Open Foundations · New Hampshire

Cogswell Benevolent Trust

Bedford, New Hampshire · EIN 020235690. 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 $1.6M across 103 grants in 2025, a median of $10K each.

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$1.6M
paid in 2025
103
grants paid
$10K
median grant
29%
to first-time recipients
$34.1M
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
COGSWELL BENEVOLENT TRUST
Address
116 SOUTH RIVER ROAD E-1, BEDFORD, NH, 03110
Phone
6036224013
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
APPLICATION WITH COPY OF 501(C)(3) DETERMINATION LETTER
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
90% OF AWARDS HAVE TO STAY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE PER TRUST DOCUMENT

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202641759349100009. 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 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

food pantrycenterreplacefamily

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 103 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Friends of Aine CenterNH$75,000SUPPORT NEW PROGRAM REPLICATION MODEL INITIATIVE
2Ymca Camp HuckinsNH$75,000CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
3Granite United WayNH$60,000ANNUAL APPEAL
4Easter Seals NhNH$50,000CONSTRUCT PLAYGROUND AT GAMMON ACADEMY, ZACHARY ROAD MANCH. 3 YR PLEDGE $150K IN 2024, $50K IN 2025 & 2026
5My TurnNH$50,000EXPAND PROJECT COMPLETE PROGRAMS AT CENTRAL AND WEST HIGH SCHOOLS
6Nh Food BankNH$50,000THANKSGIVING TURKEYS
7St Amselm's Jean School of Nursing and Health SciencesNH$50,000CAPITAL SUPPORT GRAPPONE HALL
8Waypoint NhNH$50,000BUILDING CAPACITY AROUND IMPACT MEASUREMENT AND QUALITY INITIATIVES
9Camp Allen NhNH$40,000ROOF REPAIRS, REBUILD DECK, RAISE CORNER OF BUILDING AND REPLACE DOOR
10Live & Let Live Farm IncNH$32,000BUY HAY, FEED, & VETERINARY CARE
11Granite State Children's AllianceNH$30,000RENOVATIONS TO CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER
12Barton Center for Diabetes Education IncMA$25,000CAMPERSHIP FUND FOR NH CHILDREN
13Boys & Girls Club of Greater NashuaNH$25,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE POWER OF YOUTH
14Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan ValleyNH$25,000REPLACE HEATING SYSTEM
15Crotched MountainNH$25,000FOR KIDS WITH COMPLEX DISABILITIES IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202082$1.5M
202191$1.6M
202291$1.6M
2023106$2.0M
2024105$1.6M
2025 (partial year)103$1.6M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
New Hampshire88%
Massachusetts6%
Vermont4%
Maine2%

Who decides

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

Charles GoodwinTRUSTEE · 2025
Mark NorthridgeTRUSTEE · 2025
Peter KachavosTRUSTEE · 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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