Funding search · EIN 276833723 · Westport, MA

The Christopher W Schlesinger

Name: The Christopher W Schlesinger grants, 2022–2025
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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.

56
grants reported: $141,950
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
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.

What they fund

community development food children life poverty after bank

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Buzzards Bay Coalition4 grants · $20,750
Westport Food Pantry4 grants · $15,500
Marion Institute3 grants · $15,000
New Bedford Light4 grants · $15,000
Project Only a Child2 grants · $11,000
Future Chefs4 grants · $11,000
Our Sisters School4 grants · $10,000
Westport Land Trust4 grants · $9,500
Hope & Main3 grants · $9,500
Only a Child2 grants · $5,000

Giving over time

$33,000

2022

$28,000

2023

$41,750

2024

$39,200

2025

Grant history

All 56 reported grants, largest first.

$10,500
Marion Institute · Marion, MA · 2025
Elevate health, food, and environmental equity
$10,000
Project Only a Child · Boston, MA · 2022
Support of homeless youth
$6,000
Westport Food Pantry · Westport, MA · 2025
Food bank
$5,500
Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2024
Protect clean water
$5,250
Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2025
Protect clean water
$5,000
Hope & Main · Warren, RI · 2024
Community development
$5,000
Westport Food Pantry · Westport, MA · 2024
Food bank
$5,000
Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2023
Protect clean water
$5,000
Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2022
Protect clean water
$5,000
Our Sisters School · New Bedford, MA · 2022
Educate disadvantaged girls
$4,500
New Bedford Light · South Dartmouth, MA · 2025
To provide public service journalism for free to community
$4,500
New Bedford Light · South Dartmouth, MA · 2023
To provide public service journalism for free to community
$4,000
New Bedford Light · South Dartmouth, MA · 2024
To provide public service journalism for free to community
$3,500
Westport Land Trust · Westport, MA · 2024
Land conservation
$3,500
Future Chefs · Boston, MA · 2023
Prepares teens for successful life and work after high school
$3,000
Future Chefs · Boston, MA · 2024
Prepares teens for successful life and work after high school
$3,000
Only a Child · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
Support children in poverty
$2,500
Westport Land Trust · Westport, MA · 2025
Land conservation
$2,500
Marion Institute · Marion, MA · 2024
Wlevate health, food, and environmental equity
$2,500
Hope & Main · Warren, RI · 2023
Community development
$2,500
Westport Food Pantry · Westport, MA · 2023
Food bank
$2,500
Future Chefs · Boston, MA · 2022
Prepares teens for successful life and work after high school
$2,500
Westport Land Trust · Westport, MA · 2022
Land conservation
$2,000
Future Chefs · Boston, MA · 2025
Prepares teens for successful life and work after high school
$2,000
Hope & Main · Warren, RI · 2025
Community development
$2,000
Only a Child · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2025
Support children in poverty
$2,000
Our Sisters School · New Bedford, MA · 2025
Education devlopment
$2,000
Fidalgo Island Rotary Foundation · Anacortes, WA · 2024
Community development
$2,000
Our Sisters School · New Bedford, MA · 2024
Educate disadvantaged girls
$2,000
Fidalgo Island Rotary Foundation · Anacortes, WA · 2023
Community development
$2,000
Marion Institute · Marion, MA · 2023
Wlevate health, food, and environmental equity
$2,000
Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern Ma · New Bedford, MA · 2022
Community development
$2,000
New Bedford Light · South Dartmouth, MA · 2022
To provide public service journalism for free to community
$2,000
Westport Food Pantry · Westport, MA · 2022
Food bank
$1,500
Children · North Chesterfield, VA · 2022
Support children in poverty
$1,000
Narrows Center for the Arts · Fall River, MA · 2025
Culture and art development
$1,000
Rainbow Railroad · New York, NY · 2025
Lgbtq refugee and asylum seeker support
$1,000
Cedc New Bedford · New Bedford, MA · 2024
Community development
$1,000
Children · North Chesterfield, VA · 2024
Support children in poverty
$1,000
Childrens Art Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Support childrens artistic development
$1,000
Genesis Center · Providence, RI · 2024
Education
$1,000
Rainbow Railroad · New York, NY · 2024
Lgbtq refugee and asylum seeker support
$1,000
Cambridge Community Center · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Community development
$1,000
Our Sisters School · New Bedford, MA · 2023
Educate disadvantaged girls
$1,000
Project Only a Child · Boston, MA · 2023
Support of homeless youth
$1,000
The Livestock Institute of Southern New England · Westport, MA · 2023
Community education and training on humane and safe animal handling and slaughtering
$1,000
Westport Land Trust · Westport, MA · 2023
Land conservation
$500
Crossroads Camp Wing · Duxbury, MA · 2024
Summer camp for children
$500
Mspca · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
Animal shelter providing adoption and services for animals
$500
Children · North Chesterfield, VA · 2023
Support children in poverty
$500
Narrows Performing Arts · Fall River, MA · 2022
Non-profit theater
$250
Mspca · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2025
Animal shelter providing adoption and services for animals
$250
Pan-Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2024
Adult and pediatric cancer treatment and research through dana-farber cancer institute
$250
Pan-Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2023
Adult and pediatric cancer treatment and research through dana-farber cancer institute
$250
Rehearsal for Life · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
Strengthen young people's social and emotional skills for every stage in life
$200
Pan-Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2025
Adult and pediatric cancer treatment and research through dana-farber cancer institute

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