Funding search · EIN 516542774 · Methuen, MA

Margaret Collins 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.

48
grants reported
$414,000
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$8,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

pooreducationchildrenservicesdisabledcaredomestichealth

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Lazarus House3 grants · $45,000
  • Bread and Roses3 grants · $45,000
  • Mspca at Nevins Farm3 grants · $30,000
  • Merrimack Valley Food Bank3 grants · $25,000
  • Family Services3 grants · $25,000
  • Mass General Hospital3 grants · $25,000
  • Windrush Farm3 grants · $24,000
  • Essex County Community Foundation3 grants · $20,000
  • New England Center for Homeless Vets3 grants · $20,000
  • Lawrence General Hospital2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$153,000
2022
$123,000
2023
$138,000
2024

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

  • $15,000

    Bread and Roses · Lawrence, MA · 2024

    Poor

  • $15,000

    Lazarus House · Lawrence, MA · 2024

    Charitable/poor

  • $15,000

    Bread and Roses · Lawrence, MA · 2023

    Poor

  • $15,000

    Lazarus House · Lawrence, MA · 2023

    Charitable/poor

  • $15,000

    Bread and Roses · Lawrence, MA · 2022

    Poor

  • $15,000

    Childrens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022

    Children that are ill

  • $15,000

    Lazarus House · Lawrence, MA · 2022

    Charitable/poor

  • $10,000

    Lawrence General Hospital · Lawrence, MA · 2024

    Health care charitable

  • $10,000

    Lawrence History Center · Lawrence, MA · 2024

    Education

  • $10,000

    Mass General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Merrimack Valley Food Bank · Lowell, MA · 2024

    Poor

  • $10,000

    Michael P Lisnow Respite Center · Hopkinton, MA · 2024

    Special needs children

  • $10,000

    Mspca at Nevins Farm · Methuen, MA · 2024

    Animal welfare education

  • $10,000

    New England Center for Homeless Vets · Boston, MA · 2024

    Poor

  • $10,000

    Family Services · Lawrence, MA · 2023

    Education and aid to poor

  • $10,000

    Lawrence General Hospital · Lawrence, MA · 2023

    Health care charitable

  • $10,000

    Mass General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Merrimack Valley Food Bank · Lowell, MA · 2023

    Poor

  • $10,000

    Mspca at Nevins Farm · Methuen, MA · 2023

    Education

  • $10,000

    Family Services · Lawrence, MA · 2022

    Education and aid to poor

  • $10,000

    Lawrence History Center · Lawrence, MA · 2022

    Education

  • $10,000

    Lisnow Respite Center · Hopkinton, MA · 2022

    Services for children with disabilities

  • $10,000

    Mspca at Nevins Farm · Methuen, MA · 2022

    Education

  • $8,000

    Essex County Community Foundation · Danvers, MA · 2024

    Children services

  • $8,000

    Windrush Farm · North Andover, MA · 2024

    Disabled /children

  • $8,000

    Reach Beyond Domestic Violence · Waltham, MA · 2023

    Prevent domestic violence program

  • $8,000

    Windrush Farm · North Andover, MA · 2023

    Disabled /children

  • $8,000

    Windrush Farm · North Andover, MA · 2022

    Disabled /children

  • $7,000

    Mission of Deeds · Reading, MA · 2024

    Education

  • $7,000

    Essex County Community Foundation · Danvers, MA · 2022

    Children services

  • $7,000

    Reach Beyond Domestic Violence · Waltham, MA · 2022

    Prevent domestic violence program

  • $6,000

    Mission of Deeds · Reading, MA · 2023

    Education

  • $6,000

    Project Home · Andover, MA · 2023

    Poor

  • $6,000

    Mission of Deeds · Reading, MA · 2022

    Education

  • $6,000

    Project Home · Andover, MA · 2022

    Poor

  • $5,000

    Family Services · Lawrence, MA · 2024

    Education and aid to poor

  • $5,000

    Joey Fournier Services · Lawrence, MA · 2024

    Charitable underprivileged children

  • $5,000

    Kapedia Education Foundation · Ojai, CA · 2024

    Education

  • $5,000

    Essex County Community Foundation · Danvers, MA · 2023

    Children services

  • $5,000

    Joey Fournier Services · Lawrence, MA · 2023

    Charitable underprivileged children

  • $5,000

    New England Center for Homeless Vets · Boston, MA · 2023

    Poor

  • $5,000

    Debbies Treasure Chest · Lawrence, MA · 2022

    Furniture and household items for poor

  • $5,000

    Kapadia Education Foundation · Ojai, CA · 2022

    Education

  • $5,000

    Mass General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Merrimack Valley Food Bank · Lowell, MA · 2022

    Poor

  • $5,000

    Neighbors in Need · Lawrence, MA · 2022

    Aid for poor families

  • $5,000

    New England Center for Homeless Vets · Boston, MA · 2022

    Poor

  • $4,000

    Essex Art Center · Lawrence, MA · 2022

    Education and art

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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.