Funding search · EIN 043418975 · Boston, MA

John P Laucus 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.

41
grants reported
$110,500
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,500
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.

What they fund

literacychaifoundation

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Jewish Family and Children'S Service4 grants · $17,000
  • Simon of Cyrene Society4 grants · $13,000
  • Haitian Project4 grants · $13,000
  • Thames River Community Service4 grants · $13,000
  • Julie'S Family Learning Program4 grants · $11,000
  • Gafney Library4 grants · $11,000
  • Rosie'S Place4 grants · $9,000
  • East End House4 grants · $9,000
  • Trenton Area Soup Kitchen4 grants · $7,000
  • Brooklyn Book Festival2 grants · $3,500

Giving over time

$23,000
2022
$23,000
2023
$28,500
2024
$36,000
2025

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

  • $4,500

    Gafney Library · Sanbornville, NH · 2025

    Literacy program

  • $4,500

    Jewish Family and Children'S Service · Waltham, MA · 2025

    Chai literacy foundation

  • $4,500

    Jewish Family and Children'S Service · Waltham, MA · 2024

    Chai literacy foundation

  • $4,000

    Jewish Family and Children'S Service · Waltham, MA · 2023

    Chai literacy foundation

  • $4,000

    Jewish Family and Children'S Service · Waltham, MA · 2022

    Chai literacy foundation

  • $3,500

    Haitian Project · Providence, RI · 2025

    General support

  • $3,500

    Simon of Cyrene Society · Boston, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $3,500

    Thames River Community Service · Norwich, CT · 2025

    General support

  • $3,500

    Haitian Project · Providence, RI · 2024

    General support

  • $3,500

    Simon of Cyrene Society · South Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $3,500

    Thames River Community Service · Norwich, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $3,000

    Julie'S Family Learning Program · Boston, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $3,000

    Julie'S Family Learning Program · South Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $3,000

    Haitian Project · Providence, RI · 2023

    General support

  • $3,000

    Simon of Cyrene Society · South Boston, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $3,000

    Thames River Community Service · Norwich, CT · 2023

    General support

  • $3,000

    Haitian Project · Providence, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $3,000

    Simon of Cyrene Society · South Boston, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $3,000

    Thames River Community Service · Norwich, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $2,500

    Brooklyn Book Festival · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $2,500

    East End House · Cambridge, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $2,500

    Rosie'S Place · Boston, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $2,500

    East End House · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $2,500

    Gafney Library · Sanbornville, NH · 2024

    Literacy program

  • $2,500

    Rosie'S Place · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $2,500

    Julie'S Family Learning Program · South Boston, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Julie'S Family Learning Program · South Boston, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $2,000

    Trenton Area Soup Kitchen · Trenton, NJ · 2025

    General support

  • $2,000

    Trenton Area Soup Kitchen · Trenton, NJ · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    East End House · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $2,000

    Gafney Library · Sanbornville, NH · 2023

    Literacy program

  • $2,000

    Rosie'S Place · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $2,000

    East End House · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $2,000

    Gafney Library · Sanbornville, NH · 2022

    Literacy program

  • $2,000

    Rosie'S Place · Boston, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $1,500

    Believe in Books Literacy Foundation · Intervale, NH · 2025

    General support

  • $1,500

    New Hampshire Food Bank · Manchester, NH · 2025

    General support

  • $1,500

    Trenton Area Soup Kitchen · Trenton, NJ · 2023

    General support

  • $1,500

    Trenton Area Soup Kitchen · Trenton, NJ · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Wakefield Food Pantry · Wakefield, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Brooklyn Book Festival · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General support

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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.