Funding search · EIN 046744975 · Boston, MA

Kershaw Foundation Charitable Trust

Name: Kershaw Foundation Charitable Trust grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

61
grants reported: $493,649
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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

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Henry Lee Fund1 grant · $75,000
Uss Constitution Museum3 grants · $45,100
Sail Boston1 grant · $45,000
Globe Santa4 grants · $40,000
Ron Burton Training Village3 grants · $30,554
Boy Scouts of America2 grants · $30,000
Uss Nantucket Sponsorship1 grant · $25,000
Esplanade Association1 grant · $25,000
The Jimmy Fund2 grants · $20,000
Boston Area Church League4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$51,000

2022

$91,583

2023

$187,811

2024

$163,255

2025

Grant history

All 61 reported grants, largest first.

$75,000
Henry Lee Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$45,000
Sail Boston · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Esplanade Association · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Uss Nantucket Sponsorship · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Uss Constitution Museum · Charlestown, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Boy Scouts of America · Irving, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$16,000
Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$15,000
Uss Constitution Museum · Charlestown, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$14,141
Ron Burton Training Village · Hubbardston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$11,413
Ron Burton Training Village · Hubbardston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$11,000
Bunker Hill Community College Student Success Gala · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Boy Scouts of America · Irving, TX · 2025
General support
$10,000
Globe Santa · Taunton, MA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Nourish Nantucket · Nantucketm, MA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Globe Santa · Taunton, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Globe Santa · Taunton, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Save the Harborsave the Bay · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Jimmy Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Globe Santa · Taunton, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Jimmy Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$7,500
Old North Illuminated · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$7,000
Nantucket Cottage Hospital · Nantucket, MA · 2025
General support
$5,355
Beacon Hill Village · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$5,100
Uss Constitution Museum · Charlestown, MA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Boston Area Church League · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Friends of the Public Garden · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Boston Area Church League · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Save the Harborsave the Bay · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Boston Area Church League · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Boston Tea Party · Dorchester, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Friendship Works · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Boston Area Church League · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Friends of the Public Garden · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Matthew P Shaw · Westboro, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Ron Burton Training Village · Hubbardston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
A Better City · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Old North Illuminated · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,200
Great Harbor Yacht Club Foundation · Nantucket, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Fund for Parks and Recreation - Boston · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Sail To Prevail · Newport, RI · 2025
General support
$1,000
The Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Tommy'S Place · Falmouth, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Great Harbor Yacht Club Foundation · Nantucket, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
The Joey Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Bunker Hill Community College Student Success Gala · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Great Harbor Yacht Club Foundation · Nantucket, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Rogerson House · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Sail To Prevail · Newport, RI · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Great Harbor Yacht Club Foundation · Nantucket, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Colel Chabad · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General support
$500
Delta Upsilon · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
General support
$500
Tommy'S Place · Falmouth, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Milton Skippy White Benefit · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
The Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$170
Wreaths Across America · Columbia Falls, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$170
Wreaths Across America · Columbia Falls, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$100
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Wood Hole, MA · 2025
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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.