Funding search · EIN 274379483 · Concord, MA

Gilson Family Foundation

Name: Gilson Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

163
grants reported: $4.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $17,550
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

1 grant matching “cata” · $15,000

$15,000
Cata · Great Barrington, MA · 2024
Charitable donation

Top recipients

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

Cradles To Crayons3 grants · $450,700
Jog Your Memory3 grants · $180,000
Essex County Community Foundation3 grants · $175,000
Gaining Ground3 grants · $141,500
Pittsfield High School3 grants · $109,985
Playball Foundation3 grants · $100,000
Berkshire Taconic Foundation2 grants · $100,000
Impact Charitable1 grant · $98,983
Dignity Matters3 grants · $96,070
Jeff'S Place3 grants · $93,500

Giving over time

$1.2M

2022

$1.3M

2023

$1.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 163 grants.

$150,260
Cradles To Crayons · Brighton, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$150,220
Cradles To Crayons · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$150,220
Cradles To Crayons · Brighton, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$98,983
Impact Charitable · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable donation
$75,500
Open Table · Maynard, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$75,500
Open Table · Maynard, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$75,000
Essex County Community Foundation · Danvers, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$60,000
Jog Your Memory · Needham, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$60,000
Jog Your Memory · Needham, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$60,000
Community Health Programs · Great Barrington, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$60,000
Jog Your Memory · Needham, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$50,500
Gaining Ground · Concord, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$50,500
Gaining Ground · Concord, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$50,110
Lever · North Adams, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$50,000
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundat · Sheffield, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$50,000
Care Dimensions · Danvers, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$50,000
Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$50,000
Pittsfield High School · Pittsfield, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$50,000
Playball Foundation · Concord, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$50,000
Berkshire Taconic Foundation · Sheffield, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$50,000
Essex County Community Foundation · Danvers, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$50,000
Plummer Youth Promise · Salem, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$50,000
The Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$50,000
Berkshire Taconic Foundation · Sheffield, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$50,000
Essex County Community Foundation · Danvers, MA · 2022
Charitable donations
$50,000
Impact Finance Center · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable donation
$40,500
Berkshire Ag Ventures · Great Barrington, MA · 2024
Charitable purposes
$40,500
Gaining Ground · Concord, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$40,000
Pittsfield High School · Pittsfield, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$34,610
Dignity Matters · Wayland, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$32,000
Jeff'S Place · Framingham, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$31,100
Dignity Matters · Wayland, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$31,000
Jeff'S Place · Framingham, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$30,550
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts · Hatfield, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$30,500
Birthday Wishes · Natick, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$30,500
Jewish Community Center of the North Shore · Marblehead, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$30,500
Jeff'S Place · Framingham, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$30,360
Dignity Matters · Wayland, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$30,000
American Red Cross of Massachusetts · Nw Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable donation
$30,000
Birthday Wishes · Natick, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$30,000
Food Bank of Western Ma · Hatfield, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$30,000
Jewish Community Center of the Nort · Marblehead, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$30,000
American Red Cross of Massachusetts · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable donation
$30,000
Jewish Community Center of the · Marblehead, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$30,000
The Food Bank of Western · Hatfield, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$28,000
South Community Food Pantry · Pittsfield, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$26,052
Metro Caring · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable donation
$25,500
Roots Rising · Pittsfield, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$25,500
Lawrence Communityworks · Lawrence, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$25,500
Lawrence Communityworks · Lawrence, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$25,260
Families in Transition · Manchester, NH · 2022
Charitable donation
$25,000
Beverly Bootstraps · Beverly, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$25,000
Families in Transition · Manchester, NH · 2024
Charitable donation
$25,000
Impact Charitable for Social Ventur · Denver, CO · 2024
Charitable donation
$25,000
Project Bread · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$25,000
Thinkgive · Concord, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$25,000
Berkshire Agricultural Ventures · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$25,000
Lever · North Adams, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$25,000
Playball Foundation · Concord, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$25,000
Project Bread · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$25,000
American Red Cross of Massachusetts · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable donation
$25,000
Lever · North Adams, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$25,000
Playball Foundation · Concord, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$25,000
Project Bread · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$25,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable donation
$22,700
Spur · Marblehead, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$22,500
Construct · Great Barrington, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$20,564
Berkshire Community College Foundation · Pittsfield, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$20,500
Beverly Bootstraps · Beverly, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$20,500
Greenagers · South Egremont, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$20,500
Greenagers · South Egremont, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$20,000
La Colaborativa · Chelsea, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$20,000
Construct · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$20,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Brookline, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$20,000
La Colaborativa · Chelsea, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$20,000
Birthday Wishes · Natick, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$20,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Brookline, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$20,000
La Colaborativa · Chelsea, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$19,985
Pittsfield High School · Pittsfield, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$18,000
Mass Audubon · Lincoln, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$17,900
Spur · Marblehead, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$17,550
Bcc Foundation · Pittsfield, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$17,500
2nd Street Second Chances · Pittsfield, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$17,283
Spur · Marblehead, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$16,500
Community Access To the Arts · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$16,500
Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$15,500
Bershire Bounty · Great Barrington, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$15,500
Bershire Immigrant Center · Pittsfield, MA · 2024
Charitable purposes
$15,500
Roots Rising · Pittsfield, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$15,500
Roots Rising · Pittsfield, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$15,000
Cata · Great Barrington, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$15,000
Community Involved in Sustaining Ag · South Deerfield, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$15,000
Impact Finance Center · Denver, CO · 2024
Charitable donation
$15,000
Root · Salem, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$15,000
South Community Food Pantry · Pittsfield, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$15,000
Berkshire Bounty · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$15,000
Community Access To the Arts · Great Barrington, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$15,000
Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$14,900
Leo · Lynn, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$14,850
New North Citizens' Council · Springfield, MA · 2022
Charitable donation

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.