Funding search · EIN 843739720 · Wellesley, MA
Dowdall Family Charitable Trust
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 50
- grants reported
- $83,155
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $1,000
- 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
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- University of Notre Dame2 grants · $20,055
- Boston Healthcare for Homeless4 grants · $12,500
- Catholic Charities4 grants · $12,500
- Boston Childrens Hospital1 grant · $10,000
- Greater Boston Food Bank4 grants · $4,000
- Salvation Army4 grants · $3,000
- Oxfam4 grants · $3,000
- Brennan Center for Justice3 grants · $3,000
- Amnesty International4 grants · $3,000
- Pine St Inn3 grants · $2,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 50 reported grants, largest first.
- $10,055
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2025
General unrestricted
- $10,000
Boston Childrens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025
Hospital
- $10,000
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2024
General unrestricted
- $5,000
Boston Healthcare for Homeless · Boston, MA · 2025
contribution to fund
- $5,000
Catholic Charities · Boston, MA · 2025
contribution to fund
- $3,000
Boston Healthcare for Homeless · Boston, MA · 2024
contribution to fund
- $3,000
Catholic Charities · Boston, MA · 2024
contribution to fund
- $2,500
Boston Healthcare for Homeless · Boston, MA · 2023
contribution to fund
- $2,500
Catholic Charities · Boston, MA · 2023
contribution to fund
- $2,000
Boston Healthcare for Homeless · Boston, MA · 2022
contribution to fund
- $2,000
Catholic Charities · Boston, MA · 2022
contribution to fund
- $1,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2025
contribution to general fund
- $1,000
Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2025
contribution to fund
- $1,000
Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2025
Legal Sources
- $1,000
Massachusetts Horticultural Society · Wellesley, MA · 2025
general cash contribution
- $1,000
Pine St Inn · Boston, MA · 2025
contribution to general fund
- $1,000
Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2024
contribution to fund
- $1,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
contribution to general fund
- $1,000
Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2024
contribution to fund
- $1,000
Hispanic Federation · New York, NY · 2024
Cash contribution for general purposes
- $1,000
Massachusetts Horticultural Society · Wellesley, MA · 2024
general cash contribution
- $1,000
Oxfam · Boston, MA · 2024
contribution to general fund
- $1,000
Salvation Army · Natick, MA · 2024
contribution to general funds
- $1,000
St Francis House · Boston, MA · 2024
contribution to general fund
- $1,000
Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2023
contribution to fund
- $1,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
contribution to general fund
- $1,000
Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2023
contribution to fund
- $1,000
Oxfam · Boston, MA · 2023
contribution to general fund
- $1,000
Salvation Army · Natick, MA · 2023
contribution to general funds
- $1,000
St Francis House · Boston, MA · 2023
contribution to general fund
- $1,000
Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2022
contribution to general fund
- $1,000
Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2022
contribution to fund
- $1,000
Oxfam · Boston, MA · 2022
contribution to general fund
- $1,000
Salvation Army · Natick, MA · 2022
Contribution to fund
- $500
Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024
contribution to general fund
- $500
Massachusetts Bar Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
general cash contribution
- $500
Pine St Inn · Boston, MA · 2024
contribution to general fund
- $500
Actors Shakespeare Project · Charlestown, MA · 2023
contribution to fund
- $500
Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023
contribution to general fund
- $500
Doctors Without Borders · New Yor, NY · 2023
contribution to general fund
- $500
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
contribution to general fund
- $500
Pine St Inn · Boston, MA · 2023
contribution to general fund
- $500
Actors Shakespeare Project · Charlestown, MA · 2022
Contribution to general fund
- $300
Massachusetts Bar Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025
general cash contribution
- $300
Home for Little Wanderers · Boston, MA · 2022
contribution to general fund
- $0
Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2025
contribution to fund
- $0
Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2025
contribution to general fund
- $0
Oxfam · Boston, MA · 2025
contribution to general fund
- $0
Salvation Army · Natick, MA · 2025
contribution to general funds
- $0
St Francis House · Boston, MA · 2025
contribution to general fund
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