Open Foundations · Massachusetts

George I Alden Trust

Worcester, Massachusetts · EIN 046023784. 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 $11.5M across 79 grants in 2024, a median of $100K each.

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$11.5M
paid in 2024
79
grants paid
$100K
median grant
53%
to first-time recipients
$214.4M
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
TRUSTEES OF THE GEORGE I ALDEN TRUS
Address
C/O FLETCHER TILTON WHIPPLE - 370, WORCESTER, MA, 01608
Phone
5084598005
Form the request should take
ANY LETTER FORM
Submission deadline
PROPOSALS ARE DUE THE 15TH OF THE MONTH PRECEDING QUARTERLY DISTRIBUTION MEETINGS.
Restrictions on awards
N/A

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202543169349100134. 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.

further education

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 79 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Umass Memorial Health Care IncMA$1,000,000TO FURTHER EDUCATION
2EcotariumMA$750,000TO FURTHER EDUCATION
3Saint John's High SchoolMA$750,000TO FURTHER EDUCATION
4Worcester Polytechnic InstituteMA$600,000TO FURTHER EDUCATION
5Assumption UniversityMA$500,000TO FURTHER EDUCATION
6New England Botanic Garden at Tower HillMA$500,000TO FURTHER EDUCATION
7Anna Maria CollegeMA$475,000TO FURTHER EDUCATION
8United Way of Central MassachusettsMA$300,000TO FURTHER EDUCATION
9Williamson College of the TradesPA$300,000TO FURTHER EDUCATION
10Franklin County YmcaMA$250,000TO FURTHER EDUCATION
11Saint Anselm CollegeNH$250,000TO FURTHER EDUCATION
12Worcester County Mechanics AssociationMA$250,000TO FURTHER EDUCATION
13Alice Lloyd CollegeKY$200,000TO FURTHER EDUCATION
14Babson CollegeMA$200,000TO FURTHER EDUCATION
15Barnard CollegeNY$200,000TO FURTHER EDUCATION

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20201$10.7M
2021125$11.3M
202294$11.5M
202376$11.0M
202479$11.5M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Massachusetts75%
Pennsylvania13%
New York8%
New Hampshire1%
Kentucky1%

Who decides

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

Douglas MeystreTRUSTEE · 2024
Gail T RandallTRUSTEE · 2024
James E CollinsTRUSTEE · 2024
Warner S FletcherTRUSTEE · 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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