The Ogden Codman Trust

• The Ogden Codman Trust is based in Boston, and its stated purposes cover temporary relief for Lincoln residents in need, education, arts and culture, parks and recreation, and existing civic organisations, so work serving residents of the Town of Lincoln, Massachusetts fits its focus.
• Its grants are restricted to organisations and activities serving local residents, so organisations whose work does not reach those residents should not apply.
• A request in the range of $5,000 to $100,000 is typical, though this is not a ceiling because its largest grant was $150,000, and half of its grants to organisations were $15,000 or less, so a request near $15,000 sits at the centre of its usual giving.
• Most of its grant dollars to organisations, 95% in the filing, went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so a new applicant should contact the trust in advance, as it encourages, and be ready to seek matching funds, which its trustees frequently require, and to submit a report shortly after the grant period.
• Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

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

• Town of Lincoln · Lincoln community center building project
  $100,0002025 tax year
• Saint Vincent de Paul Society Saint Joseph Conference · Lincoln scholarship and education fund and fundraising appeal matching grant 2025
  $35,0002025 tax year
• Codman Community Farms · Field equipment: truck and mower
  $25,0002025 tax year
• Friends of Minute Man National Park · Elm brook hill battlefield preservation project
  $25,0002025 tax year
• Historic New England · Maintenance of grounds at codman estate
  $25,0002025 tax year
• Lincoln Parks and Recreation · 2025 summer camp financial aid
  $15,0002025 tax year
• Waldon Woods Project · Special talk with stephen breyer
  $12,0002025 tax year
• Massachusetts Audubon Society · Drumlin farm's ice pond trail, second installment
  $10,0002025 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.