Open Foundations · Massachusetts

The Hyams Foundation Inc

Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 046013680. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $6.0M across 106 grants in 2024, a median of $50K each.

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$6.0M
paid in 2024
106
grants paid
$50K
median grant
5%
to first-time recipients
$144.3M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
Lisa Owens The Hyams Foundation
Address
89 South Street Suite 404, Boston, MA, 02111
Phone
6174265600
Form the request should take
See https://hyamsfoundation.org/how-to-apply/ for information.
Submission deadline
There are no deadlines.
Restrictions on awards
See https://hyamsfoundation.org/funding-eligibility/ and https://hyamsfoundation.org/funding-criteria/ for information.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202543219349105239. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

membership duesdesign teambmip designjustice

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 106 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Alternatives for Community and Environment IncMA$420,000General support
2Third Sector New England IncMA$325,000HUBS Movement Infrastructure Project
3Urban Revival IncMA$205,000Homes for All Massachusetts Project
4Resist IncMA$202,500General support
5Urban Revival IncMA$190,000General support
6Resist IncMA$159,000MassCOSH - Immigrant and Youth Worker Justice
7Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund IncMA$151,000General support
8Center for Labor Education and Research IncMA$142,000Digital Empowerment for Social Justice Project
9The City School IncMA$110,000Young Adult Fellowship Project
10Boston Impact Initiative FundMA$105,500General support
11La Colaborativa IncMA$102,500General support
12Center for Economic DemocracyMA$102,249Boston Ujima Project
13Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative IncMA$100,000General support
14Massachusetts Law Reform Institute IncMA$100,000Springfield Community Lawyering Project
15Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center IncMA$97,500General support

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202096$4.9M
202184$5.0M
202299$5.6M
202393$6.0M
2024106$6.0M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Massachusetts82%
New York8%
California8%
Pennsylvania1%
New Jersey1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Gerardo EspinozaTrustee · 2024
Iris GomezClerk/Trustee · 2024
Julie GoodridgeTreasurer/Trustee · 2024
Karen L MappTrustee · 2024
Lily Mendez-morganVice Chair/Vice Treas/Trustee · 2024
Lisa OwensExecutive Director · 2024
Lucas H GuerraVice Treasurer/Trustee · 2024
Maria Elena LetonaTrustee · 2024
Mark WatsonTrustee · 2024
Penn LohPresident/Chair/Trustee · 2024
Rahsaan D HallTrustee · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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