Funding search · EIN 357004860 · Newton, MA

Sharp 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.

110
grants reported
$4.8M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$2,000
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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  • University of Illinois - Phillip & Ann Sharp Cancer Center1 grant · $2.0M
  • Mgh for Dept of Molecular Biology - Howard Hughes Medical Institute1 grant · $1.0M
  • Cal Tech - Advancement & Alumni Relations1 grant · $500,000
  • MIT Press Fund for the Future2 grants · $470,000
  • The Termeer Foundation1 grant · $250,000
  • Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT1 grant · $200,000
  • Frank Urbanowski Memorial Innovation Fund Co MIT1 grant · $60,000
  • Cancer Engineering Workshop at National Academy of Scienses1 grant · $52,000
  • Eliot Church of Newton3 grants · $44,000
  • Nacd New England Chapter2 grants · $18,000

Giving over time

$2.3M
2022
$1.7M
2023
$853,000
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 110 grants.

  • $2.0M

    University of Illinois - Phillip & Ann Sharp Cancer Center · Urbana, IL · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1.0M

    Mgh for Dept of Molecular Biology - Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Boston, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $500,000

    Cal Tech - Advancement & Alumni Relations · Pasadena, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $460,000

    MIT Press Fund for the Future · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    The Termeer Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $60,000

    Frank Urbanowski Memorial Innovation Fund Co MIT · Boston, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $52,000

    Cancer Engineering Workshop at National Academy of Scienses · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Eliot Church of Newton · Newton, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Eliot Church of Newton · Newton, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Nacd New England Chapter · Boston, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $14,000

    Eliot Church of Newton · Newton, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    MIT Press Fund for the Future · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,123

    Turkey Earthquake Relief · Southfield, MI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Aspen Cancer Conference · Basalt, CO · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Congregational United Church of Christ · Greensboro, NC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Friends of Boston'S Homeless · Boston, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Mustard Seed Community Health · Greensboro, NC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Open Medicine Foundation · Agora Hills, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Rosie'S Place · Boston, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Science History Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Friendly Kitchen · Concord, NH · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Aspen Cancer Conference · Basalt, CO · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Congregational United Church of Christ · Greensboro, NC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Friends of Boston'S Homeless · Boston, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Hungar Mountain Childrens Center · Waterbury, VT · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Mustard Seed Community Health · Greensboro, NC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Open Medicine Foundation · Agora Hills, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Rosie'S Place · Boston, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Science History Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Friendly Kitchen · Concord, NH · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Congregational United Church of Christ · Greensboro, NC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Friends of Boston'S Homeless · Boston, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Hungar Mountain Childrens Center · Waterbury, VT · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Mustard Seed Community Health · Greensboro, NC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Open Medicine Foundation · Agora Hills, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Razom Fbo Ukraine · New York City, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Rosie'S Place · Boston, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,500

    Life Sciences Cares · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $3,500

    Life Sciences Cares · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    The Second Step · Newtonville, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Washington County Food and Fuel Alliance · Machias, ME · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Nacd New England Chapter · Boston, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    The Second Step · Newtonville, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Washington County Food and Fuel Alliance · Machias, ME · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Science History Institute - Boston Pioneers Dinner · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    The Second Step · Newtonville, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Washington County Food and Fuel Alliance · Machias, ME · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    New Garden Friends School · Greensboro, NC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    New Garden Friends School · Greensboro, NC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Revitalizing Waterbury Crew · Waterbury, VT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    The Baker Free Library Foundation · Bow, NH · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Waterbury Common Market · Waterbury, VT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    World Gospel Mission · Marion, IN · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    The Baker Free Library Foundation · Bow, NH · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Waterbury Area Food Shelf · Waterbury, VT · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Berk Fund for Biological Research (UCLA Foundation) · Pasadena, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Greensboro Independent School Corporation · Greensboro, NC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    New Garden Friends School · Greensboro, NC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    The Baker Free Library Foundation · Bow, NH · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    The Friendly Kitchen · Concord, NH · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    The Gairdner Foundation · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Waterbury Area Food Shelf · Waterbury, VT · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Amoskeag Rowing Club · Concord, NH · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Buzzards Bay Coaltion · New Bedford, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Concord Hospital · Concord, NH · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Downeast Coastal Conservancy · Machias, ME · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Dreamfar High School Marathon · Newton, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Falmouth United Methodist Church · Falmouth, KY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Friends of the Newton Free Library · Newton, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Friends of the Waterbury Public Library · Waterbury, VT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Greensboro Independent School Corporation · Greensboro, NC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Maker Sphere · Waterbury, VT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Porter Memorial Library Association · Machias, ME · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Whitehead Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Amoskeag Rowing Club · Concord, NH · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Buzzards Bay Coaltion · New Bedford, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Concord Hospital · Concord, NH · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Downeast Coastal Conservancy · Machias, ME · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Friends of the Newton Free Library · Newton, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Friends of the Waterbury Public Library · Waterbury, VT · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Greensboro Independent School Corporation · Greensboro, NC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Porter Memorial Library Association · Machias, ME · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Whitehead Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Buzzards Bay Coaltion · New Bedford, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Concord Hospital · Concord, NH · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Friends of the Newton Free Library · Newton, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Friends of the Waterbury Public Library · Waterbury, VT · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Porter Memorial Library Association · Machias, ME · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Whitehead Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $501

    Waterbury Area Makershere Coop · Waterbury, VT · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $500

    Central Vermont Humane Society · Montpelier, VT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $500

    Friends of the Waterbury Reservoir · Waterbury Center, VT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $500

    Green Mountain Performing Arts · Waterbury, VT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $500

    Hungar Mountain Childrens Center · Waterbury, VT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $500

    More Than Words · Waltham, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $500

    Ridgecrest Foundation · Ridgecrest, NC · 2024

    Unrestricted

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