Tupancy-Harris Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The filing states no geographic focus, but most recorded recipients are Massachusetts charities, especially in Nantucket, and grants have gone to conservation, historical, youth, arts, housing, health, education and interfaith work, so a Massachusetts organisation whose work resembles these areas is a plausible fit.
- Most of its 82 grants to organisations are modest: about 8 in 10 fall between $1,000 and $60,000 and half are $20,000 or less, so a request in that range suits it, though the largest grant was $600,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
- The filing requests a letter of inquiry first and gives no deadlines, so there is no fixed window to aim for.
- Repeat giving is strong, with 99% of its grant dollars in the latest filing going to organisations it had also funded in the two earlier filings, so a first approach is likely to be competitive and relationship-led.
- No exclusions or eligibility limits are stated, so being a first-time applicant is no reason to hold back, but a new applicant should expect a difficult route in.
Overview
Tupancy-Harris Foundation is a US private foundation administered by its trustee, Fiduciary Trust Company, in Boston, MA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 13 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Across the filings, grants are overwhelmingly recorded for general purposes. The recipients are mainly charitable organisations in Massachusetts, particularly organisations based in Nantucket. They include conservation and historical organisations, a boys’ and girls’ club, a community music centre, a theatre, housing and sustainable-development bodies, health and care providers, an interfaith council, and education and community organisations. The record also includes grants to organisations in other Massachusetts communities and some funding outside the state. The filings do not identify a narrower subject area; the stated grant purposes are generic and the recipients span a range of local nonprofit services and institutions.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Massachusetts.
How to apply
The filing requests a letter of inquiry.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 99% 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 82 grants to organisations were $20,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 47% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 99% of grant dollars went to organisations Tupancy-Harris Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 26 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $19,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Nantucket Conservation Foundation · General purposes$600,0002024 tax year
- Nantucket Historical Association · General purposes$218,1072024 tax year
- Nantucket Boys and Girls Club · General purposes$60,0002024 tax year
- Small Friends-Nantucket · General purposes$60,0002024 tax year
- Nantucket Atheneum · General purposes$55,0002024 tax year
- Fairwinds – Nantucket's Counseling Center · General purposes$50,0002024 tax year
- A Safe Place · General purposes$30,0002024 tax year
- Strong Wings · General purposes$30,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
Administered by its trustee, Fiduciary Trust Company.
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $1,459,337 | $1,210,332 | $26,098,186 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,506,221 | $1,333,613 | $28,485,516 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,560,879 | $1,300,107 | $30,849,940 | 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.
Sources
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Applying to Tupancy-Harris Foundation?
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Contact
- (617) 482-5270
- Boston, MA (office of its trustee, Fiduciary Trust Company)
Applying to Tupancy-Harris Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- (617) 482-5270
- Boston, MA (office of its trustee, Fiduciary Trust Company)