Funding search · EIN 046133161 · Wayland Ma, MA

Beard Family Charitable Trust

Name: Beard Family Charitable Trust 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.

275
grants reported: $497,175
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $500
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

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Top recipients

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First Parish Wayland3 grants · $86,850
Fidelity Charitable Gift2 grants · $50,000
Appalachian Mountain Club3 grants · $30,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust2 grants · $22,000
Conservation Law Foundation3 grants · $20,000
William College Alumni Fund2 grants · $20,000
Phillps Academy2 grants · $20,000
Boston Symphony Orchestra2 grants · $18,000
Sudbury Valley Trustees3 grants · $15,500
Williams College Alumni Fund1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$185,500

2022

$162,025

2023

$149,650

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 275 grants.

$43,100
First Parish Wayland · Wayland, MA · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Fidelity Charitable Gift · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Fidelity Charitable Gift · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$22,750
First Parish Wayland · Wayland, MA · 2024
General purpose
$21,000
First Parish Wayland · Wayland, MA · 2023
General purpose
$12,000
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$12,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Phillps Academy · Andover, MA · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
William College Alumni Fund · Williamstown, MA · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Phillps Academy · Andover, MA · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
William College Alumni Fund · Williamstown, MA · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Williams College Alumni Fund · Williamstown, MA · 2022
General purpose
$7,000
Sudbury Valley Trustees · Sudbury, MA · 2023
General purpose
$6,000
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$5,500
Sudbury Valley Trustees · Sudbury, MA · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
Bridgeport Public Ed Foundation · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Bridgeport Public Ed Foundation · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
Peabody Essex Museum · Salem, MA · 2022
General purpose
$4,500
No Kid Hungry · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$4,000
Peabody Essex Museum · Salem, MA · 2024
General purpose
$3,500
New England Conservatory of Music · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
Camden Conference · Orono, ME · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
Home for Little Wanderers · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
Sudbury Valley Trustees · Sudbury, MA · 2024
General purpose
$2,400
Wgbh Educational Fdn · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$2,400
Wgbh Educational Fdn · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
Aflac Foundation · Columbus, GA · 2024
General purposes
$2,000
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$2,000
Native Plant Trust · Framingham, MA · 2024
General purpose
$2,000
Ploughshares Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$2,000
Urban Ministry · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$2,000
Wbur · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$2,000
Horizons for Homeless Children · Roxbury, MA · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
New England Conservatory of Music · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
New England Forestry Foundation · Littleton, MA · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
No Kid Hungry · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
Swans Island Yacht Club · Swans Island, MA · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
The Conversation · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
Conversation · 2022
General purpose
$2,000
New England Conservatory of Music · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$2,000
New England Forestry Foundation · Littleton, MA · 2022
General purpose
$2,000
Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$1,700
United Way Mass Bay · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$1,700
United Way Mass Bay · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$1,600
Boston Lyric Opera · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$1,600
United Way Mass Bay · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$1,500
Nmss · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$1,500
Home for Little Wanderers · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$1,500
Nmss · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$1,500
Ploughshares Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$1,500
Home for Little Wanderers · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$1,500
Swan'S Island Educational Society · Swans Island, ME · 2022
General purpose
$1,500
Wgbh Radio · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$1,250
Unitarian Universalist Service Commission · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General purpose
$1,200
Boston Lyric Opera · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$1,200
Trustees of Reservations · Corcord, MA · 2024
General purpose
$1,200
Trustees of Reservations · Corcord, MA · 2023
General purpose
$1,200
Friends of Acadia · Bar Haror, ME · 2022
General purpose
$1,200
Trustees of Reservations · Corcord, MA · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Boston Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Conservatory Lab Charter School · Brighton, MA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Foci · Quantico, VA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
From the Top · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Horizons for Homeless Children · Roxbury, MA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Howard School · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General purposes
$1,000
Huntington Theatre Company · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Maine Island Trail Assn · Portland, ME · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Mass Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General purposes
$1,000
Orion Society · Great Barrington, MA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Razom · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Swans Island Educational Society · Swans Island, ME · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Swans Island Yacht Club · Swans Island, MA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Boston Lyric Opera · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Conservatory Lab Charter School · Brighton, MA · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Friends of Swan'S Island Light House · Swans Island, ME · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Friends of Wayland Council On Aging · Wayland, MA · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
From the Top · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Harvard Law School · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Huntington Theatre Company · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Laura Dunne Astley Memorial Fund · Wayland, MA · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Maine Island Trail Assn · Portland, ME · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Mass Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Native Plant Trust · Framingham, MA · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Swans Island Educational Society · Swans Island, ME · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Unitarian Universalist Association · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Urban Ministry · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose

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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.