Funding search · EIN 043251802 · Somerville, MA

The Elsie Procter Van Buren Foundation

Name: The Elsie Procter Van Buren Foundation 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.

70
grants reported: $4.9M
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.

Catherine & Phil Bye'S Donor Advised Fund1 grant · $3.7M
Feeding America3 grants · $95,000
Mass4 grants · $75,000
Give Directly2 grants · $55,000
World Central Kitchen2 grants · $55,000
Documentary Educational Resources1 grant · $50,000
Rideshare 2 Vote Aware1 grant · $45,000
Everyday Boston3 grants · $40,000
Reinbow Riding Center2 grants · $40,000
Environmental Defense Fund1 grant · $40,000

Giving over time

$4.4M

2022

$95,000

2023

$160,000

2024

$297,500

2025

Grant history

All 70 reported grants, largest first.

$3.7M
Catherine & Phil Bye'S Donor Advised Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Documentary Educational Resources · Watertown, MA · 2022
Charitable
$45,000
Rideshare 2 Vote Aware · Dallas, TX · 2022
Charitable
$40,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$40,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$30,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$30,000
Give Directly · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$30,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$30,000
World Central Kitchens · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Mass · Boston, MA · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Trustees of Tufts College-Ctr for Expdg Viewpoints · Medford, MA · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Give Directly · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Mass · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Reinbow Riding Center · Shrewsbury, VT · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Rhode Island Community Food Bank · Providence, RI · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
The Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Vermont Food Bank · Barre, VT · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
350org Boston · Bsoton, MA · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Center for Disaster Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Feed the Children · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
International Medical Corps · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
International Relief Teams · San Diego, CA · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
National Resources Defense Council · Merrifield, VA · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Raices · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Unicef · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
USA of Iom · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Atrium School Atrium Fund · Watertown, MA · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Jewish Theological Seminary of America · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Northeast Wilderness Trust Corp · Montpelier, VT · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Everyday Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Reinbow Riding Center · Shrewsbury, VT · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Everyday Boston · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Mass · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Field Team 6 · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Voteriders · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Combined Jewish Philanthropies · Boston, MA · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Everyday Boston · Boston, MA · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Jewish Community Relations Council · Boston, MA · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
New Bedford Light · New Bedford, MA · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Rhode Island Community Food Bank · Providence, RI · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
The Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Vermont Food Bank · Barre, VT · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Center for Disaster Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
International Medical Corps · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
USA for Unhcr · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Alight · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Charity Navigator · Saddle Brook, NJ · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Dc Greens · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Innocence Project · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Maryland Food Bank · Halethorpe, MD · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Mass · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Rhode Island Food Bank · Providence, RI · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
The New Georgia Project · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
The Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Lehrhaus Ctr for Jewish Life & Learning · Somerville, MA · 2025
Charitable

Who else funds this kind of work

Same state

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston4,151 grants · $943.7M
Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund3,620 grants · $914.9M
Mass General Brigham Incorporated &472 grants · $3.11B

Similar grant size

The Ayco Charitable Foundation15,303 grants · $2.05B
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund19,135 grants · $6.79B
Paypal Charitable Giving Fund32,081 grants · $1.40B

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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.