Eos Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 04-3494831 · since 2000eosfoundation.org·Massachusetts·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$2.5M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$1,000 to $100k

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$7,500

Typical grant (median)

74 grants in the latest filing

Open to applications

A mix of rolling and fixed deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

The Eos Foundation's stated central focus is systemic solutions to end hunger in Massachusetts, so a charity whose work sits in that area is the clearest fit, and its other stated themes are poverty, gender and racial equality and civic engagement.
Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 fall between $1,000 and $100,000, the median grant is $10,000, and half of its grants to organisations are $10,000 or less, so a request near that level suits its usual pattern, although its largest grant has been $500,000.
Repeat funding made up 12% of its grant dollars to organisations in the latest filing, so a first approach is a normal route rather than a closed one.
Breakfast in the Classroom grants go to Massachusetts public school districts and public charter schools, so a charity that is neither should not apply under that programme, and for those that are, applications go by email with the completed form and materials such as equipment quotes, while timing is not stated, so ask the foundation directly before writing.

Overview

Eos Foundation is a US private foundation based in Harwich Port, MA.

What they fund

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

Priority Areas

The Eos Foundation describes its central focus as systemic solutions to end hunger in Massachusetts. Its Breakfast in the Classroom Initiative seeks to increase breakfast participation in high-poverty school districts through launch grants and technical assistance, alongside a report card and annual awards. The school grants support Massachusetts public schools and public charter schools starting or expanding breakfast-in-the-classroom programming; funding can cover equipment, operating costs and incentives, and districts can request district-wide grants. Eos also describes its work as combating poverty, gender and racial equality. Its filing identifies research and publications advancing economic opportunities and civil rights for women and minority groups, food relief and nutritional assistance for students in Massachusetts public schools, and civic engagement. The foundation combines school grants with technical assistance and asks funded schools to set a breakfast-participation target.

Themes

Hunger
Poverty
Gender equality
Racial equality
Civic engagement

Geographic Focus

Massachusetts.

How to apply

Massachusetts public school districts apply for a Breakfast in the Classroom grant by returning the completed application and related materials, such as equipment quotes, by email to Megan Martino.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 12% 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 134 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

Funded schools are asked to set a goal of 80% breakfast participation through their BIC delivery model.

Where grants go

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

Grant dollars by state

Massachusetts56%

District of Columbia33%

North Carolina9%

New Hampshire<1%

New York<1%

Oklahoma<1%

3 other states: <1%

The largest single recipient received 9% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2024, 12% of grant dollars went to organisations Eos Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
21% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

74 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $7,500

How much do they typically give?

Share of 74 grants in tax year 2024 by size

Under $1k9%

$1k–$2.5k30%

$2.5k–$5k4%

$5k–$10k9%

$10k–$25k26%

$25k–$50k7%

$50k–$100k5%

$100k–$250k4%

$250k–$500k4%

$500k–$1M1%

Median $7,500 (tax year 2024)

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

Southern Vision Alliance · Civic Engagement
$500,0002024 tax year
Focus for Democracy Fund · Civic Engagement
$300,0002024 tax year
Indivisible Civics · Civic Engagement
$300,0002024 tax year
Growing Places Garden Project · Hunger-Other
$283,0002024 tax year
Springfield Public Schools · $33,000 Healthy Start Award; $200,000 Nourishing Kids Initiative
$233,0002024 tax year
Fidelity Charitable · Charitable Grants
$100,0002024 tax year
Center for Women and Enterprise · Women's Power Gap Grants
$100,0002024 tax year
We Are ALX · Racial Equality/Justice Grant
$55,0002024 tax year

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

Officers and directors

Kellie Marchant — Vice President
Andrea Silbert — President
Katherine Deyst — Trustee
Kenneth Nickerson — Trustee

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$3,374,421	$1,336,188	$38,143,701	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$3,977,415	$2,000,913	$40,732,216	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$4,156,680	$2,467,150	$46,198,234	Filing 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.