Funding search · EIN 046144732 · Boston, MA

Anna B Stearns Charitable Foundation

Name: Anna B Stearns Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

209
grants reported: $3.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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.

Top recipients

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

Philanthropy Massachusetts4 grants · $136,060
La Alianza Hispana4 grants · $125,000
Justice Resource Institute4 grants · $112,500
Sociedad Latina4 grants · $106,000
Planned Parenthood League4 grants · $95,000
Science Club for Girls4 grants · $91,000
Brookview House3 grants · $90,000
New England Grassroots Enviroment Fund4 grants · $83,500
The Nature Conservancy4 grants · $80,000
Mothers for Justice & Equality4 grants · $78,000

Giving over time

$1.0M

2022

$749,700

2023

$812,300

2024

$835,460

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 209 grants.

$45,000
Brookview House · Dorchester Center, MA · 2022
General purposes
$41,000
Sociedad Latina · Roxbury, MA · 2022
General purposes
$40,460
Philanthropy Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2025
General purposes
$40,300
Philanthropy Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2024
General purposes
$36,000
Chica Project · Boston, MA · 2022
General purposes
$35,000
Justice Resource Institute · Needham, MA · 2025
General purposes
$35,000
La Alianza Hispana · Boston, MA · 2023
General purposes
$35,000
La Alianza Hispana · Boston, MA · 2022
General purposes
$35,000
The Resilient Sisterhood Project · Newton Upper Falls, MA · 2022
General purposes
$30,200
Philanthropy Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2023
General purposes
$30,000
Mabel Center for Immigrant Justice · Boston, MA · 2025
General purpose
$30,000
La Alianza Hispana · Boston, MA · 2024
General purposes
$30,000
Justice Resource Institute · Needham, MA · 2023
General purposes
$30,000
Chelsea Educational Foundation · Chelsea, MA · 2022
General purposes
$30,000
East Boston Ecumenical Community Council · East Boston, MA · 2022
General purposes
$30,000
Girls' Leap · Dorchester, MA · 2022
General purposes
$30,000
Justice Resource Institute · Needham, MA · 2022
General purposes
$30,000
La Collaborativa · Chelsea, MA · 2022
General purposes
$30,000
Mothers for Justice & Equality · Boston, MA · 2022
General purposes
$30,000
Mujeres Unidas Avanzando · Dorchester, MA · 2022
General purposes
$26,000
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center · Boston, MA · 2022
General purposes
$26,000
Bridge Over Troubled Waters · Boston, MA · 2022
General purposes
$26,000
Science Club for Girls · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General purposes
$25,100
Philanthropy Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Brookview House · Dorchester Center, MA · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
La Alianza Hispana · Boston, MA · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Resilient Sisterhood Project · Newton Upper Falls, MA · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Science Club for Girls · Cambridge, MA · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Sociedad Latina · Roxbury, MA · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Planned Parenthood League · Boston, MA · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
East Boston Ecumenical Community Council · East Boston, MA · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
New England Grassroots Enviroment Fund · Newmarket, NH · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Planned Parenthood League · Boston, MA · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Community Art Center · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Planned Parenthood League · Boston, MA · 2022
General purposes
$21,000
Big Sister Assn of Greater Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
General purposes
$21,000
Girls Rock Campaign Boston · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
General purposes
$21,000
New England Grassroots Enviroment Fund · Newmarket, NH · 2022
General purposes
$21,000
Strong Women Strong Girls · Boston, MA · 2022
General purposes
$21,000
Women'S Money Matters · Boston, MA · 2022
General purposes
$20,000
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center · Cambridge, MA · 2025
General purposes
$20,000
Bridge Over Troubled Waters · Boston, MA · 2025
General purposes
$20,000
Casa Myrna Vazquez · Boston, MA · 2025
General purposes
$20,000
Chica Project · Boston, MA · 2025
General purposes
$20,000
Dignity Matters · Wayland, MA · 2025
General purposes
$20,000
Girls Leap · Boston, MA · 2025
General purposes
$20,000
New England Grassroots Enviroment Fund · Newmarket, NH · 2025
General purposes
$20,000
Planned Parenthood League · Boston, MA · 2025
General purposes
$20,000
The Nature Conservancy · Concord, NH · 2025
General purposes
$20,000
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Bridge Over Troubled Waters · Boston, MA · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Brookview House · Dorchester Center, MA · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Dignity Matters · Wayland, MA · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Girls Leap · Boston, MA · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Mabel Center for Immigrant Justice · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Science Club for Girls · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Sociedad Latina · Roxbury, MA · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
The Nature Conservancy · Concord, NH · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
The Resilient Sisterhood Project · Newton Upper Falls, MA · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Chica Project · Boston, MA · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
Dignity Matters · Wayland, MA · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
Science Club for Girls · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
Sociedad Latina · Roxbury, MA · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
The Nature Conservancy · Concord, NH · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
The Resilient Sisterhood Project · Newton Upper Falls, MA · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
The Nature Conservancy · Concord, NH · 2022
General purposes
$18,000
Brazilian Women'S Group - Grupo Mulher · Boston, MA · 2025
General purposes
$18,000
Community Art Center · Cambridge, MA · 2025
General purposes
$18,000
Girls Incorporated Lynn · Lynn, MA · 2025
General purposes
$18,000
Mothers for Justice & Equality · Boston, MA · 2025
General purposes
$18,000
Yw Boston · Boston, MA · 2025
General purposes
$17,500
Casa Myrna Vazquez · Boston, MA · 2024
General purposes
$17,500
Justice Resource Institute · Needham, MA · 2024
General purposes
$17,500
New England Grassroots Enviroment Fund · Newmarket, NH · 2024
General purposes
$16,000
Boston Scores · Boston, MA · 2022
General purposes
$16,000
More Than Words · Waltham, MA · 2022
General purposes
$16,000
Shooting Touch · Boston, MA · 2022
General purposes
$15,000
Artists for Humanity · Boston, MA · 2025
General purposes
$15,000
Chelsea Educational Foundation · Chelsea, MA · 2025
General purposes
$15,000
De Novo Center for Judstice & Healing · Cambridge, MA · 2025
General purposes
$15,000
Elizabeth Stone House · Roxbury, MA · 2025
General purposes
$15,000
La Collaborativa · Chelsea, MA · 2025
General purposes
$15,000
Level Ground Mixed Martial Arts · Dorchester, MA · 2025
General purposes
$15,000
Mujeres Unidas Avanzando · Dorchester, MA · 2025
General purposes
$15,000
Rosie'S Place · Boston, MA · 2025
General purposes
$15,000
Soccer Without Borders Boston · Boston, MA · 2025
General purposes
$15,000
Women'S Money Matters · Boston, MA · 2025
General purposes
$15,000
Artists for Humanity · Boston, MA · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
Big Sister Assn of Greater Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
Brazilian Women'S Group - Grupo Mulher · Boston, MA · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
Chelsea Educational Foundation · Chelsea, MA · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
Community Art Center · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
De Novo Center for Judstice & Healing · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
East Boston Ecumenical Community Council · East Boston, MA · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
Economic Mobility Pathways · Boston, MA · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
Greenroots · Chelsea, MA · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
Mothers for Justice & Equality · Boston, MA · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
Mujeres Unidas Avanzando · Dorchester, MA · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
Rosie'S Place · Boston, MA · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
Roxbury Stone House · Roxbury, MA · 2024
General purposes

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