Funding search · EIN 046047069 · Norwell, MA

Sylvester Memorial Fund

Name: Sylvester Memorial Fund grants, 2021–2025
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.

105
grants reported: $69,617
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $250
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

environmental religious education educational medical family health membership

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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.

Nvna and Hospice4 grants · $8,000
Norwell High School Scholarship4 grants · $7,000
Youth Across Borders4 grants · $7,000
Saint John Evangelist2 grants · $7,000
Saint John the Evangelist2 grants · $5,000
South Shore Baptist Church4 grants · $4,250
Compassion International4 grants · $4,000
Friends of Winthrop Public Library2 grants · $4,000
Parish of Saint John the Evangelist1 grant · $2,600
Norwell High School Scholarship Fund1 grant · $2,000

Giving over time

$12,512

2021

$14,060

2022

$14,445

2023

$11,705

2024

$16,895

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 105 grants.

$4,500
Saint John Evangelist · Hingham, MA · 2021
Religious
$2,600
Parish of Saint John the Evangelist · Hingham, MA · 2025
Religious
$2,500
Saint John the Evangelist · Norwell, MA · 2024
Religious
$2,500
Saint John the Evangelist · Hingham, MA · 2023
Religious
$2,500
Saint John Evangelist · Hingham, MA · 2022
Religious
$2,000
Norwell High School Scholarship Fund · Norwell, MA · 2025
Educational
$2,000
Nvna and Hospice · Norwell, MA · 2025
Medical
$2,000
South Shore Baptist Church · Hingham, MA · 2025
Religious
$2,000
Youth Across Borders · Gahanna, OH · 2025
Medical
$2,000
Norwell High School Scholarship · Norwell, MA · 2024
Educational
$2,000
Nvna and Hospice · Norwell, MA · 2024
Educational
$2,000
Youth Across Borders · Gahanna, OH · 2024
Medical
$2,000
Norwell High School Scholarship · Norwell, MA · 2023
Education
$2,000
Nvna and Hospice · Norwell, MA · 2023
Education
$2,000
Youth Across Borders · Gahanna, OH · 2023
Religious
$2,000
Friends of Winthrop Public Library · Winthrop, WA · 2022
Education
$2,000
Norwell High School Scholarship · Norwell, MA · 2022
Education
$2,000
Nvna and Hospice · Norwell, MA · 2022
Education
$2,000
Friends of Winthrop Public Library · Winthrop, WA · 2021
Education
$1,200
Wildlands Trust · Plymouth, MA · 2021
Environmental
$1,000
Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Religious
$1,000
Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Religious
$1,000
Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Religious
$1,000
South Shore Baptist Church · Hingham, MA · 2023
Religious
$1,000
Youth Pastor Theologian Friends of the Great Commission · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Education
$1,000
Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Environmental
$1,000
South Shore Baptist Church · Hingham, MA · 2022
Religious
$1,000
Youth Across Borders · Gahanna, OH · 2022
Religious
$1,000
Norwell High School Scholarship · Norwell, MA · 2021
Education
$1,000
Strafford Historical Society · Strafford, VT · 2021
Educational
$500
Church Hill Cemetery Corporation · Norwell, MA · 2025
In memory of thomas hall
$500
Cushing Pond Preservation Group · Hingham, MA · 2025
Environmental
$500
Mass Audobon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2025
Environmental
$500
Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2025
Medical
$500
The James Library · Norwell, MA · 2025
Educational
$500
Wgbh Education Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025
Educational
$500
Youth Pastor Theologian · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Religious
$500
Cushing Pond Preservation Group · Hingham, MA · 2024
Environmental
$500
Wgbh Education Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Educational
$500
Cushing Pond Preservation Group · Hingham, MA · 2023
Enviromental
$500
Wgbh Education Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Education
$500
Cushing Pond Preservation · Hingham, MA · 2021
Environment
$500
St Mary Episcopal Church · Stuart, FL · 2021
Religious
$490
St Mary Episcopal Church · Stuart, FL · 2022
Religious
$300
Florida Oceanographic Society · Stuart, FL · 2025
Environmental
$300
New England Wildlife Center · Weymouth, MA · 2025
Environmental
$300
US Chess Federation · Crossville, TN · 2025
Educational
$300
Florida Oceanographic Society · Stuart, FL · 2024
Environmental
$300
Church Cemetery Corporation · Norwell, MA · 2022
Religious
$250
Young Life · Harlan, IA · 2024
Religious
$250
Christian Camps & Conferences · Alton, NH · 2023
Religious
$250
Church Hill Cemetery Corporation · Norwell, MA · 2023
Religious
$250
Florida Oceanographic Society · Stuart, FL · 2023
Education
$250
James Library · Norwell, MA · 2023
Education
$250
Mass Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2023
Environmental
$250
Christian Camp & Conferences · Alton, NH · 2022
Religious
$250
Young Life · Harlan, IA · 2022
Environmental
$250
South Shore Baptist Church · Hingham, MA · 2021
Religious
$240
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2025
Environmental
$200
Hingham Land Conservation Trust · Hingham, MA · 2025
Environmental
$200
Hingham Land Conservation Trust · Hingham, NH · 2024
Educational
$200
Hingham Land Conservation Trust · Hingham, MA · 2023
Education
$200
Alzheimer'S Association · Washington, DC · 2022
Health
$200
Christian Camp & Conferences · Alton, NH · 2021
Religious
$180
Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2025
Environmental
$180
Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2024
Environmental
$175
Vermont Inst of Nat Science · Quechee, VT · 2025
Environmental
$175
Vermont Inst of Nat Science · Quechee, VT · 2024
Environmental
$165
Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2023
Environmental
$165
Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2022
Environmental
$165
Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2021
Environmental
$150
National Ms Society · New York, NY · 2022
Education
$145
Vermont Inst of Nat Science · Quechee, VT · 2023
Environmental
$125
Florida Oceanographic Society · Stuart, FL · 2022
Environmental
$125
Florida Oceanographic Society · Stuart, FL · 2021
Environmental
$120
Vermont Inst of Nat Science · Quechee, VT · 2022
Environmental
$120
Vermont Inst of Nat Science · Quechee, VT · 2021
Environmental
$100
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2025
Family membership
$100
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2024
Family membership
$100
New England Wildlife Center · Weymouth, MA · 2023
In memory of dr. Donald smith
$100
Gbh Member Service · Boston, MA · 2022
Education
$100
James Library · Norwell, MA · 2022
Education
$100
US Chess Federation · Crossville, TN · 2022
Environmental
$100
American Heart Association National Center · Dallas, TX · 2021
Health
$100
Church Cemetery Corporation · Norwell, MA · 2021
Religious
$100
Fred Rogers Center · Latrobe, PA · 2021
Education
$100
Hingham Land Conservative Trust · Hingham, MA · 2021
Environmental
$100
James Library · Norwell, MA · 2021
Education
$85
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2023
Family membership
$85
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2022
Environmental
$84
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Ithica, NY · 2021
Environmental
$75
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2021
Environmental
$65
Mass Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2022
Environmental
$60
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2022
Environmental
$60
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2021
Environmental
$48
Mass Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2021
Environmental
$40
Historic Winslow House · Marshfield, MA · 2021
Education
$40
National Park Foundation · Charlestown, MA · 2021
Environmental
$30
Arbor Day Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2021
Environmental
$25
National Wildlife Federation Operations Center · Merrifield, VA · 2021
Environmental

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