Charles F. and Beatrice D. Adams Charitable Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The Trust's stated priorities are quality of life in the Downeast region of Maine and children's behavioural health in Massachusetts, so groups working on community health, poverty and family wellbeing, nonprofit planning and capacity, arts therapy or school-based mental health in those areas should consider it.
- It does not fund direct service delivery, so organisations whose main work is delivering services are outside what it funds.
- Typical grants fall between $12,000 and $125,000, and half of its grants to organisations are $50,000 or less, so a request near the middle of that range is realistic; its largest grant was $175,000, so that band is not a ceiling.
- Applicants should send a brief email inquiry to the Executive Director, who with the Program Advisors decides whether a full proposal is invited, and applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
- Most of its grant dollars in the filing went to organisations it had funded before, so the approach is relationship-led, and a first-time applicant should still inquire if the work clearly matches the stated priorities and its encouragement of collaborative, resourceful approaches to health.
Overview
Charles F. and Beatrice D. Adams Charitable Trust is a US private foundation based in Boston, MA.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Trust concentrates its grantmaking on two priorities: quality of life in the Downeast region of Maine and children’s behavioural health in Massachusetts. In Downeast Maine, it backs community-based nonprofits and makes grants to strengthen infrastructure and linkages across the local nonprofit sector, with emphasis on collaborative approaches to community health, systems addressing persistent poverty and helping families thrive, and strategic and business planning to clarify organisational missions and capacity. In Massachusetts, it supports broad-based efforts to reform and improve the behavioural health delivery system for children, rather than direct service delivery. Its work includes advocacy, research and demonstration projects, arts therapy programmes for children, and strategies enabling school-based personnel to address behavioural health impacts on learning. Across both areas it values talented leaders, key organisations, collaboration and creative, comprehensive approaches.
Themes
- Children’s behavioral health
- Community health
- Poverty and family wellbeing
- Nonprofit planning and capacity
- Arts therapy
- School-based mental health
Geographic Focus
Priority: Downeast region of Maine; Massachusetts.
What They Don't Fund
- Direct service delivery
How to apply
Prospective organisations should first review the programme areas and funding criteria and send the Executive Director a brief email inquiry if they see a potential fit. The Executive Director and Program Advisors review inquiries and follow up about next steps, including whether a full proposal may be invited.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 93% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 102 grants to organisations were $50,000 or less.
What the foundation says:
- Prospective applicants are encouraged to review the programme areas and funding criteria and send a brief email inquiry if they see a potential fit.
- The Trust seeks talented leaders and key organisations where its backing could make a significant difference.
- It encourages collaborative and resourceful approaches to improve individual and community health.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 13% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 93% of grant dollars went to organisations Charles F. and Beatrice D. Adams Charitable Trust had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 4% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 41 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $50,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Umass Memorial Health Care Inc · Expand project safe and sound to birth mothers of children in foster care$175,0002025 tax year
- Boston Children's Hospital · One-year grant for in-depth planning for new center for innovative and equitable school behavioral health$150,0002025 tax year
- Massachusetts Association for Mental Health · Children's behavioral health policy tracking initiative$130,0002025 tax year
- Healthy Acadia · Three-year grant for work with substance use disorder collaborative$125,0002025 tax year
- Sunrise County Economic Council · Two-year grant to provide operating funds to bridge transition to increased federal overhead rates for government contracts$125,0002025 tax year
- Sunrise Opportunities · Three-year grant to community caring collaborative for operating support and development of a childrens behavioral health pilot with the substance use disorder collaborative.$125,0002025 tax year
- Aroostook Mental Health Services · Three-year grant for continued work with substance use disorder collaborative$125,0002025 tax year
- Sunrise Opportunities · Three-year grant for community caring collaborative to continue its work with substance use disorder collaborative$125,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Thomas J Boutureira — Executive Director (Hired 4/28/25)
- Marc J Bloostein Esq — Trustee
- Janet C Taylor — Managing Trustee
- Edward P Lawrence Esq — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $1,810,529 | $1,330,000 | $20,745,670 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $2,702,319 | $2,091,000 | $85,423,428 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $3,378,158 | $2,557,500 | $88,738,914 | Filing for 2025 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
Registers and filings
Other sources
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