Funding search · EIN 203560276 · Wellesley Hills, MA

Richard and Diane Schmalensee Foundation

Name: Richard and Diane Schmalensee 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.

74
grants reported: $394,250
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,250
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.

Boston Ballet5 grants · $120,000
Pioneer Inst for Public Policy Research5 grants · $69,500
Resources for the Future5 grants · $45,000
Mgh Genitourinary Cancer Research Fund4 grants · $35,000
Massbay Cc Foundation5 grants · $31,000
Massachusetts Eye & Ear4 grants · $20,000
Church of the Redeemer5 grants · $16,500
Max Warburg Courage Curr4 grants · $16,000
Safe Passage4 grants · $6,000
Cambodian Village Fund5 grants · $5,250

Giving over time

$41,500

2022

$192,500

2023

$108,000

2024

$52,250

2025

Grant history

All 74 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
Boston Ballet · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable-unrestricted
$50,000
Pioneer Inst for Public Policy Research · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable-unrestricted
$10,000
Massbay Cc Foundation · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2025
Charitable-unrestricted
$10,000
Mgh Genitourinary Cancer Research Fund · Boston, MA · 2025
Charitable - unrestricted
$10,000
Resources for the Future · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable-unrestricted
$10,000
Mgh Genitourinary Cancer Research Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable - unrestricted
$10,000
Mgh Genitourinary Cancer Research Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable - unrestricted
$10,000
Resources for the Future · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$10,000
Resources for the Future · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$10,000
Resources for the Future · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable-unrestricted
$7,000
Pioneer Inst for Public Policy Research · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable-unrestricted
$6,000
Massbay Cc Foundation · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2022
Charitable-unrestricted
$5,000
Boston Ballet · Boston, MA · 2025
Charitable-unrestricted
$5,000
Massachusetts Eye & Ear · Boston, MA · 2025
Charitable - unrestricted
$5,000
Boston Ballet · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$5,000
Boston Ballet · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$5,000
Massachusetts Eye & Ear · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable - unrestricted
$5,000
Massachusetts Eye & Ear · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable - unrestricted
$5,000
Massbay Cc Foundation · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$5,000
Massbay Cc Foundation · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$5,000
Max Warburg Courage Curr · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$5,000
Max Warburg Courage Curr · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$5,000
Pioneer Inst for Public Policy Research · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$5,000
Pioneer Inst for Public Policy Research · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$5,000
Massachusetts Eye & Ear · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable - unrestricted
$5,000
Massbay Cc Foundation · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2023
Charitable-unrestricted
$5,000
Max Warburg Courage Curr · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable-unrestricted
$5,000
Mgh Genitourinary Cancer Research Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable - unrestricted
$5,000
Boston Ballet · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable-unrestricted
$5,000
Resources for the Future · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable-unrestricted
$3,500
Church of the Redeemer · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2025
Charitable-unrestricted
$3,500
Church of the Redeemer · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$3,500
Church of the Redeemer · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$3,000
Church of the Redeemer · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2023
Charitable-unrestricted
$3,000
Church of the Redeemer · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2022
Charitable-unrestricted
$2,500
Pioneer Inst for Public Policy Research · Boston, MA · 2025
Charitable-unrestricted
$2,500
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2023
Charitable-unrestricted
$2,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Brookline, MA · 2025
Charitable - unrestricted
$2,000
Safe Passage · New Gloucester, ME · 2023
Charitable-unrestricted
$2,000
Rogerson Communities · Roslindale, MA · 2022
Charitable-unrestricted
$2,000
Safe Passage · New Gloucester, ME · 2022
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,250
Cambodian Village Fund · San Diego, CA · 2025
Charitable - unrestricted
$1,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2025
Donation - unrestricted
$1,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2025
Donation - unrestricted
$1,000
Cambodian Village Fund · San Diego, CA · 2024
Charitable - unrestricted
$1,000
Cambodian Village Fund · San Diego, CA · 2024
Charitable - unrestricted
$1,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Brookline, MA · 2024
Charitable - unrestricted
$1,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Brookline, MA · 2024
Charitable - unrestricted
$1,000
International Institute of New England · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,000
International Institute of New England · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,000
Safe Passage · New Gloucester, ME · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,000
Safe Passage · New Gloucester, ME · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,000
Boston Casa · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,000
Cambodian Village Fund · San Diego, CA · 2023
Charitable - unrestricted
$1,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Brookline, MA · 2023
Charitable - unrestricted
$1,000
Mass Migrant Families Relief Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable - unrestricted
$1,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,000
Americares · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,000
Boston Casa · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,000
Cambodian Village Fund · San Diego, CA · 2022
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,000
Dartmouth Hitchcock · Lebanon, NH · 2022
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,000
Greater Boston Foodbank · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,000
Hawaii Foodbank · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,000
Max Warburg Courage Curr · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,000
Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,000
Vermont Foodbank · Barre, VT · 2022
Charitable-unrestricted
$1,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2022
Charitable-unrestricted
$500
Dartmouth Hitchcock Health · Lebanon, NH · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$500
Dartmouth Hitchcock Health · Lebanon, NH · 2024
Charitable-unrestricted
$500
152 Commonwealth Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable-unrestricted

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