Open Foundations · Massachusetts

Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation

Wakefield, Massachusetts · EIN 223317340. 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 $19.0M across 1,787 grants in 2025, a median of $2K each.

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$19.0M
paid in 2025
1,787
grants paid
$2K
median grant
39%
to first-time recipients
$266.7M
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
TURAHN DORSEY PRESIDENT CEO
Address
195 MARKET ST EP 5-01, LYNN, MA, 01901
Phone
7815987595
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
COMPLETE ON-LINE APPLICATION ONLY
Submission deadline
NO SPECIFIC SUBMISSION DEADLINES. PLEASE SEE THE APPLICATION FOR GUIDANCE.
Restrictions on awards
GENERALLY LIMITED TO 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AREA, SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND RHODE ISLAND.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202601289349101130. 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 filing states only a general purpose, with nothing specific enough to pull out as recurring language.

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 1,787 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1City of LynnMA$2,002,500EXEMPT PURPOSE
2Massachusetts Housing PartnershipMA$1,538,000EXEMPT PURPOSE
3La ColaborativaMA$1,005,000EXEMPT PURPOSE
4Nectar Community Investments (fka Lowell Community Loan Fund Dba Mcci - FbeMA$900,000EXEMPT PURPOSE
5The Greater Boston Food BankMA$515,000EXEMPT PURPOSE
6The Builder CoalitionMA$301,930EXEMPT PURPOSE
7The Boston Foundation - Asian Community FundMA$268,250EXEMPT PURPOSE
8University of Massachusetts LowellMA$250,000EXEMPT PURPOSE
9Ymca of Greater NashuaNH$250,000EXEMPT PURPOSE
10Inquilinos Boricuas En Accin - IbaMA$220,000EXEMPT PURPOSE
11Museum of African American HistoryMA$213,000EXEMPT PURPOSE
12Gregg Neighborhood House Association IncMA$205,000EXEMPT PURPOSE
13Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (massinc)MA$200,000EXEMPT PURPOSE
14The Boston Foundation - the Equality FundMA$200,000EXEMPT PURPOSE
15Massachusetts Taxpayers FoundationMA$175,000EXEMPT PURPOSE

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20201,724$21.6M
20211,284$15.7M
20221,219$14.4M
20231,399$12.0M
20241$14.7M
2025 (partial year)1,787$19.0M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Massachusetts81%
New Hampshire10%
Rhode Island2%
New York2%
District of Columbia1%

Who decides

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

Bari a HarlamTRUSTEE · 2025
Carol N FulpTRUSTEE · 2025
Cathleen a SchmidtTRUSTEE · 2025
Deborah C JacksonTRUSTEE · 2025
Denis K SheahanTRUSTEE · 2025
James E CanalesTRUSTEE · 2025
James L RudolphTRUSTEE · 2025
Joseph F Casey As of 1112025TRUSTEE · 2025
Robert F RiversTRUSTEE · 2025

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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