.
$3,000
Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake · Casco, ME · 2022
General operating support. In honor of matthew meserve and his parents erik and sarah meserve.
$2,000
Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake · Casco, ME · 2021
General operating support. In honor of matthew meserve and his parents erik and sarah meserve.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Trustees of Tufts College4 grants · $42,500
Appalachian Mountain Club4 grants · $26,500
Afs-USA4 grants · $23,000
American Academy of Arts & Sciences4 grants · $20,000
Creative Cauldron4 grants · $20,000
Friends of Casco Bay4 grants · $19,500
Afs Intercultural Programs4 grants · $18,500
Natural Resources Council3 grants · $16,500
Greater Boston Legal Services4 grants · $14,000
Razom4 grants · $13,500

Giving over time

$83,000

2021

$93,500

2022

$86,500

2023

$99,000

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 130 grants.

$12,500
Trustees of Tufts College · Medford, MA · 2022
A gift to the principal of the robert w. And gladys s. Meserve scholarship fund.
$10,000
Trustees of Tufts College · Medford, MA · 2024
A gift to the principal of the robert w. And gladys s. Meserve scholarship fund.
$10,000
Trustees of Tufts College · Medford, MA · 2023
A gift to the principal of the robert w. And gladys s. Meserve scholarship fund.
$10,000
Trustees of Tufts College · Medford, MA · 2021
A gift to the principal of the robert w. And gladys s. Meserve scholarship fund.
$7,500
Appalachian Mountain Club · Charlestown, MA · 2022
Contribution is for the maine woods initiative for land acquisition and/or to support trail construction and maintenance and other projects in the maine woods.
$7,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Charlestown, MA · 2024
Contribution is for the maine woods initiative for land acquisition and/or to support trail construction and maintenance and other projects in the maine woods.
$7,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Charlestown, MA · 2023
Contribution is for the maine woods initiative for land acquisition and/or to support trail construction and maintenance and other projects in the maine woods.
$6,000
Afs-USA · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$6,000
Afs-USA · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$6,000
Afs-USA · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$6,000
Natural Resources Council · Augusta, ME · 2022
For general operating support
$5,500
Natural Resources Council · Augusta, ME · 2023
For general operating support
$5,000
Afs Intercultural Programs · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
American Academy of Arts & Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Creative Cauldron · Falls Church, VA · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Friends of Casco Bay · Portland, ME · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Natural Resources Council · Augusta, ME · 2024
For general operating support
$5,000
Pbs Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Razom · New York, NY · 2024
To purchase medical & humanitarian supplies & to support volunteers in ukraine.
$5,000
Afs Intercultural Programs · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
American Academy of Arts & Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Creative Cauldron · Falls Church, VA · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Friends of Casco Bay · Portland, ME · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Afs Intercultural Programs · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
American Academy of Arts & Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
Creative Cauldron · Falls Church, VA · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
Friends of Casco Bay · South Portland, ME · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
Afs-USA · New York, NY · 2021
General operating support
$5,000
American Academy of Arts & Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2021
General operating support
$5,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2021
Pleasant river headwaters land acquisition project or the construction and/or maintenance of trails in the maine woods.
$5,000
Creative Cauldron · Falls Church, VA · 2021
General operating support
$5,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2021
For general operating support
$5,000
Reading Partners · Oakland, CA · 2021
In memory of doris blunt.
$4,500
Friends of Casco Bay · South Portland, ME · 2021
General operating support
$4,000
Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating support
$4,000
World Food Program USA · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
$4,000
Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2021
General operating support
$3,500
Preble Street · Portland, ME · 2024
Food and homeless programs
$3,500
Preble Street · Portland, ME · 2023
Food and homeless programs
$3,500
Preble Street · Portland, ME · 2022
Food and homeless programs
$3,500
Razom · New York, NY · 2022
To purchase medical & humanitarian supplies & to support volunteers in ukraine.
$3,500
Afs Intercultural Programs · New York, NY · 2021
General operating support
$3,000
Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$3,000
World Food Program USA · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$3,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Lower Merrimack Valley · Salisbury, MA · 2023
General operating support. In recognition of former director john e meserve
$3,000
Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake · Casco, ME · 2023
General operating support. In honor of matthew meserve and his parents erik and sarah meserve.
$3,000
Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating support
$3,000
Razom · New York, NY · 2023
To purchase medical & humanitarian supplies & to support volunteers in ukraine.
$3,000
World Food Program USA · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$3,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Lower Merrimack Valley · Salisbury, MA · 2022
General operating support. In recognition of former director john e meserve
$3,000
Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake · Casco, ME · 2022
General operating support. In honor of matthew meserve and his parents erik and sarah meserve.
$3,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$3,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2021
General operating support
$2,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of Lower Merrimack Valley · Salisbury, MA · 2024
General operating support. In recognition of former director john e meserve
$2,500
Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake · Casco, ME · 2024
General operating support. In honor of matthew meserve and his parents erik and sarah meserve.
$2,500
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$2,500
Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation · Lewiston, ME · 2024
To support public affairs broadcasting
$2,500
Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2024
General operating support
$2,500
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Brighton, MA · 2024
To support public affairs broadcasting on radio and television
$2,500
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$2,500
Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating support
$2,500
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$2,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of Lower Merrimack Valley · Salisbury, MA · 2021
General operating support. In recognition of former director john e meserve
$2,500
Preble Street · Portland, ME · 2021
Food and homeless programs
$2,000
Lawyers Defending American Democracy · Framingham, MA · 2024
General operating support
$2,000
Lawyers Defending American Democracy · Framingham, MA · 2023
General operating support
$2,000
Hias · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
$2,000
American Civil Liberties Union of Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2021
Initiative to secure adequate legal representation for indigent criminal defendants
$2,000
Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake · Casco, ME · 2021
General operating support. In honor of matthew meserve and his parents erik and sarah meserve.
$2,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2021
General operating support
$2,000
International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2021
General operating support
$2,000
Razom · New York, NY · 2021
To purchase medical & humanitarian supplies & to support volunteers in ukraine.
$1,500
Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$1,500
Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program · Brunswick, ME · 2024
General operating support.
$1,500
Tedford Housing · Brunswick, ME · 2024
General operating support
$1,500
Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating support
$1,500
Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program · Brunswick, ME · 2023
General operating support.
$1,500
Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2023
General operating support
$1,500
Tedford Housing · Brunswick, ME · 2023
General operating support
$1,500
Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program · Brunswick, ME · 2022
General operating support.
$1,500
Good Shepherd Food Bank · Auburn, ME · 2021
General operating support
$1,500
Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2021
General operating support
$1,000
Augusta Heritage Center · Elkins, WV · 2024
For the discretionary fund
$1,000
Concord Coalition To End Homelessness · Concord, NH · 2024
General operating support
$1,000
Homeless Health Care Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$1,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$1,000
The Art Effect · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024
General operating support
$1,000
The Wd Palmer Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General operating support
$1,000
Black Mamas Matter Alliance · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General operating support
$1,000
Center for Carbon Renewal · Newark, NJ · 2023
General operating support
$1,000
Concord Coalition To End Homelessness · Concord, NH · 2023
General operating support
$1,000
Homeless Health Care Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operating support
$1,000
Hope for Hallie · Swarthmore, PA · 2023
General operating support
$1,000
Mighty Writers · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General operating support.
$1,000
Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating support.
$1,000
Concord Coalition To End Homelessness · Concord, NH · 2022
General operating support
$1,000
Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp · Remus, MI · 2022
General operating support
$1,000
Heading Home · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating support.
$1,000
Homeless Health Care Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General operating support
$1,000
Inner City Arts · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General operating support.

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