Lovett-Woodsum Foundation

• The filing says this foundation gives only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; spend your effort on whether anyone you already know could introduce your organisation, and do not send an unsolicited request.
• If you do have an invitation, its grants are unrestricted support to public charities across education, museums and arts, social services, environment, animal welfare, health and community groups, so a general operating need fits better than a specific project.
• About 8 in 10 of its 82 grants to organisations fall between $1,000 and $30,000, with a median of $5,000, so a request in that range is typical, though its largest grant was $200,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
• The filing states no geographic focus, and its grants have concentrated in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, with some in Connecticut and Florida; treat that as where it has tended to give, not as a rule about who may apply.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Year Up · Unrestricted
  $200,0002022 tax year
• Inner-City Scholarship Fund · Unrestricted
  $100,0002022 tax year
• Mory's Preservation · Unrestricted
  $98,7112022 tax year
• Alexander Twilight Academy · Unrestricted
  $75,0002022 tax year
• Initiative for a Competitive Inner City · Unrestricted
  $50,0002022 tax year
• Boston Children's Museum · Unrestricted
  $50,0002022 tax year
• Rosie's Place · Unrestricted
  $40,0002022 tax year
• Squam Lakes Natural Science Center · Unrestricted
  $30,0002022 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.