The Bromley Charitable Trust

Private foundation · EIN 04-3237138 · since 1994·Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Virginia·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$6.7M
Annual giving, 2024 tax year
From the Form 990-PF filing
$5,000 to $400k
Grant range
From grants in the 990-PF filings
$50,000
Typical grant (median)
26 grants in the latest filing
Invitation only
Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

  • The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to organisations it has preselected, so a small charity should not send a cold approach.
  • Its recorded giving leans towards conservation, and the filing describes grant purposes only in general terms, so fit beyond that theme is hard to judge from the record.
  • About 8 in 10 of its grants to organisations fall between $5,000 and $400,000, a typical band rather than a limit, and half were $50,000 or less, so a modest request fits its usual pattern.
  • Repeat funding is heavy: 91% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had already funded, so any route in is likely to depend on a relationship rather than a proposal alone.
  • No application timing is given.

Overview

The Bromley Charitable Trust is a US private foundation based in Westwood, MA.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (thegardnernews.com), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The trust supports conservation work, described as some of the most innovative conservation work in the world. It makes grants to charitable organisations. Its recorded giving includes organisations whose names identify conservation, education, farming, faith and community-service work, as well as public media. The filings describe the grant purposes only as general, so the available evidence does not define further programme priorities or eligibility criteria. The trust gives to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; no open application route is described.

Themes

  • Conservation

Geographic Focus

No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Massachusetts, Texas, Virginia and New York.

How to apply

The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.

Application success factors

  • Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 91% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
  • Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 73 grants to organisations were $50,000 or less.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

Massachusetts58%
Texas14%
Virginia9%
New York7%
District of Columbia3%
California3%

6 other states: 6%

  • The largest single recipient received 21% of grant dollars to organisations.
  • In tax year 2024, 91% of grant dollars went to organisations The Bromley Charitable Trust had funded in earlier filings.
  • No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
  • <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

26 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $50,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 26 grants in tax year 2024 by size

$5k–$10k15%
$10k–$25k12%
$25k–$50k15%
$50k–$100k12%
$100k–$250k19%
$250k–$500k19%
$500k–$1M0%
$1M and over8%

Median $50,000 (tax year 2024)

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

  • Hale Education · General
    $2,500,0002024 tax year
  • WILD · General
    $1,400,0002024 tax year
  • Saint Mark's of Ephesus · General
    $429,0462024 tax year
  • Panthera · General
    $400,0002024 tax year
  • Rare Conservation · General
    $400,0002024 tax year
  • Wildlife Guardians · General
    $250,0002024 tax year
  • Round the Bend Farm · General
    $250,0002024 tax year
  • Northeast Wilderness Trust · General
    $200,0002024 tax year

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

Officers and directors

  • Alice Farmer — Trustee
  • Nancy E Dempze — Trustee
  • Ellen B Mcfarland — Trustee
  • Duncan Mcfarland — Trustee

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

YearTotal expensesGrants paidAssetsFiling document
2022 tax year$4,000,615$3,648,404$15,417,923Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year$2,984,947$2,672,366$17,509,677Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year$7,215,893$6,683,466$17,625,245Filing for 2024 tax year

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.

Sources

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Contact

  • Westwood, MA