Funding search · EIN 043506549 · Braintree, MA

The Henderson Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

138
grants reported
$946,150
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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Top recipients

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  • Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund2 grants · $216,400
  • Homeless Children Foundation5 grants · $125,000
  • Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing3 grants · $51,250
  • Vero Beach Museum of Art5 grants · $49,750
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra5 grants · $48,000
  • The Steppingstone Foundation2 grants · $40,000
  • Dartmouth College5 grants · $35,000
  • The Stepping Stone Foundation1 grant · $30,000
  • Orca Conservancy5 grants · $27,000
  • Geisel School of Medicine3 grants · $24,000

Giving over time

$331,000
2022
$228,000
2023
$190,000
2024
$197,150
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 138 grants.

  • $116,400

    Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2025

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Charitable

  • $30,000

    The Stepping Stone Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $28,000

    Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    Homeless Children Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    Homeless Children Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    Homeless Children Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    Homeless Children Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    Homeless Children Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $21,250

    Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing · Pine Bush, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $20,000

    The Steppingstone Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $20,000

    The Steppingstone Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $15,000

    St Andrews School of Delaware · Middletown, DE · 2025

    Charitable

  • $15,000

    Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing · Pine Bush, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $15,000

    Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing · Pine Bush, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Vero Beach Museum of Art · Vero Beach, FL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Foxcroft School · Middleburg, VA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Help Me See · Jersey City, NJ · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Orca Conservancy · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Vero Beach Museum of Art · Vero Beach, FL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Research Institute for Learning and Development · Lexington, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Research Institute for Learning and Development · Lexington, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Vero Beach Museum of Art · Vero Beach, FL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Vero Beach Museum of Art · Vero Beach, FL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $9,750

    Vero Beach Museum of Art · Vero Beach, FL · 2025

    Charitable

  • $9,000

    Geisel School of Medicine · Hanover, NH · 2022

    Charitable

  • $9,000

    Geisel School of Medicine · Hanover, NH · 2022

    Charitable

  • $7,500

    Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2022

    Charitable

  • $7,500

    Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2022

    Charitable

  • $6,000

    Geisel School of Medicine · Hanover, NH · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,500

    Research Ild · Lexington, MA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Cleveland Clinic Indian River Medical Center Foundation · Vero Beach, FL · 2025

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2025

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    The Trustees of the Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Cleveland Clinic Indian River Medical Center Foundation · Vero Beach, FL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Orca Conservancy · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Carroll School · Lincoln, MA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Choose Love · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Indian River Hospital Foundation · Vero Beach, FL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Joel Katz Residency Education Fund · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Massachusetts College of Art · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Myriad USA · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Cleveland Clinic Indian River Medical Center Foundation · Vero Beach, FL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Cleveland Clinic Indian River Medical Center Foundation · Vero Beach, FL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Cure Alzheimer'S Fund · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Cure Alzheimer'S Fund · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Foxcroft School · Middleburg, VA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Foxcroft School · Middleburg, VA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Joel Katz Residency Education Fund · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Joel Katz Residency Education Fund · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Orca Conservancy · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Orca Conservancy · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Rian Immigrant Center · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Rian Immigrant Center · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    The Trustees of the Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    The Trustees of the Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $4,000

    Plan a Health · Louise, MS · 2023

    Charitable

  • $4,000

    Recidiviz · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $4,000

    Windsor Foundation · Dover, DE · 2023

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    Cure Alzheimer'S Fund · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    New England Conservatory of Music · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    New England Conservatory of Music · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    New England Conservatory of Music · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    Trinity Church · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    Trinity Church · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,750

    The Brimmer and May School · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Cradles To Crayons · Newtonville, MA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Habitat for Humanity of Collier · Naples, FL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Riverside Theatre · Vero Beach, FL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Cradles To Crayons · Newtonville, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Cradles To Crayons · Newtonville, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Lake Sunapee Protective Association · Sunapee, NH · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Lake Sunapee Protective Association · Sunapee, NH · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    One Tree Planted · Shelburne, VT · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    One Tree Planted · Shelburne, VT · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Riverside Theatre · Vero Beach, FL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Riverside Theatre · Vero Beach, FL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    New England Conservatory of Music · Boston, MA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Orca Conservancy · Seattle, WA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    New England Conservatory of Music · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Boys and Girls Clubs of Indian River County · Vero Beach, FL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Boys and Girls Clubs of Indian River County · Vero Beach, FL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Noble and Greenough School · Dedham, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Noble and Greenough School · Dedham, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $1,500

    National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $1,500

    Trinity Church · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $1,500

    William James College · Newton, MA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $1,250

    Newton Food Pantry · Newton, MA · 2023

    Charitable

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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.