Funding search · EIN 042660275 · Plymouth, MA

Roberta M Childs Charitable 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.

45
grants reported
$1.5M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$25,000
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.

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Top recipients

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  • Forges Foundation3 grants · $409,000
  • Bid Plymouth Family Fund3 grants · $140,000
  • The Howland Fund2 grants · $100,000
  • Woodside School & Comm Resource Ctr3 grants · $90,000
  • New England Wildlife Center3 grants · $90,000
  • Wildlands Trust3 grants · $80,000
  • Plymouth Independent2 grants · $75,000
  • The Jeffie Foundation3 grants · $70,000
  • Pilgrim Society3 grants · $65,000
  • Plymouth Philharmonic3 grants · $50,442

Giving over time

$465,000
2022
$525,000
2023
$555,942
2024

Grant history

All 45 reported grants, largest first.

  • $259,000

    Forges Foundation · Plymouth, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Forges Foundation · Plymouth, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $60,000

    Bid Plymouth Family Fund · Plymouth, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    Plimoth Patuxet Museums · Plymouth, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Forges Foundation · Plymouth, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Plymouth Independent · Plymouth, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Plymouth Patuxet · Plymouth, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    The Howland Fund · Plymouth, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Plimoth Plantation · Plymouth, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    The Howland Fund · Plymouth, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $40,000

    Bid Plymouth Family Fund · Plymouth, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Bid Plymouth Family Fund · Plymouth, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $40,000

    Black Feather Horse Rescue · Plymouth, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $30,000

    New England Wildlife Center · Weymouth, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    Woodside School & Comm Resource Ctr · Plymouth, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    New England Wildlife Center · Weymouth, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $30,000

    Woodside School & Comm Resource Ctr · Plymouth, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $30,000

    New England Wildlife Center · Weymouth, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $30,000

    Wildlands Trust · Plymouth, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $30,000

    Woodside School & Comm Resource Ctr · Plymouth, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Battenkill Valley Health Center · Arlington, VT · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Plymouth Independent · Plymouth, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    The Jeffie Foundation · Wenham, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Wildlands Trust · Plymouth, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Battenkill Valley Health Center · Arlington, VT · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    The Jeffie Foundation · Wenham, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Wildlands Trust · Plymouth, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Pilgrim Society · Plymouth, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Plymouth Education Fund · Plymouth, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    Pilgrim Society · Plymouth, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    New Bedford Light · New Bedford, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Pilgrim Society · Plymouth, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Plymouth Education Fund · Plymouth, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Plymouth Philharmonic · Plymouth, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Plymouth Police Relief Associates · Plymouth, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Norwell Grange · Norwell, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    Plymouth Philharmonic · Plymouth, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    The Jeffie Foundation · Wenham, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $10,442

    Plymouth Philharmonic · Plymouth, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Black Feather Horse Rescue · Plymouth, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Manomet Bible Church · Manomet, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Manomet Bible Church · Manomet, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Morton Arboretum · Lisle, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Morton Arboretum · Lisle, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $1,500

    Pilgrim Hall Museum · Plymouth, MA · 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.